“Perhaps the best-documented struggle of the cultural revolution was in literature,” (Freeze, pg.356). The reason literature became a struggle during 1929 was the shift from creativity to constraints that took
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The Silver (Age) Linings Playbook
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•No, this is not a blog about Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence’s chemistry in an incredible RomCom. (I wish)…. however, we can use media and the arts as a powerful way to address issues within society. Similarly to the impact of popular culture American society has seen through social media and the messaging of Hollywood, … Continue reading The Silver (Age) Linings Playbook
Happy Little Trees
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•No, this isn’t a Bob Ross. This seemingly innocuous and modestly named photograph ‘Forest’ is the work of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944), presumably shot in 1910 near the town Kyshtym in modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast. As a chemist, Prokudin-Gorskii was primarily … Continue reading →