@doublepluslovely says intellectual discovery is our birthright:
“reading and writing are the most dignified and worthy activities that anyone can do—and, in fact, are activities that everyone should do.”
I talked to Celine about changing your life by writing online, expanding the market for what you love, and starting somewhere, even if it requires pure impulse.
Celine writes personal canon, a newsletter focused on taking your intellectual development seriously as someone outside of academia or school. This includes literary criticism and many more interdisciplinary thoughts across art, culture, design, and technology. She doubles as a product designer in her professional life.
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“COUNTER-ARCHIVAL PRACTICES WILL ALWAYS BE NECESSARY.”
Celine Nguyen ( @doublepluslovely ) visits the Tate Modern and reflects on memory, attention, and preservation in the age of computers.
first and last post of the year ⋆˚࿔ Willem Oorebeek at Wiels ꒰ঌ eye cup at Tenderbooks ໒꒱ namedropped in the New Yorker ꒰ঌ outfit of the year ꒰ঌ Yoko Ono!!! ໒꒱ Nat’s desk ꒰ঌ Ari’s oud moment ໒꒱ phone ⋆˚࿔ Cosima von Bonin at Raven Row
for the @lareviewofbooks , I reviewed Chaim Gingold’s “Building SimCity” and wrote about videogames as an art form, how to write software criticism, and what happens when Silicon Valley billionaires try to play IRL SimCity…aka the controversial California Forever project 🌁🛠️
for @artreview_magazine , I wrote about Sheila Heti’s Alphabetical Diaries, autofiction, and “mystical, mathematical and technological processes” 🅰️💤 link in bio! the book is published by @fsgbooks / @fitzcarraldoeditions
🚪🌼 this felt like the loveliest and most intimate way to experience art: tucked into corners alongside beautiful objects (glass, smooth rocks, plants, flowers) and armchairs everywhere to settle into and observe the house from
even! the toilet! was adorned with something lovely! #kettlesyard in #cambridge, 📷 with #halideapp and #usedarkroom
