Daniel CoffeeninReading the Way of ThingsThe Art of Reading (and, as a footnote, the limits of AI)Despite the insistence of our educational system, to read is not to decipher (nor is it to judge, though that’s for another essay). It is…2d ago2d ago
Daniel CoffeeninReading the Way of ThingsMind Your Circuits or, Towards a Physics of Ecological BeingLife, alas, is premised on exchange, on give and take: life is literally made of circuits, inside and out (if such a distinction can even…Sep 5Sep 5
Daniel CoffeeninReading the Way of ThingsThe Delectable Delight of Vertigo When You Realize There’s No There There (with Reference to…Everything is CookedAug 10Aug 10
Daniel CoffeeninReading the Way of ThingsThe Way of the ImageTo state the obvious, an image is not the same thing as what’s in the image. I can’t find shade from a tree in a film; I can’t talk to the…Jun 161Jun 161
Daniel CoffeenTake Your TimeIf you look around, wherever you are, you’ll see so many different distributions of time, different speeds, different rhythms. Some people…May 29May 29
Daniel CoffeeninReading the Way of ThingsOf Mourning RitualLike many of my ilk, I’ve bucked tradition and its rituals. I’m a free spirited intellectual, after all! A philosopher, no less, who’s…Apr 4Apr 4
Daniel CoffeeninReading the Way of ThingsDerrida, Bitcoin, & the Play of Value (or Cryptocurrency as the Deconstruction of Money)The reigning economic system relies on the assumption of its own naturalness to deflect any possible critique. “This is just the way things…Mar 25Mar 25
Daniel CoffeeninReading the Way of ThingsTowards an Ecology of BeingThere are not first things and then interactions with other things. All things are intertwined with others from the get go—not later, not…Mar 251Mar 251
Daniel CoffeeninReading the Way of ThingsWhat Is Pleasure, Anyway?Despite the fact that pleasure is an experience everyone has surely had, it remains oddly difficult to define. Or maybe it’s precisely…Feb 6Feb 6
Daniel CoffeeninReading the Way of ThingsThe Grammar of Liquid in the Films of John CassavetesTo watch Cassavetes’ films is to learn a new grammar of the moving image and its sense. As viewers, we can’t rely on identification: we are…Dec 23, 2023Dec 23, 2023