thirty-eight / by Emily Klass

Read, look, see

“Nervescape V,” 2016. QAGOMA, Brisbane. (Photo: Natasha Harth)

“Nervescape V,” 2016. QAGOMA, Brisbane. (Photo: Natasha Harth)

Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, also known as Shoplifter

Allan Kaprow
Essay on the Blurring of Art and Life

After the Pandemic: Addressing the Permanent Crisis With Pay for Success Programs

Barbara Owen Pedagogy project

Wild Fermentation
For me fermentation is a health regime, a gourmet art, a multicultural adventure, a form of activism and a spiritual path all rolled into one. My daily routine is structured by the rhythms of these transformative life processes.

Audre Lorde’s quote reinforces this directive, as she writes: “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

“African American women have traditionally resisted white supremacy by constructing a homespace as a site of renewal, self recovery and healing.” ~ bell hooks, Yearning:Race, Gender and Cultural Politics, “Homeplace (a Site of Resistance).

Brokenness as Belonging: “lake-loop” by Mojave American Poet Natalie Diaz, in a Stunning Animated Short Film by Artist Ohara Hale

Antidotes to Fear of Death: Astrophysicist Janna Levin Reads Astronomer and Poet Rebecca Elson’s Stunning Cosmic Salve for Our Creaturely Tremblings of Heart

Singularity: Marie Howe’s Ode to Stephen Hawking, Our Cosmic Belonging, and the Meaning of Home, in a Stunning Animated Short Film

Amanda Palmer Reads “When I Am Among the Trees” by Mary Oliver

The Fascinating Science of How Trees Communicate, Animated

The Songs of Trees: A Biologist’s Lyrical Ode to How Relationships Weave the Fabric of Life

William Blake’s Most Beautiful Letter: A Searing Defense of the Imagination and the Creative Spirit


Brenee Brown Podcast