I've been thinking a lot about arts appreciation as a meditation. “Keep in mind that meditation and affirmations don’t have to be practiced in the traditional sense. Your meditation could be going on a long walk in nature, focusing only on the trees.” — Jerome

The Artist Upending Photography’s Brutal Racial Legacy nytimes.com/2021/05/05/mag…

Going slowly is a lovely component of arts appreciation. A necessary medicine. “Someone once said ‘the trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.’ When we slow down, priorities become clear. ” — @love_lettrs link.medium.com/taRMeyoU3gb

Isn't this the truth “Success or failure in life comes from which type of discomfort you choose.” — Ayodeji link.medium.com/Is125T7A8gb

“Art is a complex, context-specific discipline that shakes us out of our every day existence. In a sense, its purpose is to disrupt, to stop us, to move us. But we have no idea how to allow this to happen to us. We are not sure what…” — Delia LaJeunesse sbvrt.org/subvertedthoug…

Critically engaging with art gives us the practice to critically engage with our culture. We practice this in the arts so we can become more informed and connected citizens; so we can show up for community; so we can be better friends, lovers, mothers. link.medium.com/iztKZZtnahb

“We need to learn how to ‘read’ pieces of art, for meaning, metaphor, context and relevance. We need to be taught how to dig into the layers of visual or performing art, and how to root it to deeper, more metaphorical, imaginal, archetypal realms." sbvrt.org/subvertedthoug…

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Future Returns: A Plasma-Cut Forest Reclaims an Oil Tanker in a New Sculpture by Dan Rawlings thisiscolossal.com/2021/06/dan-ra… via Colossal Biosciences®