Breakin’ the Law

By: Peggy Nelson

Don’t you love it when the first thing everyone asks you about your work is, “isn’t that illegal?” [The Cones Project, a performance art/virtual maps mashup, Peggy Nelson, 2009] Craig Baldwin is a scavenger, collagist, […]

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Love and Tentacles

By: Peggy Nelson

A few months ago, a friend of mine started Twittering his doodles. An irrepressible draftsman, Walter Sickert has the kind of old-skool muse that demands daily tribute. A sketchbook is always ready pocketside and, at […]

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To Err is Bounteous

By: Matthew Battles

One of my favorite blogs, Bozo Sapiens, offers a thoughtful consideration of Aleister Crowley, who as a HiLo Hero was recently fêted in this space. Blogger Michael Kaplan serves up elegant and evocative accounts of […]

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Aleister Crowley

By: Erik Davis

ALEISTER CROWLEY (1875–1947) Mountaineer, fiendish hedonist, and magus incandescent, ALEISTER CROWLEY (1875–1947) remains one of the more remarkable figures of Edwardian letters, though his peculiar reputation makes a frank assessment of the man a rare […]

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