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This week's reading from Glass Bones is Chapter 7, The Fragile Architecture of Meaning.

I’ve posted my reading of Chapter 6 of Glass Bones, “The Mechanics of Defense.”

In the previous chapter, Culture As Armor, I explored Ernest Becker’s argument that culture provides us with systems of meaning that help protect us from the psychological weight of knowing that we are mortal.

Chapter 4: Culture As Armor | Glass Bones: Art, Mortality, and the Human Mind In Chapter 4 of Glass Bones: Art, Mortality, and the Human Mind, I turn to one of Ernest Becker’s central ideas: culture functions as a kind of psychological armor against the k…

In the first 38 pages of Glass Bones, I laid out the central problem: human beings are animals who became conscious enough to understand that we will die.

Chapter 2 explores the uniquely human burden of knowing that we will die.

The chapter is titled "The Problem We Don't Admit."

I’m an artist, writer, and educator exploring the intersection of creativity, mortality, and what it means to be human.

Jimmy, 2003—Salt Lake City, Utah, 10 x 8 in. positive print from a wet collodion negative. copyright Quinn B.

Greetings, I hope this finds you well.

Greetings, I have been having a wonderful summer.

50 copies of Glass Bones.

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be giving a free online talk for Morbid Anatomy on September 28, 2026, at 5:00 PM MST.

As I wait for the printer to ship a load of Glass Bones in June, I want to share what's next.

Front cover, spine, and back cover of Glass Bones. 2026 “The photograph preserves presence by recording its disappearance.” — Quinn Jacobson, Glass Bones (influenced by John Berger and Roland Barthes) I’ll be doing the final edits on the manuscript this w…

Untitled (Spiked Hair Portrait), 2004. 4 × 5 inch black glass ambrotype.

The Collapse of Meaning and the Work of Repair There are moments when the structures that once held your life together begin to loosen.

I was surprised to find two prints of mine in this show in Istanbul, Turkey.

“Residue, Red Yucca” - experimental cyanotype from a whole plate wet collodion negative.

Rupture Field Theory: Before I Had the Language - Introducing Episode 11 There are moments in life that don’t make sense when they happen.