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In Praise of Confluence
Good morning, and happy March! I have a new essay, “In Praise of Confluence,” out in KC Studio magazine this week. If you’re living in Kansas City, you…
Mar 6
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January 2024
In Praise of Keeping Time
It’s impossible to be a sundial, at least most mornings. Pocket devices buzz and ping. Alarms go off. The coffee maker beeps to say the pot is fresh and…
Jan 31
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Andrew Johnson
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December 2023
Winding down the year, changing up The Thread, and a story called Fred
Hi there! In case you’re confused, it is not Wednesday. It is Friday. But this week I’ve given up knowing what day it is anyway, and yet here we still…
Dec 29, 2023
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Party Like It's 1998
I’ll have more to say soon about Advent, attention, and my lil’ Taylor Swift experiment. (Quick update: I was fifty bucks deep within two days. More…
Dec 13, 2023
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Andrew Johnson
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Art and Attention in the Taylor Swift Eras Era
Hey there, Today I’m kicking off a two-week experiment. Want to join me? Here’s what I’m going to do: Every time I hear a Taylor Swift song, I drop a…
Dec 6, 2023
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November 2023
Advent, Art, & Attention - Part 1
Advent is a season in the Christian church’s liturgical year that in many ways complicates our consumerist culture’s approach to the holiday season…
Nov 29, 2023
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Andrew Johnson
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Thresholds . . . with a link that works!
OOPS!! . . . here’s a link to the online store that actually works: Hi friends, family, neighbors, and all y’all et ceteras. I’m looking forward to…
Nov 27, 2023
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Thresholds
Hi friends, family, neighbors, and all y’all et ceteras. I’m looking forward to sharing a few new essays in the coming weeks about the connections…
Nov 27, 2023
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In Which Ellery Pearl Arrives Unexpectedly and Other Crazy Shit Happens
Good morning! My youngest child turned seven last week. I wrote the essay below when she was two weeks old, in the midst of some serious chaos, and I…
Nov 8, 2023
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Andrew Johnson
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October 2023
From all that fuels the machines of war
From the pessimism parading as intellect From the ignorance shrouded in confidence From lack of vision explained as a framework From the coffin offered…
Oct 25, 2023
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Andrew Johnson
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Returning to the songs we need to sing
I shared the story below three years ago this week. It’s about a walk I took with my son in 2020, during the first Autumn of the pandemic. My dad told…
Oct 18, 2023
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Andrew Johnson
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Refuse to hand the whole of your heart . . .
I don’t know the answer to the news of this particular war, or any war for that matter, but rapid-fire rage ain’t it for me. I understand the…
Oct 11, 2023
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