Archive (Page 5) • Mixed Media with Mikkel • Buttondown

In Which We Attempt to Build a Foundation for a Musical

April 22, 2025

Today, we're going to do a thought experiment. We're going to break down a musical book. I have never broken a musical book before. I also do not know if...

paraluman #24

April 18, 2025

neighbor

Idle Hands & Other Metaphors For Doing "Nothing"

April 15, 2025

I started “going to therapy recently, which also meant I had to do an intake session to start therapy recently which involves summarizing your life in not so...

paraluman #23

April 11, 2025

liminal, as in flux The predecessor of paraluman was just the #liminalspacesofthemidwest on Instagram, which is either a fundamentally terrible or...

Drag

April 8, 2025

Prologue This last weekend, I was in New York City for the second annual Crossword Con, run by one of my dear friends, Brooke. She needs no introduction...

paraluman #22

April 4, 2025

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The Fool This April Is Me (Trying to Make Vegan Sugar Cookies)

April 1, 2025

The following text is the initial draft of my “script.” Welcome to this week's Mixed Media with Mikkel. Today we are making vegan brown sugar cookies. Why...

paraluman #21

March 28, 2025

inquiry

Matching Mixed Media - The Brothers Vonnegut (Nonfiction novel, 2015) and Twisters (Fiction film, 2024)

March 25, 2025

We are who we are because of a combination of both of circumstances and our consequences. Example It is 2016. Maybe 2017. Memory is a faulty thing. I am in...

paraluman #20

March 21, 2025

natural

If There Is One Thing Generative AI Has Been Good For, It's Convincing Me It's Okay to Try Making Art

March 18, 2025

I keep a running list of any article or post lamenting about the current state of Generative AI in my private discord. It’s a thread I’ve been running since...