I asked my friend, who studies disasters, what we should do to brace ourselves in the face of catastrophe, and after a moment my friend, who studies disasters, replied that in the face of catastrophe what we should do is embrace each other.
And this morning the Shed is a harlequinade of fallen leaves and sunlight.
🧵An open question: Describe a memorable moment when you had a knock-out reaction to an art work? Like that whole body & mind swoon, a personal game changer. Mine was in 1988. I was in Manhattan on an art school trip, gallery hopping. I was in The Whitney, exhausted after a day of visiting galleries.
I'm always thinking about how everything is connected & interconnected & how to achieve maximum results from efficient effort. This is from @bethsawin.bsky.socialwww.resilience.org/stories/2023...
There are as many ways to multisolve as there are places to try it. The point isn’t perfection. It’s to set out to recover quickly but mindfully, capturing as many co-benefits as possible along the wa...
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Go for a walk. Look for awe. 😊 Experiencing awe (distinct fr joy/fear ) can positively affect our bodies, our relationships, & how we see/interact w the world around us. It "slows our heart rate, helps w digestion, & opens up our bodies to things bigger than us." www.huffpost.com/entry/awe-wa...
“It [creates] an amazing cascade of physiology that we can find almost any day and is very good for you,”
I asked the meteorologist and he told me that every place is now a hurricane zone. I asked the epidemiologist and she told me that every season is now covid season. I asked the ethicist and they told me that every one of us must take care of everyone else.
knitters and crocheters, this is a wonderful yarn shop in Asheville and while their store can’t reopen for a while they are up and running online. who doesn’t love to buy yarn? purlsyarn.com
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Posted this on twitter at the end of the first COVID year, and it feels fitting now: On Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, we recite a 13th century piece of liturgy that says "Let a year and its curses end, let a year and its blessings begin". I wish this for us and for all of you.