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INTERESTING > GOOD
Interesting is better than good. Before we get ahead of ourselves, know that I don't mean this in an all-encompassing sense. If I'm looking to make a friend, I wouldn't seek out someone who hits me just because they are fabulously well read. However, it has occurred to me that if parts of my everyday life are made interesting by a sudden turn of events, I tend to be happier than if those same parts of my day had just been "good". If I can honestly say that an experience would

Dollie Swaim
Nov 143 min read
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EATON, KENNETH, HURST, LIDIA, AND THE PALISADES: I LOVE YOU LA AND I'M SORRY
I left the book I've been reading on my desk before I drove out. This shouldn't be important to me, and it's not really, but it's...

Dollie Swaim
Jan 115 min read
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THE RISE OF THE ARCHETYPE, THE DEATH OF INDIVIDUALITY, AND THE ATACAMA DESERT
Cultural unity is one thing, but the complete over-saturation of modern American culture by "trendiness" feels more like a plaster mold...

Dollie Swaim
Dec 8, 20245 min read
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THE WORST DATE IN THE BEST RESTAURANT
Amongst the charcuterie of botox and "songwriters" and data analysts and chicks your roommate wants you to go out with that make up the...

Dollie Swaim
Dec 6, 20244 min read
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BUT SOME REVOLUTION SONGS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
Only in song can you and five thousand other people speak together, the same words at the same time, meaning basically the same thing and se

Dollie Swaim
Nov 19, 20245 min read
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SHOULD WE LEAVE OUR ART ALONE?
I used to feel incredibly committed to editing anything I created, spending sleepless nights changing guitar parts or adding detail to a...

Dollie Swaim
Aug 24, 20248 min read
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