hermeneutics

Calling All Aphantasiacs

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This week’s post may at first blush seem entirely unrelated to my research on monsters, mashups, and popular culture, but it has more to do with these topics than you might think. It will also blow your mind. A number of years ago I discovered that a member of my immediate family could not visualise things in their … Read more

Meaning versus Significance as Explained by Instagram Autumn Mania

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I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe; Studying inventions fine her wits to entertain, Oft turning others’ leaves, to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburn’d brain. (Sir Philip Sidney,  Astrophil and Stella, sonnet 1: 5-8)   The autumn semester has started at Cardiff University, … Read more