Can we read the artist through the work, even when the artist is the Work? These questions permeate the album, particularly the intimate portraits of…
Beyoncé: Flawless Evolution, Part 1
According to McLean’s rendering of the alchemical sevenfold process, the manifested work at 4 progresses toward an experimental expression of its energies at 5, from…
4: The Joy of the Individuated Self
According to Adam McLean‘s commentary of The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, the alchemical sevenfold process reaches its material manifestation at the fourth station. This is…
Sacred Marriage: I Am… Sasha Fierce
After my lengthy close reading of archetypes, identity, and relationship in Beyoncé’s album B’Day, I debated whether to continue the exploration for later albums. This series of…