The Significance of Nothing
If we lived in the Harry Potter universe, insurance would likely be the Dark Arts. Described by Severus Snape as "many, varied, ever-changing, and eternal," the Dark Arts has a way of offending many and delighting few, and although I'd like to think of myself as
Let's travel back in time to 1950. The world at large is functionally pretty similar. There are cars, furniture, televisions, magazines, and many other ordinary objects. The media we consume is entertaining, enlightening, depressing, enraging, and boring, and we can experience it via a screen or paper. If
For many years, I have considered and interpreted a city's signature pizza style to be a reflection of the denizens of that respective city. From rich to poor and simple to bizarre, cities have a way of bringing their personalities, stereotypes, strengths, and weaknesses to the dish. In
Art is not a math problem, but that doesn't stop me from observing it as one (or calculating it like one). As it pertains to music, we can approximate definitions for specific genres with generalized formulas. Pop? Under 4 minutes, hooky, predictable song structure. Bluegrass? Banjo/fiddle/guitar