Tuesday's artsy things + a quick request

Julia Smith

Julia Smith

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Background is a pink tree blossoming against blue sky with a green bud emerging from the end. Quote reads We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.
More of Boal's words here. I make these little graphics using my own photos unless otherwise noted.

Item 1. Comedy and satire  

Weddings and funerals are “spectacles”, but so, also, are daily rituals so familiar that we are not conscious of this. Occasions of pomp and circumstance, but also the morning coffee, the exchanged good-mornings, timid love and storms of passion, a senate session or a diplomatic meeting – all is theatre.
...We have to create another world because we know it is possible. But it is up to us to build this other world with our hands and by acting on the stage and in our own life.

Item 2. Not satire

Item 3. Teaser / request

Today someone is making a big deal about his "first 100 days." Will you take a moment to fill out a very short survey about my (not) first 100 days of Here for You posts?

I can spare a minute or two!

While I haven't written every day since inauguration, I did tell myself I'd share brief posts multiple times a week for the first 100 days and then revisit.

I plan to continue writing and sharing – I didn't spend all that time moving off Substack for nothing – but I do want to make some adjustments. More on that soon. In the meantime, feel free to weigh in!

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