Essays

Misanthropy is Bad and Unproductive

We Have Got to Stop Normalizing the Hatred of the Human Species

Oct 13 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

Death and The Creative Process

On Our Need to Contemplate Our Mortality

Aug 13 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

When The Machine Stops

A Love Letter to Artists in the Age of AI

Jul 26 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

The Atrophy of Our Cognitive Capacities

On Why it is Imperative That We Resist AI

Apr 23 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

The Paths Shall Nevertheless Converge

On Carrying the Load for the Eighth Fire

Feb 26 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

Trying to Plant Perennials

On gestation, regeneration, and the creative process

Jan 4 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

The Fragile Foundation of Our Civilization

On Totalitarian Agriculture and Our Perilous Dependency

Nov 26, 2024 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

Everything Will Be Okay, and, Everything is Going to Get Worse

Nov 6, 2024 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

The Loss of Hierophany

On Sacrality, Mystery, and Re-Enchantment

Sep 4, 2024 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

Therapy in the Machine World

On "Pharmakon" and the Need for Discernment

Jul 8, 2024 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

The Tales that Really Matter

The Wisdom in the Myth of The Lord of the Rings

Feb 19, 2024 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

Why "Barbenheimer" is Deeper Than We Think

When Cinema and Industry Collide

Aug 13, 2023 •

Jake Marquez and Maren Morgan

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