Aaron Burch | The Smart Set https://www.thesmartset.com A magazine of arts & culture from Drexel University Wed, 25 Oct 2023 19:50:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 A Good Idea https://www.thesmartset.com/a-good-idea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-good-idea https://www.thesmartset.com/a-good-idea/#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2022 12:42:40 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=57809 “Is this a good idea?” I keep saying. Over and over: “Is this a good idea? Is this a good idea? Is this a good idea? Isthisagoodidea?” To Matt, though I’m not really asking; to myself, like I’m trying to cast a spell, pushing myself into action; to the deer, like it might understand this mantra as coming from someone who wants to help; out loud, […]

The post A Good Idea first appeared on The Smart Set.

]]> https://www.thesmartset.com/a-good-idea/feed/ 0 Name Your God https://www.thesmartset.com/name-your-god-and-bleed-the-freak/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=name-your-god-and-bleed-the-freak https://www.thesmartset.com/name-your-god-and-bleed-the-freak/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:30:32 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=42141 I see the shirt from afar, like the midway full of people parted just for my sightline. BLEED THE FREAK, it says in big, blocky, bright red letters. I’m not sure what it means, but it doesn’t feel right. Something about the violence of the phrase, the awkward but hypnotic syntax. The words worm their way into […]

The post Name Your God first appeared on The Smart Set.

]]> https://www.thesmartset.com/name-your-god-and-bleed-the-freak/feed/ 1