November 12, 2020

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Steven Universe provides a necessary model of revolutionary thought right now. It's love, but not in that passive or accepting or even unifying state - it is powerful and sometimes violent because it knows there is a better way, and it also shuns, if necessary. Not because shunning feels nice, but because sometimes you have to throw out that which makes the future you want possible. And sometimes that future may mean that there's an actual way back to re-incorporating that which has been excommunicated - but it's not a given, and it requires actual, painful, long-term work to learn to re-love.

Things I read today:  

Things I keep re-reading:  

Rachel Blau DuPlessis, "Draft 72: Nanifesto"

I keep coming back, this is a bit of a prayer. Each line has at least some kernel to ponder or muse upon. Today, what strikes me is: "Do not fail sadness." 

Things I listened to today:  

  • Jeff Buckley, Live at Sin-É 
  • Maren Morris, Girl
  • The various Steven Universe soundtracks, strung together

Future learning and/or travel desires:  

The Tablelands, or Gros Morne National Park, in Newfoundland. 

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