☆ 𝖏𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖊 ☆

☆ 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖕𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖊 ☆

I found Loft’s choice to recall the story of Coyote gifting fire to humans so fascinating. On first read, it immediately reminded me of the classical myth of Prometheus stealing fire from Zeus to give back to the humans, especially with its focus on the trickster character (Coyote/Prometheus), the hiding of fire (in wood/in fennel stalk), and the way it provides origins for other features of the world (animal characteristics/women). But reading deeper, Loft’s comparison of the gift of fire to modern technology in relation to art was something that stuck with me. The fire, like art, was gatekept. Loft mentions painting and sculpture as inaccessible forms of art (expensive, time consuming, and generally sticking to certain conventions based in European ideals for much of its history) and technology as accessible and present. I especially loved how he positions art made using media and electronic tech as “[forgoing] the territorialized domains of cultural and artistic canons.” If the fire under the careful watch of the sisters represents the mediums tied to European artistic canon, then the fire brought to the humans is media arts, art liberated from that careful watch, and free to be honed for so much more.

(p.s. I’m really hoping that made sense as I am sick and sick brain loves to jumble thoughts around like clothes in a washing machine!)

☆ 𝖔𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖑𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖉 ☆

☆ Clown: Don’t take yourself so seriously. Find whimsy all around you.

☆ Ephemera: Notice the beauty in the small, fleeting moments. Don’t be afraid to let them go when the time comes.