Beams and Struts - A Magazine for Hungry Brains and Thirsty Souls

The Four Quadrants of Death Cab for Cutie

Written by TJ Dawe

Â What are the Four Quadrants? Components of a map. A way to understand what's going on with something. For instance, Death Cab for Cutie.

Waking up. Growing up.

Written by Chela Davison

Â We move into the places we know we must and wake to what is begging to be seen.

A Little Bit of Advice

Written by Andrew Baxter

Â Just a little bit of friendly advice on this late October Friday.

Why Occupy Wall Street? You Be the Jury

Written by C4Chaos

Â C4Chaos makes his Beams debut with a scorcher on why we might consider supporting Occupy Wall St.

Important Comment: Sera Beak

Written by Chris Dierkes

Â Sera Beak responds to Vanessa's recent article. A really beautiful and raw conversation ensues.Â

The Occupy Movement and the Participatory Transition

Written by Trevor Malkinson

Â Political theorist Michael Hardt offers a new vision for societal transition, one now springing forth in the Occupy movement. (video)

Literary Excerpt: Margaret Atwood on Batman

Written by TJ Dawe

Â Â Margaret Atwood explores science fiction, fantasy and mythology in her newest bookÂ In Other Worlds. This excerpt contains her look at Batman through a Jungian lens.

You are the traffic

Written by Chela Davison

Â I'm a driver, I'm a winner...things are going to change I can feel it...

Why we should stop listening to economists

Written by Andrew Baxter

Â The modern study of economics has become lost in imaginary worlds and often bears no real relation to what is actually happening in the world. And yet, we still listen to what they have to say. Why?