Thought for the Day

We need art to explore the darkest recesses of our lives and minds.

But we also need art to tell us why this world is

worth loving, and therefore saving.

~ Christian Wiman

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Quoted from Christian Wiman, "The Poet of Light" (Essay) in The New York Times, January 12, 2018 (Online)

Christian Wiman, Poet, Essayist, Translator, Editor, Author; Clement-Muehl Professor of Communication Arts, Yale Divinity School; Former Editor, Poetry Magazine

Christian Wiman Profiles at Academy of American Poets, Macmillan Publishers, and Poetry Foundation

Thought for the Day

What songs are audible when the wind stops?

What has been kept alive in the time snatched from work

and sheltered from ongoing destruction – what moments

of recognition, what ways of relating, what other

imagined worlds, what other selves? 

What other kinds of time?

~ Jenny Odell on 'Vertical' Time

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Quoted from Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, "Another Kind of Time: An Interview with Jenny Odell" at Emergence Magazine (Online Transcript), April 25, 2023

Jenny Odell, Multidisciplinary Artist, Writer, and Educator. Odell's most recent books are Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock (2023), Inhabiting the Negative Space (2021), and How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (2019).

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Filmmaker, Naqshbandi Sufi Teacher, Spiritual Ecologist; Founder, Podcast Host, and Executive Editor, Emergence Magazine

Thought for the Day

When we see the smoke and flames on the horizon

are we seeing not just a fire but a reflection

of our own voracious appetites and desire

to consume until we're finally extinguished?

~ Jeffrey T. Manuel on John Vaillant's 'Fire Weather'

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Quoted from Jeffrey T. Manuel, "Our Neighbo(u)rs to the North, Aflame: On John Vaillant's 'Fire Weather'," in Cleveland Review of Books, March 12, 2024

John Vaillant, American-Canadian Nonfiction Writer, Journalist, and Novelist

 

Jeffrey T. Manuel, Historian on Energy, Technology, and the Environment; Professor of History, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Writer and Author

Thought for the Day

The most practical thing you can do,

even in hard times, is to lead with curiosity,

lead with respect, work hard to understand

the people you might be taught to detest.

~ David Brooks

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David Brooks, "How to Stay Sane in Brutalizing Times," The New York Times, November 2, 2023

David Brooks, Author and New York Times Opinion Columnist on Politics, Culture, and the Social Sciences