PARASOCIALIZE

A person · 1948–1974 · Modern

Nick Drake

Made three records, withdrew from touring, and left behind an audience that argues about what he meant for fifty years.

Applicationmusic
A title plate for Nick Drake: the name, the year and a mark drawn from the entry. It is not a photograph.
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The clearest case of the bond forming after the person withdrew from it, and of the work becoming the only place the relationship could continue.

Application. One-sided attachment put to work on purpose. Creator economies, community, fandom as infrastructure, and the things that genuinely help people. Not automatically good - a tool with an obvious use is a tool that will also get a bad one.

Where it sits

1900 1900-1949 · 1948 1949

Provenance · 1 source record(s)

PERSONA The athlete

Connected · 2 out, 0 in

The audiencepart of · 1600 · A mechanism or tacticThe dogof the same time as · 15000 BC · A mechanism or tactic

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