The I-10 is a peculiar beast. Its body stretches from coast to coast, it cuts through swamps and deserts, sometimes criss-crosses mountains and sometimes lies flat on its belly, while thousands of vehicles crawl upon its back. If it were not for the metaphor, however, it would be hard to think of it as a […]

A lot of the readings we’re doing for this class touch on aesthetics – not in the classical sense where “aesthetics” equals the philosophical study of beauty and its qualities, but rather in the sense of contemporary philosophy and art history where it comes to signify the experiential perception of the world via one’s senses. […]