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Do you feel that? Is it a collective fatigue, an impatience? Or is it a pull to withdraw inwards, or perhaps an optimism in the air? In this issue I\u2019m sharing some of the best reads, resources, and interviews from the past four weeks. Some are light, but most are what I like to call \u201cpositively heavy\u201d. With talks by Ocean Vuong and Vandana Shiva, to intricate hand-drawn maps and COVID art, a donation by Dr. Bronner\u2019s, dance performances, and two great new music releases, I hope you can take this issue slowly into your weekend. Enjoy \/ in joy.<\/p>\n\n

\u25e6 worth sharing<\/h1>\n\n

A selection of links, talks, shows, and albums that stood out in the past month:<\/p>\n\n

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  1. #WeUsedTo<\/a> is a participatory art project sharing reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/li>\n
  2. Mesmerizing quarantine flip book art<\/a> by artist See-Through on IG.<\/li>\n
  3. David Bronner, CEO of activist soap company Dr. Bronner\u2019s, donated $1 million to help legalize psilocybin therapy, followed by an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. David Suzuki & Vandana Shiva\u2019s passionate talk<\/a> for the Indian Summer Festival is a wake-up call.<\/li>\n
  5. Nick Hornby\u2019s State of the Union<\/a> is a hilarious take on modern relationships. The premise for the Emmy winner for Best Short Form Series: ten ten-minute episodes of Rosamund Pike & Chris O\u2019Dowd\u2019s conversations before their weekly marriage counseling session. <\/li>\n
  6. A drive-by art show turns lawns and garages into galleries<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Five New Yorkers reflect on youth, while dancers express these thoughts through movement. Take in the powerful 8min short film, They Saw the Sun First<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  8. Watching New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly drawing a pandemic thought from her daughter<\/a> is soothing or try following along! (That\u2019s three-in-a-row for New York if you\u2019re counting).<\/li>\n
  9. I\u2019ve been to local Creative Mornings meetups (sort of mini-interactive TED Talks) and have enjoyed several of their Virtual Field Trips<\/a> during this lockdown. The topics are not just in the creative sphere, they have everything from storytelling workshops, an intro to ballet, a tarot card 101, and even how to play Dungeons & Dragons! Apply to host one!<\/li>\n
  10. Electro pop duo Sylvan Esso\u2019s released WITH, a live album recorded during their tour<\/a> with a dream team of ten musicians (on Spotify).<\/li>\n
  11. One thing that\u2019s brought me joy are musicians broadcasting live concerts from their homes. The Tallest Man on Earth shares his love for music<\/a> , playing originals and covers including The Shins\u2019 New Slang. NPR is getting into it too, with their Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts<\/a> on YouTube.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    \u25e6 selected words<\/h1>\n\n

    Apausalypse: Dispatch from Iceland<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

    \u201c\u2026 art continues on regardless of the situation; art always finds a way, always, even when everything stops. The limitations shape the work: they are part of the art but not something that prevents it. But this was not art just for art\u2019s sake; it was vital to understand what was happening, to capture and explore the possibilities of this moment. What is the meaning of the big pause, the great stop, the apausalypse? What does it tell us about ourselves, our bodies, our nature, and our systems?\u201d. A multimedia experience combining writing, a cello piece by Bach, and dance on a closed airport runway from the fantastic Emergence Magazine which I first wrote about in Align Center\u2019s May 2018 issue<\/a>.
    \n    Emergence Magazine (14min read + 4min of videos)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

    You Can Beat Coronavirus Quarantine Fatigue<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

    In Canada, the first easing of restrictions began May 19, with several countries such as Portugal and Greece announcing the lifting of the mandatory quarantine ban for tourists by mid-June. We\u2019re all feeling the exhaustion from the discipline these limits have demanded and I\u2019ve been guilty of dropping my guard as well. A behaviour economist explains why it\u2019s so hard, and that quarantine fatigue is real. (I\u2019m feeling major Zoom fatigue as well, a phone call has become a relief.)
    \n    The New York Times (6min read)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

    How Patagonia Transformed Its Advanced R&D Center Into a Face Mask Factory, Almost Overnight<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

    An R&D center used to design products three to five years out, Patagonia converted their mythic Californian facility in order to produce and repair masks on a three to five-day timetable, while using available materials and keeping employees safe. A look inside a company trying to be an example of an organization doing the right things despite being their position in one of the worst polluting industries.
    \n    Gear Patrol (4min read)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

