Part of Creation
Arts, Music & Media
Visual arts, music, film, television, performance and the media that carry them.
Concepts
- Lights OutLights Out is a song by Rick Astley recommended in Issue.14, in the music section of the edition. The edition prints its lyrics and asks how nearly impossible it can be…
- Lo-Fi AestheticThe lo-fi aesthetic is a cultural and artistic style that celebrates low fidelity, warm analog imperfections, and ambient background textures in music and visual art. It…
- Lorraine BraccoLorraine Bracco is an American actress, known for playing Dr. Jennifer Melfi in the series The Sopranos and Karen Hill in the film Goodfellas. Issue.16 names her once, in…
- Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer and pianist, author of nine symphonies. Issue.10 names him once, in the author's prose, in the section on the…
- Luke SkywalkerLuke Skywalker is a character of the Star Wars films, the young hero of the original trilogy. In the Agency editorial he appears once, in Issue.16, in a hypothesis: if…
- LunnaLunna, a tattoo artist and designer interviewed in Creative.9 of the Agency editorial, sees tattooing as a ritual and a way to connect with people. She began with…
- Mad MenMad Men is a TV series about the advertising industry in the 1960s. It appears in four editions. In Creative.11, the author says he binge-watched it before choosing…
- Magical RealismMagical realism is a literary style and narrative genre in which fantastical, dreamlike, or supernatural occurrences are presented in a straightforward, matter-of-fact…
- Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese is an American film director, known for films such as Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and The Departed. The Agency editorial names him once, as M. Scorsese, in…
- Meadow SopranoMeadow Soprano is a character of the television series The Sopranos, the daughter of Tony Soprano, played by Jamie-Lynn Sigler. In the Agency editorial she is named once…
- MetamodernismMetamodernism is a cultural and philosophical framework that oscillates between modernist sincerity and postmodern irony. It emerges as a response to crises, seeking…
- Michael ImperioliMichael Imperioli is an American actor, known for playing Christopher Moltisanti in the series The Sopranos. Issue.16 names him once, in the credit of a quotation: the…
- MichelangeloMichelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter and architect of the Renaissance. The Agency editorial names him once, in Creative.10, the interview with the AI persona…
- Mike ShinodaMike Shinoda is an American musician, born in 1977, a co-founder, vocalist and songwriter of the band Linkin Park. Issue.14 names him once, in the author's prose, in the…
- Mona LisaThe Mona Lisa is Leonardo da Vinci's portrait that the Agency editorial uses as the ultimate semiotics exercise. The article says it can be interpreted from an infinite…
- MorpheusMorpheus is a character of the film The Matrix, the one who offers Neo the choice between a red pill and a blue pill. The Agency editorial recalls that scene twice, in…
- Musical HermeneuticsMusical hermeneutics is the interpretive discipline dedicated to uncovering philosophical meaning, cultural symbolism, and existential insights embedded within musical…
- My WayMy Way is a song by Frank Sinatra listed in the Chords music recommendation section of Issue.3. The edition presents the song with its title and artist name, with no…
- NeoNeo is the protagonist of the film The Matrix, the one who receives from Morpheus the choice between a red pill and a blue pill. The Agency editorial recalls that scene…
- no regretsno regrets is a song by presence and intention listed in the Chords music recommendation section of Issue.8. The edition presents the song with its title and artist name…
- Nobody Can Save MeNobody Can Save Me is a song by Linkin Park featured in Issue.14. The edition presents it alongside One More Light in a section about how fans rejected the band's last…
- Noel GallagherNoel Gallagher is an English musician, born in 1967, the guitarist and main songwriter of the rock band Oasis and the brother of Liam Gallagher. Issue.14 names him once…
- Noh TheatreNoh is a form of Japanese theatre that originated during the shogunate periods and remains one of the oldest surviving theatre traditions in the world. In Archetype.1, it…
- One More LightOne More Light is the title song of Linkin Park's album of the same name, recommended in Issue.14. The edition speaks of the album, the band's last, and of how fans…
