ISSUE #38.
Soaking:
Making do,
a hint of warmth.
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Listen.
Music for soaking in it ↴
Think.
“Pleasure is not one of the spoils of capitalism. It is what our bodies, our human systems, are structured for; it is the aliveness and awakening, the gratitude and humility, the joy and celebration of being miraculous.”
– Adrienne Maree Brown
How can we understand activism and social engagement not as separate from, but intertwined with pleasure?
↯ READ: FOR YOUR PLEASURE BY WILLOW DEFEBAUGH ↯
Feel.
Artist David Choe has been doing these fun art tutorials/lessons on Youtube. In this one called 'Embrace Fearlessness', Choe shows us how he creates a work based on the colours of his emotions, rather than what "looks" good.
↯ WATCH: EMBRACE FEARLESSNESS WITH DAVID CHOE ↯
Wonder.
"This project is an homage to the beauty of birds and an attempt to archive their song before it’s too late."
Italian photographer Rachele Daminello spends some time with Peter Ward (a legend in the bird audio recording world) and Sunny Tseng as they endeavour to create a massive archive of bird songs from around the world ↴
↯ PHOTO ESSAY: THE VOICE OF NATURE ↯
___The end.