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Varieties of extended emotions

The very excellent Joel Krueger has a new paper.   AffectCognitionCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceconsciousnessdistributed knowledgeEmbodied cognitionEmotionsExtended Mindjoel kruegerJoint listeningmusicphilosophical psychologyPhilosophy of mindSelf-regulation

Best Soul Food

The List Willie Mae’s Scotch House and Dooky Chase’s feature. I’ve been lucky to have eaten at Sylvia’s Restaurant, Gladys Knight’s Chicken & Waffles and Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles. Dooky Chase’sfoodnew orleanssoul foodWillie Mae’s Scotch House

Certified

Percy referenced in Why It Feels Good When Your City Hits the Big Screen Walker Percy may be right. The attraction towards certification is often a function of a deficiency in ourselves. We feel unvalidated and we appropriate the decision of a location scout in order to fill that void.   Moviegoerphilosophical literatureWalker Percy

Robert Plant @ Jazz Fest

As usual an excellent report by Keith Spera. He prefers to chart his own course down roads less traveled, specifically the back-country trails that lead to forgotten corners of Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, and ramshackle bars in New Orleans’ Bywater neighborhood. Thus, on Saturday, he and the Space Shifters exhumed a meditation by high-lonesome Kentucky…

Catholicism and literature

As a Catholic, I recognize that life is a story of continuous revision, of failure and unexpected grace, and of dogged hope. I am comfortable with the white space of ambiguity and mystery. I have faith, not certainty . . . Nick Ripatrazone (H/T to The Dish’s Matt Sitman). CatholicismNick Ripatrazonephilosophical literature