https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences daily 0.75 2026-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1cdaff7e-a266-44f4-87f0-c8d145685277/Book+Collage+Photo+Credit+Michael+Quinn.JPG Critical Influences https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/louise-hay-the-first-and-last-voice-i-hear monthly 0.5 2026-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/065c66c5-e0b9-4e5a-8f32-f6bbeab22144/You+Can+Heal+Your+Life%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Louise Hay: The First and Last Voice I Hear - Make it stand out Louise in the stacks of used books at the Strand. She had a new author photo for each reprinting. as the times changed, so did her look: “Each old layer must give way in order to be replaced with new thinking.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/97cefa57-1fd2-4f3f-82a0-926136bf7cce/Louise+Hay+in+Pink+Tie+Dye.jpg Critical Influences - Louise Hay: The First and Last Voice I Hear - Make it stand out Louise “at Home” (in the studio), looking perfectly at home in new age pink tie-dyed silk layers against the earth-toned and natural textured furnishings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/a3a9c5c2-c365-4303-9d10-869c459dcefd/Louise+Hay+Animation.jpg Critical Influences - Louise Hay: The First and Last Voice I Hear - Make it stand out opening graphics featured primitive animations such as these hearts circling the one place we all call home, earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/cfb9d9a4-fa81-4dfa-ab40-76b76f9eb6b7/Whitman+in+Love%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Louise Hay: The First and Last Voice I Hear - Make it stand out A one-man show in noho, performed in the beautiful garden of the 19th-century landmarked Merchant’s house museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/48761b06-766a-45a9-b091-04349f6d48bc/Down+by+the+Bowery%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Louise Hay: The First and Last Voice I Hear - Make it stand out The setting sun on the face of old buildings often stops me in my tracks and overwhelms me with some unnameable emotion. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/marrying-mr-bonehead monthly 0.5 2026-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/249b7e5d-96a5-415b-aa1a-172849c8006d/Chikage+Awashima+as+Taeko+and+Shin+Saburi+as+Mokichi+in+The+Flavor+of+Green+Tea+over+Rice+%281952%29%2C+directed+by+Yasujir%C5%8D+Ozu.+Courtesy+of+Shochiku+Co.%2C+Ltd.jpg Critical Influences - Marrying Mr. Bonehead - Make it stand out Chikage Awashima as Taeko and Shin Saburi as Mokichi in The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952), directed by Yasujirō Ozu. Courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/a-trip-around-the-world-with-krzysztof-kielowski monthly 0.5 2026-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/fdaed9c0-0cdf-453b-8d2c-009fa1c29491/Three+Colors+Blue+at+Metrograph%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - A Trip Around the World with Krzysztof Kieślowski - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/02791620-e5e1-4e5f-9592-79ec92b92259/Three+Colors+White+at+Metrograph%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - A Trip Around the World with Krzysztof Kieślowski - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/f4082e7b-fe92-409a-9896-5a6e82c44afb/Three+Colors+Red+at+Metrograph%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - A Trip Around the World with Krzysztof Kieślowski - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/one-stop-earlier monthly 0.5 2026-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/6fa5c448-15f1-4a80-b019-816163e9f261/Michael+Quinn+Small+Changes+NYT+Well+April+2026.jpeg Critical Influences - One Stop Earlier - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/frida-mania monthly 0.5 2026-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/38f35a46-755c-44bd-9b8c-108dd2dde313/Frida+paper+dolls+closet+door+collage%2C+collage+and+photos+credit+Michael+Quinn.JPG Critical Influences - Frida Mania - Make it stand out When i lived on the LeS, i collaged the insides of my closet doors with outfits from a frida kahlo paper doll. when i moved to brooklyn, i took the doors with me. photo credit: michael quinn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/549def33-2d5e-4a21-b024-963edde4f9d9/paper+mache+skeleton%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Frida Mania - Make it stand out once on display year round, carly now comes out only at halloween. photo credit: michael quinn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/319930f4-5d73-4ebe-aaa0-304d3fc79d14/Frida+shell+collage%2C+collage+and+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpg Critical Influences - Frida Mania - Make it stand out my shrine to frida: my then boyfriend and i picked up this ceramic wall hanging in a grocery store in cancun. when we came back to ny, i covered it with shells we’d collected from mexican beaches. the face looked weird, so i hung this photo in front of it. photo credit: michael quinn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/5f87fbdc-2ac7-49c1-bf26-0f132b3a128a/Frida+at+the+Met%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Frida Mania - Make it stand out the outfit is everything. the expression? not so much. photo credit: michael quinn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/703b02b4-72d1-47e7-bc75-aee5acace0a6/Friday+and+Diego+at+MoMA%2C+Spring+2026%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Frida Mania - Make it stand out When you’re known by one name, you’ve either made it or it’s over. maybe both. photo credit: