This week I attended Standard Talks curated by Sunny Bates, a member of the Brain Trust of TED. Her guest speakers were Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen from Google speaking about their new book, “The New Digital Age Reshaping the future of People, Nations and Business. One thing from the talk sticks out for me. Ms. Bates who [...]
Often when a tragedy of violence occurs we come together as a nation to provide comfort, wisdom and support. We heal, we continue on. How many of us can say that our spirits were roused so intensely that we decided to take action? Toby Milstein a junior at Barnard College in New York City used [...]
Often we feel that the problems of the world are too overwhelming for us to do anything significant. Dr. Sunitha Krishnan would like you to pause for a moment and rethink this notion; for if everyone would take the time to consider each other with compassion, to do just our small bit, there would be [...]
“Yet one must also recognize that morality is based on ideas and that all ideas are dangerous – dangerous because ideas can only lead to action and where the action leads no man can say.” James Baldwin
Just saying… her name is Ni’ma Ford… google photo: Jason Jean at Citizencouture.com
Hi Shala I am glad you bid and got my portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat. I went to the opening last night but it was so crowded that I am going back later to see it again. It’s kind of sad he is not around to see the massive interest in his work. I took [...]
One day I saw snow in the center of a Caribbean rain forest. Well he had a farm in the mountains with one thousand cinnamon trees. I was standing on a ridge looking at his farm, then a yellow butterfly rested on my white poplin dress and I pulled a dead leaf from my hair. [...]
When I read the title I really thought you were going to take a different current. Especially with the horrid prohibitions that have been made illegal Russia this year only, e.g. –Protesting (the fine is now an average years wages) –Gay Pride (It was just banned in Moscow for 100 years) –Rainbows (displaying a rainbow [...]
He hasn’t talked to anyone today. I haven’t talked to anyone today. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to. It’s not that he hasn’t wanted to talk to someone, but he just never had the chance to. CONTINUE AT THE AMERICAN READER
girls who dress like this have usually grown up hearing these things over and over and over again: welcome to jamrock Proverb: If you get your han’ in a debil mout’ tek it out. Translation: If you put your hand in the devils mouth, take it out carefully. Explanation: Act cautiously in getting out of difficulty. [...]
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