The problem with consumerism…is not first of all its materialism. Rather, consumerism underwrites a way of life focused on the subject’s satisfying herself through choosing things or experiences. Consumerism is a mode of aestheticism because it promotes the idea that through our choices we are creating our identity, our lifestyle, and the image we wish to project to others.
Kristyn and I watched The Godfather (finally)
my latest masterpiece
Austin
Currently reading: The Big Relief by David Zahl 📚
Currently reading: Waterloo by Karen Olsson 📚
Finished reading: How to Know a Person by David Brooks 📚
Brooks' recent work has really resonated with me, and this one was no different. I love the moral/spiritual trajectory of his work…happy to be along for the ride.
Finished reading: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill 📚
Read this across the two flights from Austin to San Diego. A postmodern novel written in short paragraphs by the “wife” and essentially about her marriage. An enjoyable read that had me laughing out loud at multiple points on the plane. Even with the non-traditional mode of storytelling, you do gain a compelling window into the psyche of the writer.
Finished reading: Weird City by Joshua Long 📚
Interesting study about how the “Keep Austin Weird” slogan has been both utilized by locals as a means of creative resistance to their threatened sense of place and co-opted by business and government in order to attract talent.
Cove @ La Jolla
