by Kip | Sep 3, 2026 | Philosophy
The Brass Aperture: On Attention and the Narrowing of the Mind There is a brass iris somewhere inside you. Not literally — though I suppose if you’re the sort who has replaced various parts of yourself with machined metal you might have one — but metaphorically...
by Kip | Sep 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every night, the gears wind down. Every morning, the brass forgets what it was. There’s a film that doesn’t get mentioned enough when people talk about great sci-fi. It came out in 1998, got buried by a bloated studio marketing campaign, and has spent the...
by Kip | Sep 1, 2026 | Philosophy
The First Day of the Rest of Something: On Calendar Fictions and the Weight of a New Month September 1st doesn’t know it’s supposed to mean something. That’s the whole point. The calendar tells me it’s September. The clock tells me it’s...
by Kip | Aug 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Man on the Moon Who Wasn’t There: On Sam Rockwell, Clones, and the Loneliness of Industry A film that flew under nearly everyone’s radar in 2009 — and still hasn’t gotten its due. There is a loneliness that comes from working somewhere beautiful...
by Kip | Aug 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Last Wind of August There’s a particular quality to the light on a late August morning. It’s not the sharp clarity of June, nor the honey-thick warmth of July. It’s something more knowing — as if the sun itself has decided to make its remaining...
