Roald Dahl
Author of James and the Giant Peach,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
Fantastic Mr Fox
Arts & Humanities
Immersive Van Gogh exhibit
Request: A very popular and commercial "expressive art experience" featuring projected images of the works of Van Gogh.
Desiderata
Request: A popular [public domain] prose/poem in spiritual communities.
Shattering the Screen of Unreality
"We have to reject the form of life that has been thrust upon us by the media and the digital world." This article is free at AmGreatness.com (see link)
David Lynch
filmmaker, painter, visual artist, musician, and writer. He directed The Elephant Man, Dune, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and created Twin Peaks.
postmodernism
defined by an attitude of skepticism toward what it describes as the grand narratives and ideologies of modernism, as well as opposition to epistemic certainty and the stability of meaning --wikipedia
Self authoring
"a series of online writing programs that collectively help you explore your past, present and future." Jordan Peterson is attached to the project.
Moloch (Canaanite god)
often been portrayed as a bull-headed idol with outstretched hands over a fire; this depiction takes the brief mentions of Moloch in the Bible and combines them with various sources --wikipedia
Hillsdale College online courses (free)
Learn from distinguished faculty (including Victor Davis Hanson) in courses inspired by Hillsdale’s core curriculum.
technocracy
a proposed system of government in which the decision-maker or makers are selected on the basis of their expertise in a given area of responsibility, particularly with regard to scientific or technical knowledge --wikipedia
Khan Academy
Our mission is to provide a free, world‑class education for anyone, anywhere.
panpsychism
In the philosophy of mind, panpsychism is the view that mind or a mindlike aspect is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of reality --wikipedia
The Fibonacci sequence or "golden ratio"
Almost everything has dimensional properties that adhere to the ratio of 1.618, so it seems to have a fundamental function for the building blocks of nature. --investopedia.com
Charles Bukowski, literary works
The New Yorker wrote, "the secret of Bukowski's appeal ... [is that] he combines the confessional poet's promise of intimacy with the larger-than-life aplomb of a pulp-fiction hero."
Slavoj Žižek
"challenges many of the founding assumptions of today’s left-liberal academy, including the elevation of difference or otherness to ends in themselves."