CURRENT MISSION

the obligation to reinvent

PHILOSOPHY

"I was in a labyrinth of stairs. This labyrinth was not entirely roofed over. I climbed; other stairways led downwards. On a landing I realized that I had arrived at a summit. A wide view of many lands opened up before me. I saw other men standing on other peaks. One of these men was suddenly seized by dizziness and fell. The dizziness spread; others were now falling from other peaks into the depths below. When I too became dizzy, I woke up." (Walter Benjamin in conversation with Bertolt Brecht)

Interests

theory, high and low culture, eBay

• culture
• literature
• architecture

Music, Movies, and Books

All About Eve, Every Man for Himself and God against All, Ninotchka, Annie Hall, Early Spring; Jude the Obscure, Discipline and Punish, "Alastor" (Shelley), The Gift of Death, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; New Order, Dinah Washington, Albert Ayler, Radiohead, Daft Punk

Teach, Learn, Share

My knowledge mainly extends to Victorian literature, the confluence of aesthetic and economic theory, modernist architecture, and epicurious.com's search function. I like research, so please give me new ideas!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States