Maja Malmcrona

Maja Malmcrona

Maja Malmcrona

A weekly Arts, Society, Culture, Philosophy and Visual Arts podcast

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Maja Malmcrona

Maja Malmcrona

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Maja Malmcrona

Maja Malmcrona

Maja Malmcrona

A weekly Arts, Society, Culture, Philosophy and Visual Arts podcast
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Fall, excessive heat, brain fatigue, presence, acting at one's optimal capacity, groundedness and disassociation, zoning out, coping mechanisms, introversion versus extraversion, information overload, eye fatigue, social pressure, winter hibern
Art, procrastination, (arbitrary) belief systems, money, public transport, systems of exchange, Glasgow, poverty and deprived neighbourhoods, urban planning, the Swiss heroin programme, Jordan Peele, monstrous clouds, horror films, political st
The art world, fancy shopping districts, rich Switzerland, Art Basel, art as collector's items, commerical galleries, pleasantries, faux abstraction, contentless art, poser artists, choosing your legacy, commercial and existential success, goin
Minimalism, art, mental clarity, inspiration, plant sweat, architecture, modernism and ornament, the burden of history, Shintoism, Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke, good versus evil, mainstream consumerism, Harvey Weinstein, internationalism a
Mark Z. Danielewski’s ‘House of Leaves’, insanity, interweaving storylines, suggestive graphic design, creepiness, ghosts, violating one’s space, monsters and slutty unicorns, horror films, found footage, The Blair Witch Project, gluttony, exer
Cognitive enhancements, drugs, brain implants, authenticity, idea generation, creativity, definitions, art, fraudulence, Neuralink and Elon Musk, struggle, books, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, biceps (and other moulded flabs), acid, artistic masterpiece
Books, creativity, martial arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, marketing, art, failure, self-help and philosophy, productivity, procrastination, the thirst for knowledge, interpretations of art, intention, sculpture and the experience of space, order
Comedy, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, language, taking things seriously, nihilism, beauty, Albert Camus, silliness and passion, communism, political versus non-political comedy, truth-telling and Charlie Hebdo, Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’, laughte
Stress, resistance, Zen philosophy, pursuing a goal versus accepting what happens, free will, Alex Garland’s ‘Devs’, agency, anxiety management, mass shootings, the butterfly effect, consciousness, exposure therapy, exceeding one’s comfort zone
Art school, political correctness, beauty, making art for artists, teaching ideas versus skills, painting squares, rejection, pushing something to its limit, predictability, definitions, cognitive enhancement, cheating, authenticity, brain impl
Creativity, nature, Switzerland, (faking) normality, being alone, freelancing, empathy, ignoring the news, the Ukraine War, spreading positivity, charitable giving, aggressive marketing and fear-mongering, bullying, indifference and coping mech
Books, philosophy, self-help, Donald Robertson’s How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, stoicism, Marcus Aurelius, Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist, catastrophic thinking, Marina Abramovic’s Walk Through Walls, fiction versus non-fiction, truth,
Boredom, creativity, granting one’s mind room to wander, rainy train rides, airplane WiFi, productivity, phone addiction, sensory deprivation tanks, increasing one’s awareness, the city at night, party music in department stores, marathon runni
Beauty, the aesthetic experience, politics and art schools, street performance, presence, suspending one’s disbelief, religious experiences, supernaturalism, becoming one with one’s environment, psychedelics, Carl Jung, LSD and the famous bike
Artistic influences, Sarah Sze’s multimedia sculptures, how objects mark time, fragmentation, the beginning and end of art, threshold and hierarchy, the lost art of painting, moving through scales, John Singer Sargent’s portraits, realism and e
Artistic influences, Sarah Sze’s multimedia sculptures, how objects mark time, fragmentation, the beginning and end of art, threshold and hierarchy, the lost art of painting, moving through scales, John Singer Sargent’s portraits, realism and e
Books, reading, Socrates, memory, Plato’s Dialogues, Gilbert Ryle’s ‘The Concept of Mind’, different ways of thinking, hyper-intelligent debates, Twitter and technology, quantum biology, knowledge as power, self-development, wisdom and humility
About the spring, new beginnings, the state of the world (and the Russian-Ukrainian War), imposing one’s reality upon others, Putin drinking tea, Ernest Becker’s ‘The Denial of Death’, leaving a mark, appreciating the small moments, being non-p
About habits, perfectionism, motivation, James Clear’s ‘Atomic Habits’, dopamine detoxing, boredom, brushing your teeth, the Metaverse, productive procrastination, Duolingo and the angry bird, mindfulness, introversion, productivity, Yuval Noah
Art and its purpose, Jens Haaning’s ‘Take the Money and Run’ (2021), ethics, theft and controversy, irrelevant debates, Marco Evaristti’s ‘Helena’ (2000), imaginary dichotomies, truth and illusion, the art market, Banksy’s shredded ‘Love is in
Controversial art, performance and theft, Jens Haaning’s ‘Take the money and Run’ (2021), music and participation, materialism, Anna Odell’s ‘Okänd, kvinna 2009–349701’ (2009), staging a suicide, harm versus offence, definitions, animal cruelty
Mathematics as invention or discovery, definitions, purity versus application, bank balances and types of numbers, art and beauty, Euler’s formula, triangles and infinity, the flatness of the earth, balls and spheres, the hedgehog theorem, the
About regrets, touching one’s face, dreams and murder zombies, perfectionism and procrastination, dirty art, entropy and creativity, meaning, farming metaphors, the value of making mistakes (and letting go of control), The School of Life, hope
About storytelling, narrative, getting sidetracked, changing one’s path, goal-setting and failure, sulking (and excessive chips eating), problem-solving, changing professions, fear of quitting versus fear of fulfilment, facing oneself, Learning
About anger, family relationships, holiday anxiety and bad memories, controlling one’s emotions, crying and psychopathy, self—awareness, empathy, temper tantrums and the immune system, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and channeling your anger, epic war mus
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