Tuesday's three "art + survival" things
Item 1: Beautiful object
A bunch of different quilters created individual squares that were then pieced together into the finished gem you see above. You can...
➡️ Enter the raffle for the quilt; it's a fundraiser for the U.K.-based organization Medical Aid for Palestinians.
➡️ Participate in the ongoing project even if you aren't a quilter, or follow @QuiltforPalestine on Instagram.
➡️ Follow Al-Jazeera for live updates about the latest in Gaza.
Item 2: Treasures to protect
Artnet is tracking the impact of Trump's recent executive orders and policy changes in the arts. The latest update is about his move to dismantle the federal institute that supports museums and libraries.
➡️ 5Calls has a script so you can call your Congressperson about this.
➡️ If you don't already subscribe, sign up for emails from Libraries for the People.
Item 3: Words to provoke
You may have seen J Wortham's NYT Magazine article about how their understanding of "prepping" evolved during a 10-day survivalism course. If not, read it here (their unlocked link) – it's so good – and then find more in their wonderful newsletter. I appreciated this:
While I was on the island, I thought a lot about the easy erosion of language during this time, how quickly we are to name this era as the worst era, the end times, Armageddon, the apocalypse. It makes sense - how else can we quickly articulate the many cataclysms of right now? But I’m starting to think something gets lost when we don’t try. A dear writer friend of mine recently shared that she feels like dystopian narratives can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. They leave no room for the imagination, for the possibility to envision anything but the worst possible outcome.
