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Noticing the Beauty in Ads, Commerce, and Capitalism
Economic activity is often a labor of love ⛩️
Apr 25
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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What Are Your Guilty Displeasures?
When disliking something clashes with your identity
Feb 28
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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The Sun When It Is Behind Translucent Clouds, Pale, Moon-Like, and Painless to Gaze Upon
A naming attempt ⚪️
Jan 17
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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Book Review: Mozart the Performer
In which I write about a musicology book out of friendship 🎼
Nov 12, 2025
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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The Color of the Future
A history of blue 🦋
Aug 26, 2025
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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Atlas of Links #2
Recent writings by me and related materials; collections of interesting aesthetics
Apr 13, 2025
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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Poetic Prose on Evil, Written on the Occasion of Having Purchased a Venus Flytrap
Carnivorous plants and their horrendous little red mouths 🐜
Aug 29, 2024
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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Beauty as the Original Solution to the Alignment Problem
Four paths to determining goodness 🪻
Aug 22, 2024
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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Travel Notes From the Most Beautiful Hospital in the World
L’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona 🍊
Apr 4, 2024
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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How Expensive Is Architectural Ornamentation?
“It depends!” 🍍
Mar 22, 2024
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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The Snob and the Pollyanna
On modulating your perception of beauty 👁️
Jan 4, 2024
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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The Figurative-to-Abstract Art Pipeline
Pioneers of abstract art all have a background painting representational pictures 🐄
Nov 10, 2023
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Étienne Fortier-Dubois
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