Monster flock of mixed grackles and starlings above the marsh behind my house today. A friend said he'd seen lingering red-winged blackbirds among such flocks at this late date (#climatechange much?) but I didn't spot any. Raucous unoiled-gate squeaking, squealing and chattering (next vid in thread) until our resident pair of red-tailed hawks scared the whole flock off in a rushing, wing-dusting black cloud. #birding
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Writer, poet, naturalist, faun. Director of Journalism concentration at Smith College. MG debut MONARCHS OF WINGHAVEN forthcoming, Walker Books US. Repped by Alli Hellegers.
@leperez1 It was mostly grackles, actually! Surprising given the season. So much open water that's normally frozen solid.
Here's their beautiful clamour:
@drvolts These guys are not "coming apart at the seams." What the pundits and media are STILL missing is that the right wing thrives not on function but on spectacle. The left's glee at the speaker 'debacle' only further fanned the flames if publicity. Where is the left? Overshadowed and sidelined, as always.
@drvolts Yeah, kind of a rehash of the "I'm entitled to my opinion" fallacy when you're not actually talking about opinions but facts.
Ikumi YoshidaThe Story of Art without Men
By Katy Hessel
イタリアでデザイン、印刷、製本されている本作。中にたくさんフルカラー写真もある。美しい一冊。読むのが楽しみ。
“How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway?
Have your sense of art history overturned, and your eyes opened to many art forms often overlooked or dismissed. From the Cornish coast to Manhattan, Nigeria to Japan…”
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/447038/the-story-of-art-without-men-by-hessel-katy/9781529151145
The Story of Art without Men
WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A long overdue, revisionist history of art by the brilliant Katy Hessel . . . Never stuffy or supercilious, Hessel's book is a revelation and an important first step towards redressing the balance of an art world in which women have been sidelined, stepped over and trampled upon for far too long.' REFINERY29 'An extraordinary achievement that will have a disruptive cultural legacy and help determine the landscape for years to come.' HARPER'S BAZAAR 'Katy Hessel is a brilliant chronicler of the overlooked. I am so thrilled this book exists as an empowering, enlightening guide to the unforgettable vision of these brilliant artists. Essential reading.' ELIZABETH DAY 'Will change the history of art . . . thank God.' TRACEY EMIN 'I was not aware how hungry I was for this book until I dropped everything and ate it from cover to cover. I was not aware how angry I was that this book did not exist until it existed. It's an urgently needed, un-put-downable, joyful, insightful, glorious, perspective-shifting revision of the Story of Art.' ES DEVLIN __________________________________ How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Have your sense of art history overturned, and your eyes opened to many art forms often overlooked or dismissed. From the Cornish coast to Manhattan, Nigeria to Japan, this is the story of art for our times - one with women at its heart, brought together for the first time by the creator of @thegreatwomenartists. __________________________________ 'A spirited, inspiring, brilliantly illustrated history of female artistic endeavour . . . The Story of Art Without Men should be on the reading list of every A-level and university art history course and on the front table of every museum and gallery shop.' LAURA FREEMAN, THE TIMES 'Passionate, enthusiastic and witty . . . I wish I had had this book as a teenager' THE I
@icebird I envy your life! Beautiful photo.
@pnh @Annalee @Didi @priyachandwriter
Well said. Opinions don't need objective reasoning, and what reasoning they have often emanates from our personal life experiences, not some universal truth.
Well said. Opinions don't need objective reasoning, and what reasoning they have often emanates from our personal life experiences, not some universal truth.
Patrick Nielsen Hayden@Annalee @Didi @priyachandwriter Yes: “Honoring our own preferences instead of trying to justify them with objective reasoning actually makes more room for coexistence and the possibility that we are wrong.”
It’s like my oft-repeated observation that there are 17 different kinds of novel and every reader is capable of enjoying at most 13 of them. (Numbers arbitrary.) I’ve never been able to finish DUNE, but I also believe that it’s one of the most important SF novels of the 20th century.
Isle of EiggSweeney's Bothy on Eigg has hosted 100s of artists and creative folk since it opened in 2014. From visual artists to poets, filmmakers to ceramicists. Run by the Bothy Project, the next residency is for contemporary music composers.
The bothy is an incredible space to make work from - warm, comfortable and in an inspiring setting. If you're a composer, or know someone who is, please do share this link with them - it's a truly magical opportunity.
https://www.bothyproject.com/opportunities/creative-practitioner-residencies-contemporary-composition/
Creative Practitioner Residencies – Contemporary Music Composition - Bothy Project
We're delighted to announce the open call for our latest set of Creative Practitioner residencies. Applications are now open for five week-long, funded residencies dedicated to contemporary music composition. This opportunity is open to those working in all genres of music who are writing original compositions for multiple musicians, voices and other sonic material, or