Open Arts Spring 2023

When I looked for a review of the Netflix film Where the Crawdads Sing, I read that it was based on a book written by Delia Owens who is 73 years old; this is her first novel. At 75, I was immediately impressed. I went on to read a NYT’s article about Owens and her

This book discusses how elites have co-opted important criticisms of racial capitalism to serve themselves. He defines the problem concisely and puts forth ideas on how to create politics that center global solidarity. This is a philosopher who sees that the important issues of our day cannot be solved within political boundaries. Solutions require collective

I was introduced to this author on a Democracy Now news broadcast. He is a brilliant thinker, and he looks at reparations through a very large lens. He delves deeply into the history which has led to current worldwide inequality, and he points to solutions that get at the root of some of the problems

I recently subscribed to the website Waking Up to aid me in my mindfulness meditation practice—let me emphasize the word ‘practice.’ This book is mentioned several times as a classic work published in 1961 by the mystic-philosopher Douglas Harding. The book is a primer (a short 123 pages) on how to realize one’s true nature

Link to NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/magazine/poem-birthday.html