michael quinn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/21bf107f-420e-44b9-9a7b-3ee32f328ea5/Frida+and+Diego+at+MoMA%2C+Spring+2026%2C+installation+view%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Frida Mania - Make it stand out a painting by diego rivera on display at moma. almost blocks out the view of those awful blue curtains. photo credit: michael quinn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/45ae6df0-79ea-4b58-b430-df1dcc54f3e2/Friday+family+tree%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Frida Mania - Make it stand out the frame, while visually striking, somehow acts as a barrier to the painting’s intimacy. ugh. photo credit: michael quinn https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/tone-on-tone-a-monochromatic-picture-of-midlife-in-another-woman monthly 0.5 2026-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/4965338e-7a8a-4f65-aee2-6965eb63d4cd/Another+Woman%2C+adults+at+a+party%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out did your eyes go right to the man in grey? it’s not just because he’s in the center, and gesturing with his finger. Look at what he’s wearing (grey tweed blazer, pinstriped shirt, patterned tie) and appreciate how they’re the same color as his hair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1566255948936-TQD3GKBMPKHKJVG389V4/ADROIT+I+LIKE+TO+WATCH+INSTAGRAM+PICTURE.JPG Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out Nussbaum opens one essay with a declaration of her love (particularly as a young woman) for Woody Allen’s movies, now seen in the light of the fact that he has since been accused of “molesting his young daughter.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1902fd47-a4ad-400b-ab7e-c11b321e8711/Another+Woman%2C+Hope%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out a long trapeze-type tank over a turtleneck, with a matching skirt, paired with tights, fair isle socks, and lace-up oxfords? this kind of bonkers layering really gets my blood going. 10 out of 10. no notes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/7e67e35c-0a1e-4cfd-a0ae-51d028d504c7/Another+Woman%2C+Marion+in+olives+and+greys%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out a distraught marion reclines on a pile of kilim pillows. I love how kurland has split the suit here, putting Marion in an olive jacket with grey pants, a ribbed cashmere turtleneck, and little nude-colored flats. the whole thing is giving me Armani Collezioni vibes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/298b98a2-2005-4a9e-835a-83ce7629d8c7/Michael_Quinn_Reddish_Brown_Background.jpg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out I am really a natural fibers kind of guy. or, as my friend ry referred to her own way of dressing, “neutral and natural.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/469fe3fa-47af-43e4-8403-435540d411e4/Another+Woman%2C+tonal+landscape%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out Marion and friends. each outfit looks believable. but look at the overall composition. see how it moves from browns to greys? there’s a master at work here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/b9c669c4-847f-4837-a9f5-78d32a2b3ce0/Another+Woman%2C+Marion+in+black%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Tone on Tone: A Monochromatic Picture of Midlife in "Another Woman" - Make it stand out portrait of a changed woman. Marion, whom we have only seen wearing earrings and a watch, now has pinned a brooch onto her black crewneck sweater, like a badge of courage. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/object-lessons monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/b0fe109f-27e2-4bb8-bd09-ce8834cc69d3/Michael+Quinn+in+The+New+York+Times%2C+The+Objects+We+Keep+for+Love%2C+photo+credit+Rainer+Schulze.jpeg Critical Influences - Object Lessons - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/7a6d5802-7611-45b2-8bc5-4999370d72dd/Lily%27s+runner%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Object Lessons - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/on-reading-the-summer-book-in-winter monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/ec49da15-d4f1-4bfe-ac1a-6dca3f142fda/The+Summer+Book%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Reading "The Summer Book" in Winter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/moral-dilemmas-new-york-times-ethicist monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1768881851294-AZ2W0CJU2H8M7BHPFV8D/Michael+Quinn+New+York+Times+Ethicist+January+17%2C+2026.jpeg Critical Influences - Moral Dilemmas: On Writing to "The New York Times" Ethicist - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/a-little-something-extra monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/cb941b97-46e9-4f52-812d-dc6e584ea56a/Flocked+tree%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - A Little Something Extra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/0df57f2f-13e3-435a-8569-afaffbefacde/Plain+and+Simple%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - A Little Something Extra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/03595f5f-1470-497d-984d-c9ea840d825c/John+Derian+plates%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - A Little Something Extra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/478ae6da-f29d-42c4-9ed9-8910228293e1/Porcelain+tin+cans%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - A Little Something Extra - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/mouchette-the-privilege-of-the-wretched monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/0c388f13-8bbf-46c2-9e87-763ffc71c11f/Mouchette+cover%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - "Mouchette": The Privilege of the Wretched - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/49aa80d9-c8b6-4bbc-ab48-74e9cab07757/Mouchette+Brooklyn+Public+Libarary+copy%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - "Mouchette": The Privilege of the Wretched - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/f8994ca4-ec14-4dbf-93a4-e97227172e8c/Mouchette+author+photo%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - "Mouchette": The Privilege of the Wretched - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/selena-gomez-is-giving-eponine-energy monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/980d239b-2372-4486-b1c7-816104ad3d28/On+My+Own+photo+collage+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Selena Gomez Is Giving Éponine Energy - Make it stand out does this photo collage help you see what i mean? https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/here-comes-the-sun monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/a8b1f958-4e36-46d5-88c3-ac1be7b7064d/The+Sun%2C+October+2025+Issue.jpeg Critical Influences - Here Comes "The Sun" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/naming-what-matters-nan-goldin-peter-hujar-and-power-of-the-particular monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/8b67dfd6-4826-4707-a731-ae5adad919ec/Nan+Goldin+Ballad+of+Sexual+Dependency%2C+photo+credit+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Naming What Matters: Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar, and Power of the Particular - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/my-letter-to-the-new-yorker-on-green-wood-cemetery monthly 0.5 2026-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/62d8f029-e396-4b6a-aea6-4f4d898984a6/Green+Wood+in+the+winter%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - My Letter to "The New Yorker" on Green-Wood Cemetery - Make it stand out Green-wood in the winter, where an angel with well-developed abs contemplates the heavens on a hill near the historic chapel. photo by michael quinn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/b2d0aafd-eae5-4c01-8914-b6f001c76fc5/Green-Wood+in+the+spring%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - My Letter to "The New Yorker" on Green-Wood Cemetery - Make it stand out green-wood in the spring, where cherry trees bloom along the perimeter of Valley Water. photo by michael quinn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/4273662c-2a8a-4dd0-89eb-acd9cfc2f874/Green-Wood+in+the+summer%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - My Letter to "The New Yorker" on Green-Wood Cemetery - Make it stand out Green-wood in the summer, where this drowsy-looking maiden sits near’s niblo’s tomb., adorned with a crown and bouquet of fading summer roses. photo by michael quinn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/69956e99-8539-41ac-95f5-289b90e5d698/Green-Wood+in+the+fall%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - My Letter to "The New Yorker" on Green-Wood Cemetery - Make it stand out green-wood in the fall, where the autumn leaves form a spectacular halo for a lichen-covered angel. photo by michael quinn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/1742681643467-G31TSTITBTY41NOLLTZJ/Michael+Quinn+Review+Brooklyn+Arcadia+Andrew+Garn+The+Red+Hook+Star-Revue+%28December++2023%29.jpg Critical Influences - My Letter to "The New Yorker" on Green-Wood Cemetery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/footnotes-from-a-gay-sensibility monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/9218382d-5e14-4a7a-82f7-9acbdd161d76/Gay+Sensibility+Footnotes%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Footnotes from a Gay Sensibility - Make it stand out The author steps out of his sandals and into the gay discourse. Photo by Michael quinn. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/hauser-at-radio-city-music-hall monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/7e928227-9453-4c21-a52e-389ad28294a2/Hauser+at+Radio+City+Music+Hall%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/a5f266df-621c-4514-83cf-404c5dd80091/Hauser+poster%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/b3a41f52-f6cf-4a88-be6c-98ae256b4ab7/Hauser+at+Radio+City+Music+Hall%2C+June+2025%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/9a9f5f6d-d057-483e-a795-d3b3e9ba8bc2/Smoke+and+flashing+lights+at+Hauser%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/4e81ee12-88c1-46d9-bd41-b9a71b241419/Hauser+on+the+prowl%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/0eaf2319-9bea-42af-ad02-ea6eabbc6432/Hauser+at+Radio+City%2C+photo+by+Michael+Quinn.jpeg Critical Influences - Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/the-quiet-persistence-of-poet-spencer-reece monthly 0.5 2025-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/6ab550eb-7af2-4cef-9483-eb5cfac11c22/7S-Reece_cover_comps_rvs_galley_w_bleed-a287ec2f6ef193cb4944efba60743383.jpg Critical Influences - The Quiet Persistence of Poet Spencer Reece - Make it stand out Reece writes,”Success can surprise us with its challenge when we’re accustomed to failure.” photo courtesy of seven stories press https://criticalinfluences.com/critical-influences/jen-ng-interview monthly 0.5 2025-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a6ce9a4f09ca4d88f4bc864/d4e22ad4-dac4-4a20-ba85-8f6931064d94/Jen+Ng+photo+credit+Jacki+Huntington.jpg Critical Influences - Jen Ng’s Soundscapes of Williamsburg: Retracing Brooklyn’s DIY Past - “I think of DIY as an openness. 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