    Why It\u2019s Important To Push Back On \u2018Plandemic\u2019 \u2014 And How To Do It<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

    With the gradual re-openings, it seems like ages ago when heated arguments amongst friends were filling news feeds after yet another \u201cdocumentary\u201d released on YouTube. An excellent breakdown on why Plandemic was so successful, and what you can do when someone shares it (without losing a friend).
    \n    Forbes (13min read)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

    Finnish Basic Income Pilot Improved Wellbeing, Study Finds<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

    Here in Canada, most tax-filing citizens whose work has been affected by the pandemic are eligible for up to four $2,000 payments. The speed to which our government has provided this and other benefits has many sharing a renewed pride in being Canadian (though the Trans Mountain pipeline will never be excused). And with Spain announcing a basic income to 2.5 million citizens, there is a renewed talk of UBI and calls for Canada to adopt it (don\u2019t count on it). But a recent study by researchers at Helsinki University found several positive effects of Finland\u2019s two-year trial.
    \n    The Guardian (2min read)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

    \u25e6 listen in<\/h1>\n\n

    Ocean Vuong – A Life Worthy of Our Breath<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

    Sometimes a book or an interview hits you with so much depth and beauty that you wished everyone would listen. A 2019 MacArthur Fellow, poet and author Ocean Vuong so carefully weaves his words to the greatest affect, speaking as a gay only child of a Vietnamese manicurist and an American father who abandoned them. In this live interview in a room with podcast makers at On Air Fest in Brooklyn before we entered this crisis, Vuong speaks to Krista Tippett on the violence of language, our relationship with war, and the heartbreak of this world. His book, On Earth We\u2019re Briefly Gorgeous, has leaped to the top of my reading list.
    \n    On Being with Krista Tippett (51min podcast)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

    Elizabeth Gilbert\u2019s Creative Path: Saying No, Trusting Your Intuition, Index Cards, Integrity Checks, Grief, Awe, and Much More<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

    I can listen to Liz for hours. I love her honest and how real she remains. Being a Tim podcast, the two riff on Stoicism and psychedelics, but his curiosity leads the author of City of Girls towards her speciality, creativity, as she touches on the power of The Artist’s Way, her process, mercy, and poetry as she sneaks in a T.S. Eliot poem. One of Tim\u2019s best episodes.
    \n    The Tim Ferriss Show #430 (2hr13min podcast)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

    \u25e6 eat well<\/h1>\n\n

    Granny Smith Apple Coleslaw<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

    We\u2019re getting an early taste of summer here in Vancouver, so for a physically-distanced picnic I prepared this refreshing take on \u201cslaw\u201d with yogurt and apples. I learned from my roommate that if you don\u2019t have a julienne peeler for the carrots, a cheese grater will do just fine (watch your knuckles!), I also found that Napa cabbage was perfect. Despite it\u2019s name, Napa cabbage is not from California but is a Chinese cabbage I\u2019ve been eating since I was a kid in many typical Chinese dishes. The more you know\u2026 \u2728
    \n    Tara\u2019s Multicultural Table<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

    \u25e6 read slow<\/h1>\n\n

    Drawn Maps of Worlds in Lockdown, Submitted by Readers<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

    The Atlantic\u2019s CityLab made a call to readers to draw maps of what their lives are like in lockdown. 400 readers responded in all forms \u2013 sketches, water-colours, computer drawings, clay and photography. As varied as the tools used are the emotions contained in the responses. Browsing through a selection of these colorful maps feels like a walk through an art gallery, with the placards as mini-diary entries capturing each artist\u2019s unique experience in time.
    \n    CityLab (25min read)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

    \u25e6 current read<\/h1>\n\n

    The Second Mountain – The Quest for a Moral Life<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

    A book that\u2019s part philosophy, part self-help, and part manifesto, David Brooks argues for a shift from our hyper-individualistic culture where individual success, freedom and self-actualization are the most valued, or \u201cthe First Mountain\u201d, to a relational, committed, community mindset. The author is well read and the book quotes others frequently, but after gaining new perspectives from the first third of the book, I\u2019m struggling to finish the rest it starts to lose its way. Still I\u2019ll take several concepts with me, particularly the concept of the aesthetic life and the valley.
    \n    The Second Mountain by David Brooks (384p book)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

    \u25e6 humble thought<\/h1>\n\n
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    \u201cI wake each morning torn between the desire to save the world or to savor it. And then I realized that in a way, the savoring must come first because if there was nothing left to savor there would be nothing worth saving.\u201d <\/br>– E.B White <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

