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Social-ized
A colleague and I were comparing notes on how we socialize — now that Covid lockdown is over. (We both don’t socialize in the same way that we used to. We are more…wary. That was the upshot.) She said an interesting thing, though. She said, “I don’t feel like I deserve to be social anymore.”…
A student said “metabolize” to encourage a fellow artist in class
A student said this in class: “Perhaps artists are porous to the emotional life experiences of others. Therefor your meaning is colored by this experience. I would consider your purpose the innate ability to metabolize the world to further nourish others. Which you have done for us— in this class! I have yet to see…
Jerron Herman
Not only is it exciting to watch this artist work, it is also amazing to hear what he is doing (and where he is doing it) vocalized. NowThis Featurette from Jerron Herman on Vimeo.
Web “magazines” are really…
..algorithmically researched clickbait hubs. I mean, search up something important to you, something to which you want an honest answer (like about your health, for instance), and you will get the same five sites giving you fishbowl-like, recycled info that goes only so deep. Just enough to keep you clicking. “Magazines” that seem perfect for…
More gullible these days
Today I was talking with my kid, and I made some exasperated points about social media — people saying anything on the Internet — preposterous, conspiracy theory kinds of sh*t. We were talking, he and I. I said, “Are there more stupid people today than ever before, or what?” He pointed out that there aren’t…
T’u Beshvat Seder: Intro
What do you bring to a T’u Beshvat seder? I am copying some of this from Hadar, who hosts a great seder. It is really their content, and I am editing it slightly. The T’u Beshvat seder moves through the Kabbalistic four-world model: Assiyah: Earth / Action / Physical / Winter Yetzirah: Water / Formation…
My Jewish “bio”
It occurs to me that I have a bio — separate from my secular one — of my Jewish experience, so to speak. Here goes: Sarah Schmerler is a lay prayer leader at Kane Street Synagogue in Brooklyn. She also likes to attend services and learning events at such places as Shir Hamaalot (Brooklyn), Congregation…
Sunrise Batch Unicorn Surprise
Getting up before 7, and searching for coffee on a Sunday in Brooklyn means I ought to cut my losses. Walk down the street; expect every place to be closed. Roll shutters; or at best, locked doors, and chairs, stacked upside-down on tables visible through glass windows. I know that Dunkin’ Donuts is THE best…
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