Towards a New Aesthetic

What I'll do with my New Aesthetics grant.

May 12 • Megan Gafford

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April 2026

Fate leads the willing and drags the unwilling

Reflections on determinism and free will.

Apr 28 • Megan Gafford

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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars

Dreaming about Artemis II

Apr 14 • Megan Gafford

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March 2026

Time Machine

Of novels and salons.

Mar 31 • Megan Gafford

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On Truth and Beauty

My latest in Quillette.

Mar 17 • Megan Gafford

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Vibe Coding My Editor

A Claude Code use case for the humanities.

Published on Interintellect • Mar 3

February 2026

Romanticism Can’t Save Us

A response to Ted Gioia about humanism and AI.

Feb 17 • Megan Gafford

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A Digest

In case you missed these...

Feb 3 • Megan Gafford

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January 2026

Episode 605 - Interview with Megan Gafford (Writer, Artist)

In which we discuss the moral blind-spots of James Baldwin and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Published on Unlicensed Philosophy with Chuong Nguyen • Jan 20

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John Ford’s American Justice

I thought I understood how art affects us—being an artist myself—until I discovered John Ford.

Published on Romanticon • Jan 6

December 2025

'Tis the Season

...for shameless self-promotion!

Dec 15, 2025 • Megan Gafford

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Artist Statement: On Gradients

With a sneak peak of an upcoming drawing.

Dec 9, 2025 • Megan Gafford

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