Mind Crunch Weekly

• Straight Edge Ghosts and Other HauntingsMarch 7, 2025
  This isn’t a New Year’s resolution, nor is it just another snobbish dry February. It’s the climax of a much longer process. I quit drinking. Thinking back, I realize it probably started almost a quarter of a century ago. Back in high school, I volunteered with a local animal protection group. Our leader was a… Read more: Straight Edge Ghosts and Other Hauntings
• The Decline of Theatre DramaturgyFebruary 18, 2025
  Dramaturgy is a mysterious thing. You’re never quite sure where it begins or where it ends. It’s like trying to sketch the edges of a foggy landscape—everything is hazy. Nobody really knows where dramaturgy stops, but we all know where it starts: the moment a theatre piece is first proposed, when the seed of an… Read more: The Decline of Theatre Dramaturgy
• The Gardener’s Struggle with CapitalFebruary 11, 2025
  The protagonist of Jiří Havelka’s movie The Gardener’s Year (2024, available on Netflix with English subtitles) is a silent master of passive resistance. Not uttering a word, the Gardener endures violence, injustice, and the toothlessness of bureaucracy. In an astounding Gandhi-style struggle, he does nothing but exist and insist: like a boulder in the path… Read more: The Gardener’s Struggle with Capital

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