Diligent DJing and Dance: BAM Thursdays at COMA
In the late afternoon on Thursday, August 30th I found myself in the verdant Patricia M. Jurgensen Sculpture Garden in the Columbus Museum of Art. I was there for BAM (Bar, Art, and Music) a free event held each Thursday at the museum from May 28th – September 10th. The event brings Columbusites from all…
Visage – I Am Not A Genius
Despite entering my undergrad in 2021, middle of the pandemic, the only things I was infected with when I began my education was pride and delusion.I entered college with the false belief that I was there to become great. That through my classes I would attain the requisite knowledge to be someone who would have…
Favorite Daughter at Dick’s Den
I had the pleasure of seeing Favorite Daughter at Dick’s Den on N. High Street late on the 24th. The ornate molded ceiling, abundance of dark wooden furniture, and faint neon glow of a Friday night on High Street paired well with the music. Described by band leader Alex Burgoyne as “equally inspired by the…
Background Music I
I have begun to write background music. I think it would be good for me, as someone who is interested in writing and recording the things I write, to have my own library of music to drop into videos or audio recordings. It would be a missed opportunity to simply use public domain music. The…
The Fiction Section: You Have Been Shot
You have been shot. You become aware of this fact not by pain but by sight. You are looking at your body tied to a wooden post, blindfolded, shackled, and bleeding. Well, not exactly bleeding. Your body has blood pouring from it but time has either slowed or frozen in the moment immediately after impact.…
My year of Stress and Disintegration: A Forward
I’ve never really agreed with the sentiment that any discrete period of life feels like it’s going by faster than it should. People mainly say this about high school and college. They say that those four years are over before you know it. I, by contrast, often feel trapped in whatever stage of life I…
Stellan Hinz 