To "Stay Open-Eyed in the Terrible Place": Opening Remarks on the Art & Alchemy o
On Monday, August 21st the entirety of North America experienced a partial or total solar eclipse. With its direct path stretching across the contiguous United States, the eclipse cast its darkest shadow stretching from celebratory festivals in Oregon across the country to South Carolina, where some of the worst racially-motivated violence in recent U.S. history has occurred. The one unifying factor was Sol Niger – the Black Sun: Its cast shadow mirroring the eclipsed cons
