Taryn Day, Heartbeat, 2020, Oil on canvas
Photo by Saul Leiter, 1958
You forget everything.
Cedric Flower (1920 - 2000) - Cat and Kittens. 1979. Oil on board.
golden hour in nanas bathroom
Devin Kelly, from "Tools of Ignorance"
I saw people do this & adopted it myself, and it’s actually been super helpful—set a daily reminder to do your arab.org click of the day. It has been said ad nauseam at this point, but if each person in the thousands of people who engage on palestine posts clicked on this, we’d be raising thousands in revenue towards humanitarian aid. Don’t think your one little click is unnecessary. It adds up fast—but only if you actually do it.
A lot of people asked how they can help if they don’t have funds to spare. This is the most passive way to raise donations towards Palestinian aid.
I’d also bookmark the arab.org link for easy access. It’s entirely legitimate & all proceeds go to UNRWA.
Louise Bourgeois: Fabric Works
David Hockney
At the end of the day, are you your own worst enemy or a friend to yourself ? Are you talking yourself down, or are you comforting your hurt feelings ? Do you repeat the mean things people say to you or do you find nice words for yourself ? It matters. What you say, what you think about yourself, it matters, it shapes your reality, and this year, let's all make an effort to make that reality a little more supportive, a little more gentle.
Fir Forest by Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918)
Marc Chagall, A Wheatfield on a Summer's Afternoon
Study for backdrop for Scene III of the ballet Aleko, 1942
A menagerie made from paper for her installation "Come Home Again” artist Es Devlin drew 243 endangered species on London's priority conservation list.
I know you have all probably seen the esims for gaza posts circulating. Some of you have probably looked at them and thought maybe you should help out, but have weighed up the daunting process of signing up for something you're unfamiliar with vs. the gut-wrenching scale of the things people are going through on the ground right now, and you've put it off or questioned whether it will make enough of a difference vs. some other future kind of activism you could put that $6+ towards. I'm not calling you out or scolding you, it is natural to feel conflicted and ambivalent about the multiple calls for aid that you are seeing on social media.
but consider this: what would you do if you suddenly had to leave your home? how would you cope? how would you begin to plan where to go next, or figure out what to do to take care of yourself? most likely you would reach reflexively for your phone.
telecoms access is not a petty luxury in 2024. a loaded esim means the ability to call family members and find out where they are and whether they're safe, and whether they need anything you can provide for them. it means access to maps and regular updates on the situation unfolding around you. it means you can look up whether it's safe to drink rain water, or how to tie a type of knot you've never had to think about before, or how to treat an injury without medical supplies. it means the ability to tell people outside the situation what you are seeing, what you are feeling, what you are thinking. it is an absolutely crucial resource. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.
many many people have observed that internet access is changing the way the world understands genocide. internet access is life or death, and it is shaping modern history in front of you. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.
please, please visit gazaesims.com and spend 5 minutes and $6 to change the way this plays out for everyone.
if you are not sure how or are not able to purchase an esim directly you can donate to Crips for eSims for Gaza's campaign. it is a reputable project of Alice Wong, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Jane Shi.
Andrea Mantegna, Saint Sebastian (1456-1459, 1480, 1490)
The Artist's Studio, La Vieille Chapelle, La Boissière, Châteaudun, c. 1909. Albert de Belleroche. Oil on canvas.