    \u25e6 now.<\/h1>\n\n

    It\u2019s staggering for a generation to have the entire planet share a collective experience like this pandemic. It\u2019s also fascinating to observe the shift from the complete unknown in February, to the panic and \u201cdoom scrolling\u201d at the end of March, to the since-quieted conspiracy theories, and more recently to a joint struggle to remain disciplined while restrictions are being lifted and wondering what the future holds. <\/p>\n\n

    What has me most optimistic are the sounds of a larger grassroots movement that see this as an opportunity. It\u2019s a difficult word to use during this time, however we can\u2019t go back to business-as-usual and let this go to waste. The rapid unveiling of the vast cracks in our systems have exposed many structural issues, none more discouraging than the continued ineptitude of some of the biggest governments (America and Brazil). If we learn nothing from this, we\u2019ll be going back to living to pay our bills, waiting for the next outbreak or impending climate emergency. <\/p>\n\n

    Krista Tippett so eloquently expresses this pivotal time in her response to a reader\u2019s question \u201cHow can I find my footing in a shifting world?\u201d on April 14th:<\/p>\n\n

    \u201cOne of the things that\u2019s so stressful about this transition\/threshold is that we don\u2019t know what it\u2019s moving towards. We never knew, in the days and weeks when this was imminently upon us, we didn\u2019t know that everything we had planned up to then was going to shift, utterly, and that just the ordinary ways we structure our days and our life and our sense of time and space, that that was going to be disrupted.<\/p>\n\n

    But more than that, we know what that life was. And I think it\u2019s clear to all of us that, given all the things that are happening, not just the illness around the virus, but all the things that have had to stop \u2014 that there\u2019s so much that coming out of this is not going to be the same. And that\u2019s true of things we really relied on and loved and that just felt ordinary and comforting in the shape of reality. And it\u2019s also true of this notion of what the Greek word \u201capocalypse\u201d really means. I always cite my friend, the Rev. Jen Bailey, for reminding me of this: that in the original Greek, apocalypse doesn\u2019t mean the catastrophe;<\/em> it means the uncovering<\/em>. And this crisis, this virus, is uncovering a lot of things. It\u2019s uncovering kindness and generosity. It\u2019s uncovering things that we didn\u2019t know we knew how to do, like cook and clean and be quiet and stay at home. It\u2019s uncovering our physical frailty; we\u2019ve had so many devices to convince ourselves that it\u2019s not as true as it always is. And it\u2019s uncovered all these holes and flaws and gaps in the web of our relationship to each other and how we have not structured our society around that.<\/p>\n\n

    So here we are, in a communal, collective, global transition. That\u2019s another thing that\u2019s different about this transition: that we\u2019re all in transition together. And where we started, on those days when we now look back, just weeks ago, before the world changed, is different. But that unknown we\u2019re moving into is something we share. Our vulnerability and frailty before this transition is different. And that\u2019s also part of what\u2019s being uncovered because of the nature of this crisis. It has made the ways in which certain people fall through cracks, in the way we structure our society, unbearable. And so I think part of the transition I\u2019m looking at is, how do we hold onto that sense of it being unbearable and work with it and factor it into what we create together, coming out of this?\u201d Source: Living the Questions, On Being, April 14 2020<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n

    As other news has begun to eclipse that of the coronavirus, including another tragic police killing of a black American and China\u2019s insidious timing to vote in a national security law that essentially makes it a crime to undermine Beijing\u2019s authority, paving the way for suppression of any dissent against the state, we must do our best to not fall into complacency. If we return to \u201cnormal\u201d as fast as the stock market has, we\u2019re in trouble as the next emergency is inevitable. We can\u2019t allow ourselves to be distracted and allow the old powers to reclaim their positions.<\/p>\n\n

    It is up to us now.<\/p>\n\n

    \u25e6 a tiny action<\/h1>\n\n

    Do something nice for yourself this week. Maybe buy that fig jam, order take-out at your favourite restaurant, or take an extra-long walk to somewhere beautiful. The chores can wait. It\u2019s difficult to have an abundance mindset during these times, but it\u2019s hard enough as it is, so if you have the means, treat yourself or someone else to a morsel of pleasure that\u2019s out of the ordinary. For me, I\u2019m heading to the mountains and jumping into a lake tomorrow. I\u2019m curious to hear what this is for you. Email me by replying to this, I love hearing your thoughts and how you\u2019re doing right now.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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