“Until recently, an implicit social contract governed the web: Creators produced content, search engines distributed it, & in return, user traffic flowed back to the creators’ websites that sustained the system.” But not anymore, @hamiltonmann.bsky.social writes: www.noemamag.com/the-ai-power...

CARTOON/KIKI1.GIF

What are you looking at? Neighborhood goosey in my sketchbook. #oilpainting #art

On White II, Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. PC: www.wassilykandinsky.net/work-238.php

An absolute must-watch for theory lovers! Prof. Madhavi Menon speaks to Dr. Sindhu Rajasekaran about her groundbreaking theories and books, including: Infinite Variety - A History of Desire in India & Wanton Words: Rhetoric and Sexuality in English Renaissance Drama.

Dream On ⟡ ݁₊ . #Aerosmith

Silksong #pixelart #ドット絵 #silksong

Lady Lovelace's Objection: she was definitely onto to something. She famously said: “The Analytical Engine has no pretensions to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform.”

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, COMPOSITION WITH RED, BLUE, AND YELLOW (1930) 🎨 🖼️ Piet Mondrian’s most iconic painting is Neoplasticism in refined form with primary colors, black lines, & asymmetrical balance distilled to essentials. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay

On Subjective Realities, Meta Truths, Fantasy & (Sur)reality Popular themes on The Subjective Space.

A Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-Paul | Vincent van Gogh

Floating in the void 🖤 #Silksong #silksongfanart

Conclusion writing…

On the pod: @sindhurajasekaran.bsky.social talks to poet Megha Rao about writing poetry in a time of ongoing political & humanitarian crises, about metaphor & the praxis of poetics, narrative form(s), on body writing, and the threat of AI, among other things.

Stepwells 📍Rajasthan, India 📷Barry Crosthwaite #streetphotography #streetphoto #street #photography #flickr flic.kr/p/2pKP1PL

I’ve learned not to assume that other guitarists already know what has taken me a lifetime of strumming to learn. My first and simplest piece of advice is to always tune your guitar before playing anything, as soon as you pick it up, tune up. It’s like a pre-flight check for an airplane. Tune first.

Turin Spring, Giorgio de Chirico, 1914.

Our last pod episode for the year is up — On Being a Bad Daughter, South Asian Culture & Feminism w/ Sangeeta Pillai. And thanks to everyone who has written in with your feedback this past year. As we head on into S2, we will, as you’ve asked us to: focus on lit, art, tech futures & pop politics.

What a year it has been on The Subjective Space!

We have a fascinating lineup of guests on The Subjective Space over the holidays & on into the new year. Exciting times — This week, we’ll be speaking to the author of The Remnants of Rebellion. Of verdant rubber plantations in Kerala; and stories of rebellion — both personal and political.

In Conversation this week — Dr Jessica Widner speaks to @sindhurajasekaran.bsky.social abt. South Korean literature, carnal phenomenology, interiority & exteriority in Anäis Nin’s writing, and creative form(s). Read here: www.thesubjectivespace.com/jessica-widner

Hostess @sindhurajasekaran.bsky.social discusses Anglophone Indian writing, readership & the mechanics of publishing w/ the Editorial Director of Pan Macmillan India, Pujitha Krishnan. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3s84...

Engraving of the first printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg. Image source: Getty Images

Do you? Or do you listen to books being read? Ever gotten AI to read a book & summarize it for you?

Original Australian movie poster from 1980 for The Shining. PC: Original Film Art - ca.originalfilmart.com

Concentric Circles of different wave speeds. #mathsky

Fake Lines: Sono Levant. Krank by @jaramachtsachen.bsky.social. fakelines.studio

Special episode on the pod. Dr Jaime M. Grant [author of Polyamory for Dummies & Great Sex: Mapping Your Desire] and Arundhati Ghosh [author of All Our Loves: Journeys with Polyamory in India] talk to hostess @sindhurajasekaran.bsky.social. Listen here: spotify.link/uja3n9lKBXb

Aegean pahtway finds.

On the pod this week: French-Moroccan essayist & poet Jamal Ouazzani talks to hostess Sindhu Rajasekaran about his latest book Amour. You can listen to Ep. 37 (wow, we've come far) - On Amour, Queer Futurism & the Power of Poetry, here: open.spotify.com/episode/2sxP...

Apples on a Table, Green Background. Henri Matisse. 1916. Source: Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk.

Read award-winning playwright & novelist Armin Wühle's conversation w/ @sindhurajasekaran.bsky.social on The Subjective Space. www.thesubjectivespace.com/arminw%C3%BC...

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Thank you Subjective Space for this great conversation about my new book #Refuge as well as decolonisation and anti-colonial thinking and action in a postcolonial wrld open.spotify.com/episode/5FQ6...

In this remarkable episode, @profsunnysingh.bsky.social talks to hostess @sindhurajasekaran.bsky.social about a range of important topics including: decolonization, postcolonial nations, anti-colonial thinking, contemporary politics, plus about her latest book, Refuge: Stories of War (and Love).