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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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What I’m reading,
May 2025:

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Dreamland Next Door

December 07, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, development, desert, aesthetic

Accidental Fragments

July 22, 2024
Tags: cairo, colonialism, aesthetic, sculpture, mythology, ruins

The Era of Hosni Mubarak

July 12, 2024
Tags: Egypt, power, aesthetic, sign, architecture

Disney Presents Japan

March 23, 2024
Tags: Disney, symbols, nation, sacred space, aesthetic, japan, Florida

Aestheticization of the Past

March 23, 2024
Tags: aesthetic, religion, modernity, tourism, symbols, souvenirs, Japan

Modernity of the Cute

March 19, 2024
Tags: Japan, aesthetic, science, sign, design, mountains, modernity

The View is Everything

January 30, 2024
Tags: Japan, beauty, aesthetic, shrine, view, flower

Songs of Ascent

October 15, 2023
Tags: Japan, shinto, shrine, garden, aesthetic

All the Sushi

October 07, 2023
Tags: Japan, restaurant, food, aesthetic

Eating the Cute

October 01, 2023
Tags: tokyo, food, Japan, instagram, aesthetic

Kawaii and Cool

September 30, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, american culture, aesthetic, business

The Maxed-out Aesthetic

September 26, 2023
Tags: tokyo, Japan, aesthetic, design, signs, street scene, people

Substance and Style

May 18, 2023
Tags: museum, creationism, bible, aesthetic, design

Gas and Screenland

November 24, 2022
Tags: gas station, wisconsin, energy, technology, aesthetic, screens

Aesthetic Orientation

February 08, 2022
Tags: expo, design, art, experience, aesthetic, modernism, nation
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