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01/12/2024

To 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 means to withdraw. Yet granting ourselves permission to pause — in a world that perpetuates endless striving — can feel like swimming upstream.
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In verse 29 of the Tao we’re reminded that:
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“There is a time for being ahead,
a time for being behind;
a time for being in motion,
and a time for being at rest.”
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May you find the courage to embrace stillness when it calls. We’ll see some of you on the other side🕊️🕊️🕊️

30/11/2024

Gay Block began photographing her mother, Bertha Alyce, in 1973 and continued until she passed in 1991. “But it was after she died,” Block shared in an interview about the work, “that I learned the most about her.
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“I began to understand that her anger had its origins in all she had not been able to do because she was a woman.”
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Image: Mothers jewelry boxes, “Bertha Alyce: Mother Exposed” by Gay Block, 2003

28/11/2024

“There is love in me the likes of which you’ve never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied in one, I will indulge the other.” —Mary Shelley
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Images: 1) Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, 1931; 2) Sabine Weiss, 1975; 3) Boy looking at Joan Miró sculpture

27/11/2024

The ancient practice of breaking bread — rooted across all Abrahamic faiths — reflects our timeless need for tangible connection. As we approach the holiday season, we’re reminded that the simple act of gathering is a sacred ritual, when imbued with presence and grace.
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Gratitude, in the words of Melody Beattie, “can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
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Images: 1) unknown; 2) via 3) Harvest, photographer unknown, 1993; 4) Syrian bakery, 1950s, David Boyer; 5) Shawn D. Haley, 2004; 6) via

26/11/2024

We can learn a lot from children. The future we aspire to lives in their imaginations. Lebanese Prophet and Poet Khalil Gibran writes in 𝘖𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, “You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.”
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The above text is an excerpt from the 1923 edition of “The Prophet,” and the full poem, which is part of the public domain, can be found at poetry.org.

25/11/2024

In celebration of The Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary exhibit, 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐲: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐭, we had the honor of holding space in the historic Beaux-Arts court.
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Thanks to all who joined us for our 3-part ritual spanning yoga with .wellness, intention-setting with , and deep listening with . In the words of Mariame Kaba, “hope is a discipline” and collective healing happens when we practice together.
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24/11/2024

John Gottman, best known for his groundbreaking research on what makes relationships succeed or fail, identified stonewalling as one of the ‘Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.’ Alongside criticism, defensiveness, and contempt, stonewalling erodes trust, leaving relationships frayed.
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The antidote — as theologian and human rights activist Desmond Tutu reminds us above — is to reach out and connect with one another. Suffering softens when we listen to learn. A gentle reminder, as we head into the holiday season, that almost no one changes until they feel heard.

14/11/2024

The path into the light seems dark,
the path forward seems to go back,
the direct path seems long,
true power seems weak,
true purity seems tarnished,
true steadfastness seems changeable,
true clarity seems obscure,
the greatest are seems unsophisticated,
the greatest love seems indifferent,
the greatest wisdom seems childish.
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The Tao is nowhere to be found.
Yet it nourishes and completes all things.
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—Excerpt from Chapter 41 of the Tao Te Ching. Translation by Stephen Mitchell
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Image: Collecting soot to make sumi ink sticks in Nara Japan, Cary Wolinsky 1997

12/11/2024

Don’t put those you turn to in troubled times on a pedestal. They can only catch you now because they’ve fallen many times before.

11/11/2024

Mushrooms grow quietly in the shadows — transforming decay into new life. As many move through the grief that autumn ignites, mushrooms remind us to trust the process. Growth often begins galvanizing in the dark. 🍄‍🟫

09/11/2024

For whatever reason, we grieve the same way we celebrate — together, through story and connection. We find humility in our shared humanity, recognizing that joy and sorrow are woven from the same thread. Turning to timeless wisdom, music, and art is our way of grounding ourselves amidst the chaos of the human experience.

See you tomorrow, Brooklyn 🎟️🔔🧘🏽‍♀️

05/11/2024

As students of rites and ritual, we’re reminded that even national traditions, like voting, reflect our commitment to collective healing. ❤️‍🩹
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For those in America, the ongoing experiment of democracy calls us to engage in shaping a shared future by participating at the polls.
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The quote above is from Erik de Jong, a professor at the University of Amsterdam who lectures on cultural heritage, landscape, and garden history.

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