From today’s walk…
From yesterday’s walk…
Today is Barbie day… I am wearing as much pink as I have in my closet.
“… no one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or more disdainful, than a man anxious about his own virility.”
— The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir a.co/gl8cTQL
Becoming a woman: The gender theories of Simone de Beauvoir - Rewriting The Rules
One is not born, but rather one becomes, a woman.
—Simone de Beauvoir
Here she is arguing, from autobiographical experience and from the available evidence at the time, that the things associated with womenhood (such as being passive, concerned with appearance, childlike and in need of protection, and wanting to care for others) are imposed upon women by society rather than being innate characteristics they are born with.
From this morning’s walk…
Sitting here waiting for the end of Open Studios. Been a good day. Decent number of visitors. A couple of sales with another possible. And this photo which I’ve been thinking all afternoon I should take and finally did…
I discovered this morning that one can have multiple links in their Instagram profile. When did that change?! Probably years ago. That’s how long I have been largely absent from the platform.
Day two of Beacon Open Studios begins at noon! If you are in the area come visit! I am #9 on the map.
From this morning’s walk…
July 22, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson
The Florida Board of Education approved new state social studies standards on Wednesday, including standards for African American history, civics and government, American history, and economics. Critics immediately called out the middle school instruction in African American history that includes “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” (p. 6). They noted that describing enslavement as offering personal benefits to enslaved people is outrageous.
Open Studios day one coming to a conclusion. Among my visitors was @Parag!Thanks for coming! First time either one of us has met an M.b member in the flesh.
I believe there is a dimension of the universe dedicated to pet hair. The nature of this dimension is to act as a repository for pet hair such that, whenever you vacuum up the pet hair, minutes later a fresh supply appears. Nature abhors a vacuum.
Literature and Empathy :: Essays On Attention Paid
Humanity is a beautiful mosaic. As long as another’s way of being in the world doesn’t cause physical or psychological damage to those around them, all ways of being should be tolerated. We should aim to educate as broadly as possible in the variety of ways one can be. Children in particular, at appropriate ages, with appropriate guidance, should be allowed and encouraged to inhabit a multitude of ways of being, as they work out what their way of being will be.
BOS has arrived! If you are in or near the Hudson Valley, come visit!
Julie Byrne: The Greater Wings Album Review | Pitchfork
Six years later, the itinerant Buffalo, New York, singer-songwriter incorporates harp, synth, and piano alongside her nimbly fingerpicked guitar and dusky vocals; the broader palette and cosmic scope—she invokes “distant galaxies” in the first verse—feel like a logical progression of her astral folk.
Literature and Empathy :: Essays On Attention Paid
To understand what it feels like to be in someone else’s shoes, read accounts of it by talented authors who’ve had that experience or have done the work it takes to write an honest and empathetic portrayal of it. And write about it yourself. Nothing lets you walk a mile in another’s shoes quite the way imagining and writing about it does.
Literature and Empathy :: Essays On Attention Paid
We spend our lifetimes steeping in cultural cosmologies1 that become gated communities of belief where anything outside the gates is foreign, even dangerous. Some of us have expansive cultural cosmologies with highly permeable membranes around them. Some of us have tightly limiting cosmologies with hard exoskeleton membranes and little permeability. The majority of us are somewhere between. Literature is often the way hard, permeable exoskeletons are avoided or softened.
Accordion book display installation for Open Studios this weekend…
While everyday creativity probably leads to improved satisfaction, self-esteem and enjoyment of life, really pushing the boundaries may come at a price. He calls this the ‘mad-genius paradox’.
— The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World by Iain McGilchrist a.co/iKZi1T5
But having some, but not all, the genes for schizophrenia may promote creativity.
— The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World by Iain McGilchrist a.co/1O2W90y
He then plotted the course of mood against creative production. The resulting curves are striking: he found a consistent link between the intensity of negative emotions, especially sadness, and subsequent periods of artistic brilliance. He concluded that such sadness was not just correlated with creativity but that it actually had a reliable causal effect, typically delayed by some months.
— The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World by Iain McGilchrist a.co/h521vtL
From this morning’s walk…
I know at least one M.b peep is within day trip distance of Beacon, NY. In case anyone else is. Going to be a beautiful weekend and we have several craft beer establishments to whet the whistle in.
If you find yourself in the Hudson Valley, NY…
