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All art is built around tension and release, which is just another expression for contrast. Typically, contrast is big against small, fat against slim, wide against narrow, and black against white. In photography, contrast is reflected in
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“In a New York where people are reconceived as consumers, not citizens, it is most profitable to keep everyone moving and disconnected. This is what the hyper-globalized, ultracompetitive city looks and feels like. I saw the perfect word for it scrawled on a wall in the East Village: blandalism. Sleepwalking inside digital bubbles, the iZombies hustle through the city without looking. And you can’t really have compassion for a thing—or a person—without beholding it.”
― Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul
― Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul
“The unfed mind devours itself.”
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“When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there’s always a chance that the dancing bear will win.”
― White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
― White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
“Our job is to try to save the world, and failing that, we can at least try to not be part of the problem.”
― Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
― Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World
“Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.”
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Frederick’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Frederick’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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1,277 books
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426 books
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312 books
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