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She broke open the nard of mystery of our being...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:32:52 -0700

She broke open the nard of mystery of our being...: guest posted by Geoff Gentry What is the...

posted by Molly As an undergrad, my Christian Fellowship...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:37:38 -0700

posted by Molly

As an undergrad, my Christian Fellowship encouraged students to get involved with movements that showed people love and respect, whether those movements were Christian or not. One project was tutoring men in a rehab program trying to find jobs or earn GEDs. The other was sorting and sending books to inmates. Both experiences impressed on me how the quality of donations can radically affect the quality of someone’s life.

Without access to modern software, how can a person really prepare to reintegrate into society? What message does it send to a person trying to learn to read when the only books available to them are “easy readers” designed for children?

Print dictionaries were/are always in demand.

My experiences there drew me to gitmobooks’s Tumblr. Each post shows part of the Guantanamo prison library collection available to detainees.

gitmobooks:

Angry Birds video game

Makoto Fujimura

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:11:00 -0700

posted by Hatty Beautiful paintings by Makoto Fujimura. I am usually pretty critical of Christian...

Out of the archives | Movements and Moments

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:48:59 -0700

Out of the archives | Movements and Moments: posted by Molly In my other persona, I’m a...

Paul Williams -- Architect to the people at the Amoeblog

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:37:05 -0700

Paul Williams -- Architect to the people at the Amoeblog: posted by Hatty Better late than never: a...

posted by Hatty A somewhat random chance—I had the...

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:20:47 -0700

posted by Hatty

A somewhat random chance—I had the pleasure of meeting one of our poet contributors Geoffrey from Flagstaff, Arizona two Fridays ago. He let me read one of his favorite poems by Matthew Dickman, and I happened to find a recording of his reading!

Tis quite beautiful. Enjoy, it’s never too late for National Poetry Month!

posted by Emily The time comes for dismantling a unison of chair legs folds to idle...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:52:00 -0700

posted by Emily The time comes for dismantling a unison of chair legs folds to idle...

posted by Hatty The meadows—mine– The mountains—mine– All...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:58:34 -0700

posted by Hatty

The meadows—mine–
The mountains—mine–
All forests—stintless stars–
As much of noon, as I could take–
Between my finite eyes–

Don’t you just love her liberal use of “em dashes?” I remember the first time it dawned on me I could employ this wonderful device to express what made sense only in my unfiltered drafts—the incessant second voice commenting on, editing, positively interrupting my creative process.

And its result, if applied correctly, is genius.

posted by Molly It’s certainly unexpected, mashing together two...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:00:46 -0700

posted by Molly

It’s certainly unexpected, mashing together two stereotyped cultures that are generally considered at odds—the blogger dubs them “thug” and “vegan.” “Thug” is generally stereotyped as threatening and people of color, while “vegan” as nonthreatening, and white.

Is it an appropriation of culture? We don’t have any information about the blogger, although my guess is that he/she is more on the nutritious foodie side of the fence.

I find it entertaining, but feel free to disagree with me.

Gorgeous Cave Paintings and Sculptures from Tens of Thousands of Years Ago - Slate Magazine

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:00:46 -0700

Gorgeous Cave Paintings and Sculptures from Tens of Thousands of Years Ago - Slate Magazine: posted...

For Mike

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:02:33 -0700

posted By Emily after the rain is a lapse of indefinite— wherein contours let from their...

posted by Molly Carla Chavarria’s new project “Por...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:58:01 -0700

posted by Molly

Carla Chavarria’s new project “Por Ella” photographs DREAM Activists with the women they support and whom they are supported by.

Look how strong they are.

Data Clarity: How Racism is Bad for Our Bodies

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:07:09 -0700

Data Clarity: How Racism is Bad for Our Bodies: posted by Molly Journalism is just another form of...

posted by Hatty Sophomore albums can be scary — you’ll either...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:00:00 -0700

posted by Hatty

Sophomore albums can be scary — you’ll either face a whole lot of criticism for straying too far from your original sound or not having braved anything new and more interesting. Evolve or die right? I just give kudos to folks who brave the world hostile to music making in the first place and keep pushing through after the first-ever-album euphoria is over.

Here’s a little bit of Josh Ritter, a singer/songwriter, on his definitely-not-sophomore album, The Beast in its Tracks, explaining his different approach to recording:

I told all this to Sam Kassirer, my producer and friend. If we recorded these songs, which felt so personal, their starkness needed a corresponding simplicity of production. I hadn’t composed this stuff, I’d scrawled it down, just trying to keep ahead of the heartbreak, and they needed to be recorded like that.

How to Write an Artist Statement

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:30:59 -0700

How to Write an Artist Statement: posted by Molly Talk about your inspiration. Talk about your...

one gift

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:05:00 -0800

one gift: posted by Hatty I don’t own a TV, so watching a certain (inter)national phenomenon of...

aph sic

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:09:55 -0800

posted by Emily vital letters were rent to speech pat_o_ogy a bald tooth gap dark too discern...

posted by Molly The Opte Project creates visualizations of the...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:15:29 -0800

posted by Molly

The Opte Project creates visualizations of the 14 billion pages that make up the network of the web. Science is beautiful!

Read more: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/02/any-two-pages-on-the-web-are-connected-by-19-clicks-or-less/#ixzz2MEEiVq4n

posted by Hatty Stumbled upon this gem while helping a friend...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:24:59 -0800

posted by Hatty

Stumbled upon this gem while helping a friend do some market research on blogs that are placed-based.

I’ve been to New Orleans only once in my life, the summer after Hurricane Katrina had hit. As any well-meaning college students who go on these service-learning projects, I knew next to nothing of the actual local history of the streets I worked on or of the neighborhood dynamics within the segregated city. Vaguely remembered are the heat of July air sticking to our sweaty bodies as we gutted rotting houses, beignets eaten up in powdery sugary delight at night out in the French Quarter, clips of the film Crash leading uncomfortable discussions on race.

Mardi Gras came and went without much fanfare this year. And I wonder what the houses I helped demolish look like now.

http://www.theuselessweb.com/

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:59:08 -0800

http://www.theuselessweb.com/: posted by Molly Sorry all. This is what I’m feeling like right...