I’m teaching Ruskin’s The Nature of Gothic this fall, in which he contrasts the alienated industrial city with the humanity & beauty of medieval architecture. I’m seeking the echoes to be found among YouTube minimalists — the kind of spiritual transcendence sought in purging stuff. Recs please!
@ablerism I am especially interested in the kinda cartoonish, bro-y version of this — like: just get rid of all your stuff and you’ll achieve enlightenment.
@ablerism it's been AGES since I read the Stones of Venice. Skimming the chapter, I see that I am a very different person than when I read it as an undergrad, and that the world has become much changed.
