Adam Robertson

4 weeks ago | medium.com | Adam Robertson

How Protest Music Became the Blatantly Misused Soundtrack for the Republican PartyAdam Robertson·Follow17 min read·--Image: © 2023, Reuters. “Scenes from the March on Washington, sixty years later”. Music has long been a historical vehicle for political and social critique, lending voice to dissent and rallying public sentiment (Street, 2013).

1 month ago | medium.com | Adam Robertson

Prometheus, Proteus, and the Concept of Eternal PunishmentAdam Robertson·Follow18 min read·--Image: © Bill Bragg, 2019. The New Yorker “The Lighthouse is Salted With Madness”. WARNING: Spoilers for The Lighthouse and associated media lie ahead. Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse is a haunting cinematic exploration on isolation, madness, and existential dread. While steeped in psychological horror and surrealist aesthetic, the film’s narrative and thematic structure is steeped in classical mythology.

2 months ago | medium.com | Adam Robertson

The Sacred and the Savage in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood MeridianAdam Robertson·Follow14 min read·--The Glanton Gang move across the plains. Image ©2021, Rob Wood & Suntep EditionsWARNING: Spoilers for Blood Meridian and associated media lie ahead. Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West is a bleak meditation on violence as both a historical and metaphysical phenomenon.

Nov 23, 2024 | medium.com | Adam Robertson

The Origins and Geographical Relocation of a Mythical KingAdam Robertson·Follow14 min read·--“The legendary Prester John and his court” by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario’s Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.

Sep 22, 2024 | insuranceinsider.com | Adam Robertson

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