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“culture comes into play at precisely the point where biological individuals become subjects, and that what lies between the two is not some automatically constituted ‘natural’ process of socialization but much more complex processes of formation”
― Visual Culture: The Reader
― Visual Culture: The Reader
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“...what the social environment told them to want...”
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“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“The states of birth, suffering, love, and death, are extreme states: extreme, universal, and inescapable. We all know this, but we would rather not know it. The artist is present to correct the delusions to which we are all prey in our attempts to avoid this knowledge." - James Baldwin, "The Creative Process”
― The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985
― The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985
Michael’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
563 books
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416 friends
275 books
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105 friends
61 books
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103 friends
87 books
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38 friends
1,091 books
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54 friends
45 books
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52 friends
89 books
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128 friends
57 books
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68 friends
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