Monthly Archives: November 2015

Painting hidden in the gilded edges of a book

Posted on November 29, 2015 by jyourist

(Thanks, MH, for the link.)

Posted in books | Tagged binding, bookbinding, books, Cornell University Library, fore edge painting, gilding, Kim, Rudyard Kipling, Stalkey and Company | 2 Comments

“A Subtlety” by Kara Walker

Posted on November 28, 2015 by jyourist

A year and a half ago, Kara Walker was asked to create a piece in the old Domino Sugar Factory that was due for demolition in Brooklyn in New York. She created a piece called “Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar … Continue reading →

Posted in art, artist, race | Tagged art, blood sugar, Domino sugar, Eric Konon, Kara Walker, power, race, silhouettes, slavery, Subtleties, Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar Baby | 1 Comment

“After 37 Years My Mother Apologizes for My Childhood” by Sharon Olds

Posted on November 27, 2015 by jyourist

When you tilted toward me, arms out like someone trying to walk through a fire, when you swayed toward me, crying out you were sorry for what you had done to me, your eyes filling with terrible liquid like balls … Continue reading →

Posted in mother, motherhood, poetry | Tagged apology, childhood, forgiveness, mother, parenting, poems, poetry, regret, Sharon Olds | 3 Comments

For Refugee Entry into the United States

Posted on November 24, 2015 by jyourist

The Full Text of the Graphic: The Screening Process for Refugee Entry Into the United States Recurrent vetting: Throughout this process, pending applications continue to be checked against terrorist databases, to ensure new, relevant terrorism information has not come to … Continue reading →

Posted in freedom | Tagged biometric security checks, freedom, green card, homeland security, recurrent vetting, refugee support center, refugees, security vetting | Leave a comment

A writer’s palette

Posted on November 23, 2015 by jyourist

I created the image above as the students suggested the tools a writer uses in order to support their Why. I am retiring this year from teaching and one of the things I will miss a lot is writing on … Continue reading →

Posted in school, students, Teaching, writing | Tagged blackboard, How?, retirement, school, students, teaching, Why?, writer's palette, writing | 1 Comment

Seasonings

Posted on November 21, 2015 by jyourist

First snow of the season, first meal of the season inside (salmon, rice, red cabbage and raisins) in front of IB’s Japanese window screens because it is too cold to eat on the back porch, first Satsuma mandarins of the season … Continue reading →

Posted in food, fruit, Japan, seasons, winter | Tagged food, fruit, gratitude, japan, Japanese window screens, satsuma mandarins, Satsuma-Sendai, seasons, snow, winter | 1 Comment

Our Mourning is broken: Paris and Privilege

Posted on November 15, 2015 by jyourist

The following is the post I wanted to write. And then I ran across this piece by George Arnette. I don’t think I could have said it any better than he and so it is posted below: Our Mourning … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBTQ, race, tolerance | Tagged Beirut, capitalism, George Arnett, misogyny, Paris, privilege, queer/trans antagonism, racism, religious extremism, terror, victims, xenophobia | 3 Comments

Au nom de quoi?

Posted on November 14, 2015 by jyourist

from W.H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939” Defenseless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, … Continue reading →

Posted in photography, poetry, violence | Tagged au nom de quoi, despair, massacre, Paris, Pascal Rossignol, photography, poems, poetry, violence, W.H. Auden | 2 Comments

Veterans Day

Posted on November 11, 2015 by jyourist

Today is Veterans Day, originally celebrated as Armistice Day, celebrating the end of World War I on the 11th day of the 11th month at 11am. I have often felt the conceit of the “elevens” strange and somewhat unsettling. The … Continue reading →