The other night, I started rewatching Peter Jackson's Get Back documentary, on the Beatles' infamous Get Back sessions of 1969. Jackson's documentary has become infamous in its own right a year after its release—owning mainly to its eight-hour running time, but also to its reliance on snatches of dialogue that can only be understood by … Continue reading On wondering whether the Beatles and Michelangelo have something in common
Author: T Coe
On the possibility of explaining your job away
Because we're expecting another baby in a few weeks, my wife and I have been preparing for a boring but important inevitability: Someone else will have to do our jobs for a little while. One way we've preparing, aside from directly on-boarding colleagues in meetings, is by writing stuff down. In doing this, we wondered: … Continue reading On the possibility of explaining your job away
On remembering why zoos make me uncomfortable
Even though I've lived in or around Denver for four years, last week was the first time I've been to the zoo. "He has a thing against zoos," is what my wife would tell you. And I do, though my thing is not "free the animals" (as you might expect) but rather a discomfort with … Continue reading On remembering why zoos make me uncomfortable
On being a sucker for resolutions
I'm a sucker for the New Year. When the calendar flips, I forget about all my failed resolutions and once-new, briefly-held habits. What if I...tried again? January 1 was like any other wintry day in the Denver area, but that intangible spirit of opportunity felt omnipresent. I went for a stroll to a bookstore in … Continue reading On being a sucker for resolutions
On (not) letting our digital archives get away from us
Kashmir Hill recently wrote about how we have let our digital archives get away from us. And its accuracy scared me. I, too, have steadfastly ignored my "iCloud full" warnings for the better part of two years now. And most of these images are not important, anyway! Many of them are just digital clutter: accidental … Continue reading On (not) letting our digital archives get away from us
On teaching more like Socrates
A few months ago, I enjoyed a lovely child-less vacation with my wife. Besides sleeping in and eating long leisurely meals out at nice restaurants, one of the joys of those days was getting to read. Given hours to while away beside a pool, I brought along a book of Plato dialogues to see what … Continue reading On teaching more like Socrates
On cancelling the art with the artist (and how Nick Cave changed my mind)
A few years ago, Ryan Adams was credibly accused of sexting with an underage fan (an accusation he was later cleared of) and, more credibly, accused of being a music industry creep, leveraging his influence to control the careers of several women, his ex-wife Mandy Moore and Phoebe Bridgers among them. As a Ryan Adams … Continue reading On cancelling the art with the artist (and how Nick Cave changed my mind)
On finding hope in the dark of the theater
For me, the heart of Rebecca Solnit’s book Hope in the Dark is a metaphor that appears partway through the slim volume. In the run-up to what is sure to be a rollercoaster of an election, I have taken a lot of comfort in this masterful metaphor. “Imagine the world as a theater. The acts … Continue reading On finding hope in the dark of the theater
On considering the stakes
I wrote a post the other week reflecting on how there are different types of mistakes. Originally, this post was just an addendum to that one, until I realized I had a lot more to say about “stakes” than I thought. I completed that original post with a discussion of “high-stakes mistakes”—the mistakes you can’t … Continue reading On considering the stakes
On making sloppy mistakes
I made a mistake the other day. Like everyone, I make mistakes all the time—it’s part of being human. Most of these mistakes are not a big deal. (In fact, I catch many mistakes—though not all of them!—before anyone else does.) But some mistakes are a big deal. Some mistakes have a lifespan to them. … Continue reading On making sloppy mistakes
Taylor Coe 