“Most writers' view of the New West is either phony - obsessed with the same tired mythology - or it's obsessed with anti-mythology, ... There's not a lot of realistic, observant writing about the West right now.” WritingViewsRight NowTiredWestMythologyObsessionObsessedRealisticPhonyObservant Author:Walter Kirn
“I feel very lucky. I don't know what else there has to be. I'm happy, as corny as it sounds, to be living in a place where it's easy to live, easy to drive to the airport, easy to go pick up something at the supermarket and to have a circle of friends. Those were my goals in 1998, not to be queen of photography but to make a cultural adjustment to the West. And those are still more important goals to me than professional ones right now.” KnowsFeelsStillsImportantEasySoundGoalRight NowLuckyPhotographyPicksWestCirclesQueensAirportsCornyAdjustmentSupermarketsCircle Of Friends Author:Andrea Modica
“All of the action, and the Wild West West fun, crazy, HBO stuff is in there and it's all amazing, but what separates the show [ Westworld] is that it's an existential drama. It's an intellectual nightmare. It is all very much based in reality. A lot of the technologies that we're exploring is stuff that we're working at, right now. All of this is not that far away. It's taking a look at humanity and the state that we're in now and what would happen, if we kept on going the way that we're going and we created this artificial intelligence.” IfsWayLooksStatesShowsRealityHappensActionHumanityFunStuffTechnologyCrazyDramaRight NowIntellectualWestNightmareArtificial IntelligenceArtificialFar AwayExistentialExploringHboWild West Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“I feel there is a great spiritual awakening on the planet right now. More than any previous time, people are drawn to meditation, to mindfulness, to yoga. These have become mainstream in the West because there is a hunger.” PeopleFeelsSpiritualMeditationPlanetsRight NowMindfulnessYogaWestHungerAwakeningMainstreamSpiritual AwakeningGreat Spiritual Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos