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Culture Conversation: The Denim Jacket and Personal Style
I’ve been working in Santa Monica in an office that is essentially an icebox. When the temperature in California cooled down this week, I decided that I’d bust out my denim jacket I purchased over the summer. When I checked myself over before leaving for work in the morning, and even when I caught glimpses of myself…
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Culture Conversation: A 1969 Olin Ad
I have a stack of vintage National Geographics that I bought from my public library’s bookstore for my art journaling. I’m starting a new journal and was going through the magazines to find photos and words to use. In the October 1969 issue, I came across this advertisement for Olin, which is a Missouri-based company…
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Culture Conversation: Heads Up Seven Up
I spend a significant amount of my Internet time researching stuff that is not particularly new or timely but catches my interest, and I inevitably end up thinking about it through some cultural lens. Here is the first post of a new series that chronicles this aspect of my Internet adventures. I encourage you to share and become…