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Historian of design and culture

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Found while cleaning up a messy corner to establish a home office separate from my kid's new at-home educational environment (LOL) - "Ability and Thoughts on Its Destruction", a zine I picked up at Chicago Zine Fest 2012. May we all adopt the spirit of this young girl staring down the camera in her little dress and crutches. Destroy what destroys you. The distro Smash Your Curb never seems to have done much beyond this, but I'm a fan.
Sandie Yi's plain-language definition of a social-model informed art therapy (formulated in a time when "virus" was more metaphorical). Really thinking about how this could apply to other "helping" professions: why are we caring for, teaching, or "problem solving" for/with others? To "heal" them or to support them in addressing the world's ills?
Ask your doctor if giving medical advice is for you - a screenshot from a family text. (Offered humbly- I've given a lot of unsolicited advice in my life)
On another note.. the Mothership.
Appreciated this rest/reflection room at #NMAAHC. The museum is so encyclopedic - so full of big statements and small, important artifacts. It's also a long walk and a big trip for many to be there - with a lot of spaces to sit, take a break & reflect. The outer bronze lattice of the David Adjaye building is well known but the inner spaces- beyond the light filled atrium entrance- are quite dark, many with wood paneling like this one. It reminded me of a certain type of formal interior- not sure I could say confidently but possibly of church gathering rooms or Urban league type settings of the mid/late 20th c? Anyway without a doubt, an African/African American modernism in many different details.
Groovy arthritis graphics of the 1970s
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