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More Reconstructivists

February 21, 2019 Chris SunamiArt

Over the years my reconstructivist art theory has proven inspirational to a number of interesting artists, thinkers and academics. Here are a couple of the coolest ones I’ve come across recently: Above, painter Peter SmeethPeter[…]

Both Eyes Open: Remembering James Alan McPherson

February 14, 2019February 11, 2019 Chris SunamiPopular Culture

I first discovered James Alan McPherson when I read his masterful novella Elbow Room, in a collection of stories by black authors called The African American West. I traced it back to his Pulitzer-Prize winning collection, also[…]

Saints and Simulators

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 Chris SunamiMetaphysics

I’m proud to announce that my new series, “Saints and Simulators,” a book-length exploration of the intersection between religion and technology, is now live at the Partially Examined Life blog. Starting from the deliberately provocative[…]

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Reconstructivist Art: The Neverending Story

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 Chris SunamiLiterature

Repost – In honor of the 40th anniversary of… Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story (1979) as an example of Reconstructivist Art Michael Ende’s international bestseller found an audience among children and adults alike, due to[…]

The Dangerously Talented Miriam Makeba

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 Chris SunamiMusic

Repost: Parisian audiences famously rioted at the premiere of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Although often cited as evidence that the audience simply didn’t understand what they were hearing, the opposite is arguably true –they recognized[…]

The Hidden Dragon

January 10, 2019 Chris SunamiFractals

I hope you’ll forgive me blowing my own horn a bit. After all, it’s not every day you discover something new about something invented nearly two-thousand years ago. The photo above is of an ancient[…]

Is Our World a Computer Game?

December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 Chris SunamiGames

I’m glad to announce I’ve expanded the below post into an entire book-length series that will be premiering in January 2019 on Partially Examined Life. In the meantime, please enjoy this repost of the original.[…]

John Cleese Seeks God

November 29, 2018November 27, 2018 Chris SunamiReligion

In the age of Dawkins, you don’t tend to expect good religion, or even bad religion from the Brits, and you particularly don’t expect anything that hints at faith from a man who, as he[…]