Finished Reading (2023): Culture Care by Makoto Fujimura 📚
Simple and elegant, pointing clearly toward (and from) the profound.
We swim in rivers of culture that are “blackened and uninhabitable with utilitarian pragmatism and over-commodification.” But in that culture, we must “always be willing to present a bouquet of flowers” — even to those “who may not yet know that they desire beauty.”
Post-Thanksgiving reminder:
… When the power is restored, transfer the roast to oven, resume normal cooking activities, play some “smooth whiskey blues,” and thank your lucky stars you’ll be eating before midnight 🙂
And when the power is not returned to thee at the appointed time, light thine charcoals in order to save the holy ($95) standing rib roast. (It was an accidental purchase…)
The second rule is to continue to relax. Light some candles and play a couple games of cribbage.
When the power goes out just before cooking Thanksgiving dinner, the first rule is not to panic. Instead, go for a sunset walk.
I have had four jobs today:
It’s a happy Thanksgiving
Sometimes, you just can’t finish the chapter
Alan Jacobs: “Even as we try to keep the humanities-in-the-university afloat, I think we need to spend a lot of time imagining the humanities without the university.”
This is what I happily but doubtfully but still hopefully call “the subtle arts and humanities.” 🤓