THE CMNSU BLOG
Art on the Edge of the Abyss
What does it mean to see beauty amidst destruction and catastrophe? To create from a place of pain and desolation? Why is it that some of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of art come from the depths of human suffering and the abstraction of the banal?
Horoscopes: May 20-26
My name is Valentine, I have a lot of love to give.
Horoscopes for the week of May 20-26.
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Why I Write
“So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information.”
- George Orwell, Why I Write
A Violent Entertainment
No entertainment you consume can be digested into waste, it stays tumourlike. Keep gorging—your near future will resemble nothing human. What would your mirror reflection look like if it showed your media body? Your media mass index (MMI) will swerve higher than 25. You are obese on entertainment—your consumption is violence.
Horoscopes: May 13-19
Try not to do — this week.
Horoscopes for the week of May 13-19.
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Seasonal Depression
Is there a vitamin that can give me the sensation of rain. The equivalent of what vitamin D is for the sun. My seasonal depression seems to always point to the want that the weather is not gloomy or cold enough.
Horoscopes: April 29-May 5
I got that horoscope rizz btw
Horoscopes for the week of April 29-May 5.
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Selling Out
It really sucks that selling out is not really criticism that holds much ground these days. We live in the age of the entrepreneurial artist, the era of ‘getting your bag.’ We have gone full simulacra; popular artists now aren’t even artists; they are just ornaments and decorations on the product.
Horoscopes: April 22-28
The night is still young…
Horoscopes for the week of April 22-28.
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Modern Mimicries of Creativity
The consequence of our contemporary era’s understanding of the utilization of creativity is a desire for control over the emotional/material conditions of life that leaves a wallowing want for more. Contemporary mimicries of creativity are realized as an unauratic, surface-level embodiment of segments of meaning that lost their genuineness long ago—appearing, but like lensless spectacles.
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Horoscopes: April 15-21
It’s finals season so no holding back!
Horoscopes for the week of April 15-21.
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Oh How I Need My Headphones
Headphones render life itself into silence. You experience a deep sensorial and emotional inner life, but you withhold that, determining that this is a gift for yourself, allowing it to ring through your head as your ears follow suit. And when you’re forced to go out into the world without your trusty earsidekick—you struggle to rekindle what life used to sound like. An alien in your own commute.
Horoscopes: April 8-14
Y’all see that eclipse? Crazy how the planet works.
Horoscopes for the week of April 8-14.
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We Have to Move Faster
This country needs energy. Imagine the things we could do if we all moved faster, if we all ran and sped TOWARDS change. We need to be running daily, no more walking, NO MORE WALKING. RUN to the polls, RUN to the grocery store, RUN to a psychiatrist and get a stimulant prescription. Run back a month later and ask for a HIGHER DOSE. Run a CELSIUS© down your throat. SWALLOW NICOTINE GUM WHOLE. We need to put our pedal to the metal and MOVE. We’re running out of time.
Horoscopes: April 1-7
Happy April! Unless you’re an Aquarius or Libra.
Horoscopes for the week of April 1-7.
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