i like to engage my imagination in many ways.
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an autobiographical collection (prose & poetry) from an american original. i haven't read a lot of her work (but am now) ... but the opening autobiographical bit just grabbed me (and has not let go)
a good story about 3 friends trying to "make it" as artists of varying types in korea. a continuing concern is the conflict between making money and making (meaningful) art ...
clean drawing style contrasts well with messy charachter's stories
grace offers her thoughts on detroit, our education system, and a better future. as always, her thinking (and explanations thereof) are evocative and contagious.
the only negative is that the text is a bit unfocused at the end (a grab bag of this and that) ...
a nice one.
3 artistic friends to compare and contrast as they pass from youth to middle age. also, lots of korean culture references throughout
drawing style is clear and uncluttered (quite a contrast with the characters and their messy lives)
worthwhile!
grace is such an important thinker
this one has a lot about detroit in it- how can a city like detroit have a better future? also, a lot on the failing education system (preparing students to be factory workers instead of engaged, educated citizens).
her books explain the thinking around her wide and clear vision for a more evolved future- a sorely needed reminder that another world is possible
"if you want to understand right-wing populism in the united states- or, indeed, in europe or in other parts of the world today- understand it in terms of people panicking." -i.wallerstein
— The next American revolution by Grace Lee Boggs (Page 201)
in coverversation with GLB from book's /afterword/
a scholarly translation that offers insight into how this text was viewed within the culture[s] of east asia at the time of its writing (and afterward). i found it very helpful in not only enhancing my understanding of taoism in china, but also discovering new connections and understandings from the text itself.
the second appendix gives an excellent overview of the text, its authors, and history.
it was what i was hoping to find (instead of yet more (unresearched) speculation by western folx enamored of the text with no background in the history and culture[s] of "chinese people")
Collection of writings by Robert Fripp from his guitar craft gatherings and from elsewhere.
a collection of fripp's writings from the guitar craft sessions.
as unyielding in text as he is on the guitar
"Healing our society will require the patient work not primarily of politicians but of artists, ministers, gardeners, workers, families, women and communities"
— The next American revolution by Grace Lee Boggs (Page 164)
one of many things i like about the dao de jing is it's celebration of the supple, bending (giving) approach to living. it's a stark contrast to our contemporary model of the domineering billionaire.
finished the verses ... this older translation brings a more scholarly translation from someone with a connection to the remaining daoist culture of their day (more to my liking than modern, "outside" translations)
just the end material left ...
k.hyesoon wrote these during a time when she felt death was near her. there are many different deaths (not the author's) that are subjected to her poetic tratment of them. also a feminist tread runs through the verses.
also, author interview and translator note ("appendix") are enlightening
grace reserves some ofher harshest criticism for schooling
her thinking is sohelpful to my thinking
