Maciolekism

Craig Maciolek

  • Visions and Revisions

    For some decades, our vision of our society has been deteriorating. Exponentially becoming less communal, less social, and more individualistic. Brutal individualism. Never mind the illusion social media creates. A single person alone can be rigid to their vision, if… Continue reading

  • The Peeling Fire

    Famine comes on like a fire: slow at first, mostly smoke, then the conflagration builds exponentially to consume everything; peeling away the layers of decadence. The brochure life, built around the objects and routines that convey the illusion of maturity,… Continue reading

  • How I Classify Music

    Imagine getting a message from an old friend you haven’t seen in a long time, and making arrangements to meet one evening. As the plans get closer there is anticipation that turns into excitement, and when you finally meet the… Continue reading

  • The A.I. Pool

    I was thinking about this AI writing thing, where there is so much concern about students cheating, and now I am suffering from memories. Laughing at a memory of sitting along the wall in my college’s typing pool room off… Continue reading

  • Five Stars

    I have come to learn that rating things, like movies, on a five star system can give people anxiety. This, apparently, is why some online and streaming services have moved to a more simplistic like/dislike system. I don’t know for… Continue reading

  • Throttle and Brake

    So far, in my fifty plus years of living, the hardest lesson to learn has been knowing when to press the throttle and when to press the brake. A lesson that is still playing out. Like everyone, information is continuously… Continue reading