As the brief season of blossoms comes to an end in Edinburgh, this episode considers what lessons can be found in spring and hope. How we can not only wait, passively, for a saviour but engage together in a common cause to create beauty. This journey flows through Margarete Susman, Emmanuel Kant, Dune, Jurassic Park, Edinburgh today and its history to reveal lessons of spring. Join the mailing list to get notified of new blogs, podcast episodes and more here Follow AJ Merron on Instagram here Threads here Mentioned and referenced Offline Podcast from Crooked Media episode - How "The Social Network" explains Silicon Valley Books - Dune by Frank Herbert Foundation by Isaac Asimov Movies - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg Barbie by Greta Gerwig Philosophy - Critique of Pure Reason by Emmanuel Kant Judaism: A World Religion

This episode marks a shift in direction for the podcast to begin a delve into where art, culture, and philosophy meet. This convergence as a topic of study is known in academia as "Intermediality" and will broadly be the core focus of this podcast. This particular episode is looking at expectations, anticipation, identity, and associated anxiety. How these things have been thought about and reflected in the arts and culture. For more on Intermediality I recommend checking out this site from Edinburgh University https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/intermediality/ Books mentioned in this pod: Protagoras by Plato Darien Disaster by John Prebble WandaVision is a series now available on Disney+

A short one this week, a little pensive consideration of how I got here and where to next. How life in Auld Reekie wasn't the immediate rescue I imagined but is starting to bear fruit as I make greater use of the Scottish Poetry Library and the various galleries and museums of this city. My website and blog https://www.ajmerron.co.uk/ Find me on IG here https://www.instagram.com/ajmerron_writes/ Threads https://www.threads.net/@ajmerron_writes YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ajmerron_writes Mentioned in this episode Scottish Poetry Library https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/ Scottish National Galleries https://www.nationalgalleries.org/ Affiliate Links, please use to support this podcast Where I purchased most of my equipment, Wex National Trust for Scotland membership, NTS