May 2012
One full week without sugar! I still eat fruit, but if it isn’t naturally derived sugar, I aint eating it! May have to end my love affair with bananas because natural or not, they are high in sugar.
“Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that...”
– Alice Walker
The Problem with Big Art →
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than...”
– Anais Nin
UFEM: Kameelah Janan Rasheed | No Instructions for... →
New Delay in Opening Museum for African Art -... →
For the fifth time in three years, the Museum for African Art has been forced to delay opening its new home at 110th Street and Fifth Avenue, in East Harlem, as it continues to work to raise the money to finish the project.
“Be not like those who forgot Allah, so he made them forget their own souls…”
– Holy Quran (59:19)
“Who knows? It may be 15 years before I get my first show. There’s going to be a...”
– Gretchen Hupfel (RIP)
The 10 Most Important Things to Simplify in your... →
There are ten, but my favorite four are posted below:
Your Time Commitments – Most of us have filled our days full from beginning to end with time commitments: work, home, kid’s activities, community events, religious endeavors, hobbies… the list goes on. When possible, release yourself from the time commitments that are not in line with your greatest values.
Your Debt – If debt is holding you...
Salaams from a Hasidic Woman
On my walk home in Crown Heights, a woman looks at me as I am adjusting the pin in my hijab and says “As Salaamu Alaikum”. I respond, without hesitation, “Wa Alaikum As-Salaam.” It isn’t until I am half way down the block that I realized that this woman was Hasidic, not Muslim. I wonder what prompted her to gift me with this greeting. InshaAllah I see her again. I...
Off to take twenty 14-year olds on a photo tour of LES. Then planning for their magazine. Waking up early on a Saturday morning. The things I will do for the people I love.
Burglar loots city photographer’s work →
tionam:
AN AWARD-winning city photographer, who documents the lives of black lesbians, has lost five years of her work in a burglary at her Vredehoek flat.
Zanele Muholi, 39, hopes to get back at least a few of the more than 20 external hard drives that were among the items stolen from the flat she shares with her partner, Liesl Theron.
“It’s so painful. Five years of my life are gone,” she...
The 20 Best Lines in Toni Morrison | BOOK RIOT →
Excited to see Ms. Morrison tomorrow night! I selected a few of my favorite quotes from BOOK RIOT’s list:
This post is part of our Toni Morrison Reading Day: a celebration of one of our favorite authors on the occasion of her new novel, Home. Check out the rest right here.
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I collected these during my recent re-read of her novels, with a couple assists from...
Me too! I cannot wait until we are both free after May 31st so we can sit and share. I am going to send a few of my students to your student’s show and hopefully I can show up after my meeting.
caitsmeissner:
So much happening, so much beauty, so little time to reflect, I’m sort of always on the verge of tears lately. Not out of sadness. Out of sheer, overwhelming gratitude.
Magic
That great moment when students do not want to leave class because they are engaged in the lesson… and they are asking questions… and asking for supplemental information… and talking about the lessons with their parents… and they are doing their own research… and they are challenging me… and they are making amazing connections… and they are making me...
“Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in...”
– Deepak Chopra (via thenocturnals)
“The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.”
– Nido Qubein
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how to fly without leaving the ground: The... →
Come out! I will be their photographer for the day and I’d love to have your lovely face included among the other awesome folks who came out to support this transformative project.
caitsmeissner:
Amazing roundtable at Brooklyn museum my friend Alicia Boone put together. I’m thrilled to see some of my suggested members joined the conversation! This is going to be powerful.
The Blueprint...