Aphids and Cowboys
Nothing about any of this is natural or humane. Who are the swarms of people on the plains of these wild lands, among the canyons of glass and steel and the ginkgo trees?
Cody Ellingham in Kamakura
International Photographic Artist & Creative. Host of The Transformation of Value. Working on a new novel. Living in Kamakura, Japan.
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The unpublished photograph of Ryū Chishū
"I only took one photo. With someone like that you only get one shot."
The pagan gods of politics
Lessons from Homer & The Iliad for the modern world.
The Girl with the White Rabbit
In the ancient tragedies the audience watches as the actors perform in front of the silhouette of the city.
A Revolution in 4K
I guess it is probably the best time of year for a protest.
When Prometheus Stole Money from the False Gods
Reflections on the neoliberal escape hatch & Bitcoin.
The Death of the Image
Shower thoughts on images, meaning-making, deep contemplation, and the work we do every day.
Tunnels beneath the city
He sank with that bag of flesh down, down beneath the ocean, into the world of ash, enabling my spirit to rise up in the light.
Neoliberalism and Bitcoin
I am not a global élite. I don’t have an island or a private jet or a royal title. But I am also not some lame and mythical proletarian with zero political power.
A Billion Mouths
What person could look at the psychotic emperors, the zealots, the persecutors, the grey-fleshed man-o’-wars, the machine-generated statements of war, and think that there is anything redeemable among
Never to come again
I felt a bit like the old man in the room. Our Kyoto companions drifted away, content with the attention we had tributed to them. Even as the rest of the bar got loud, me and him were left with a...