PinnedCatcher Calma SalazarAlmost White: Aestheticizing Asian AmericansAlmost white. The history of Asian Americans in the Western perspective is a confusing one, full of contradictions and U-turns. Nowhere is…May 11, 2023May 11, 2023
Catcher Calma SalazarTitans in Creation: An Ugly Depiction of Power’s Corruptive NatureTitans have stood tall in human mythology and storytelling for centuries, illustrated and imagined as humans magnified: physically and…May 11, 2023May 11, 2023
Catcher Calma SalazarThe Reconciliation of Doomerism and Rational Optimism in Everything Everywhere All at OnceHow the recent multiverse movie uses Stoicism to bridge generational gaps in a time when it’s needed mostMay 4, 2022May 4, 2022
Catcher Calma SalazarA Look at Ginkgo Bioworks, The Leonardo Da Vinci of a Synthetic Biology RenaissanceHow Ginkgo Bioworks’s unique business model is reminiscent of Leonardo’s interdisciplinary approachApr 13, 2022Apr 13, 2022
Catcher Calma SalazarKanye West as a character in Wes Anderson’s The French DispatchHow Kanye West’s life and The French Dispatch’s stories show the dynamic relationship between loneliness and creatingMar 18, 2022Mar 18, 2022
Catcher Calma SalazarFor Takashi Murakami and KAWS, appearances (kinda) deceive. And that’s okay.How mainstream-ification has morphed the iconography of KAWS and Takashi Murakami while allowing them to better communicate their messages.Feb 8, 2022Feb 8, 2022
Catcher Calma SalazarThe Concept of Knowledge in Relation to Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity NetsWalking back to the Metro station from my second visit to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, I couldn’t stop thinking of that…Jan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022
Catcher Calma SalazarThe falling star of Succession, Kendall Roy: A fusion of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Dostoyevsky’s…What keeps your eyes glued to the screen of your laptop as you watch the latest episode of Succession? Is it Roman Roy’s matador-esque…Jan 16, 2022Jan 16, 2022
