Tag: preservation of tangibility

• Keep streaming in its place

  CJ Chilvers on why he’s back to using CDs: I brought physical media back into my life not to replace streaming, but to keep streaming in its place. I heard an audiophile once say that he treated streaming music services (even lossless streaming) like radio. It’s great for discovering new music and artists, and to…

  Apr 11, 2024

  # CDs, collecting, movies, preservation of tangibility

• Lynda Barry: ‘Writing by hand on paper is becoming a revolutionary act’

  Artist Lynda Barry writes: Writing by hand on paper is becoming a revolutionary act. Reading a physical book is becoming a revolutionary act. Protecting the books in our libraries, the arts and humanities in our colleges and universities is becoming a revolutionary act. Doing things with warm hand to warm hand, face to face, without…

  Mar 30, 2018

  # art, attention, Facebook, Lynda Barry, paper, preservation of tangibility, privacy, technology, writing

• Each’s Owned

  Pictured is the haul ($8 total) from a recent afternoon browsing used bookstores, which I do once in a while, when my time is open and therefore my self-discipline is weak. But I didn’t feel bad about getting more Stuff this time, because I’m coming to something approaching terms with it. I love books, movies,…

  May 18, 2016

  # books, CDs, collecting, DVDs, film, libraries, movies, music, preservation of tangibility, vinyl

• The Preservation of Tangibility

  What started with a web search for Wendell Berry’s mailing address led me to this article by Sandra McCracken about her pilgrimage to visit the Sage of Port Royal—thus combining two of my favorite artists into one webpage. A passage from McCracken’s reflections stood out: One of my favorite moments was when Wendell said that he…

  May 6, 2016

  # life, preservation of tangibility, Sandra McCracken, Wendell Berry