Arrival
As she shifts languages she shifts worlds, perspectives and motivations…
Decoder
Exploring fictional semiotician-esque action as depicted in our favorite books, movies, TV shows, and comics.
Rope
Theory and practice can be worlds apart.
Six Feet Under
What is life?
Babylon Berlin
"Charlotte approaches her investigations not only rationally, but with empathy and emotion."
Le Garage Hermétique
Call this sort of thing: narrative kintsugi — i.e., breaking, then making visible repairs to one's story.
Kosmos
"The semiosphere seductively lurks just out of our reach."
The Wonder
How to marshal myth, meaning, and embodied imagination…
Priestdaddy
"The mind’s eye and the reasoning faculty hovering dually at all times…"
The Giver
"The themes we find can feel fleeting and unsteady — until we name them."
Lessons in Chemistry
"Cooking is not an exact science." Neither is semiotics.
Pattern Recognition
She has no way of knowing how she knows.
Music Box
"Each new clue twists and turns Talbot’s perspective… and ours too."
The Odyssey
To live in the wider world, you need to recognize that meaning is… "twisty."
Nice Work
She skilfully decodes everything she can see.
Babel-17
You must feel the research with instinct, intuition, and empathy.