Another exceptional conversation with Helena de Groot. Well worth the listen. I especially loved the finish. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/161734/the-utopian-business
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This is another one of those essays that I feel compelled to get in as many hands, eyes, minds as possible. Beautifully articulated, fascinating, hopeful. As I read it I felt, uncommonly, like there may just be a future for our species. Thinking like this can save us! I highly recommend.
Teri reviewed this book more than 4 years ago and I have just finished reading it. Teri, thank you. I put this book on my “for later” shelf at the library after reading your original review and I finally, finally listened to it. I am so glad I did. I LOVED this book. Loved every
I know I post from Poetry Off the Shelf a a lot. And I almost always say the same thing about the posting. And yes, this one too is extraordinary. I loved the contemplation of the body as landscape. Loved the question “what has your child taught you.” LOTS of good creative thinking here, lots
If you would like to have your mind blown on this Saturday morning, have a look at these paintings by William Blake.
What is it about these that makes them so pleasurable? Everything, probably. Color. Pattern. The juxtaposition between rough concrete and all that sensory bliss. The unexpectedness of it all!
An inspiring, riveting, eye opening, delightful gem from AEON. 17 minutes of giddy delight. https://aeon.co/videos/a-mindbending-trip-that-summons-the-forgotten-women-of-surrealism
I just wanted to bring this book forward again because it is a brilliant and creative book. Didn’t want it to get lost in older posts.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/160965/my-totally-normal-crisis A remarkable interview. A remarkable conversation between two remarkable women. I laughed out loud. I cried. Soooooo worth a listen.
Today’s Google Doodle honors Altina Schinasi. I highly encourage you to explore this amazing woman – artist, renegade, inventor, designer – who pushed boundaries and trusted her process. I had never heard of her and she was a force to be reckoned with. Trying to hunt down the documentary made about her by her sons.
Open Arts Spring 2024 