Cozy

I’ve made reference lately in my notes and in conversation to the “capitalist mill” as in “grist for the capitalist mill”1. I would give specific examples but the symptoms as they concern me are already topics of all the posts: inability to focus, social division, lack of meaningful productivity, everything getting worse, producing things of value long-since devalued, platforms instead of products, content instead of art… But sure, it’s probably my fault for not meditating more. Cozy is having a moment and I’ve fallen for it. It strikes me as the foil to the mill. It seeps contentment, simplicity, a disregard for more. Cozy lit I’ve been into hopepunk/solarpunk for a while now, but I randomly picked up Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve picked up More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop but read Bright Green Futures and am reading Accelerated Growth Environment from the amazing Shiraki Press first. Japan I’ve been obsessed with Japan for a while now, but Morisaki…