Monthly Archives: September 2013
Who do you fear?
The cost of forgetting
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins – Handle with Care
This is the song I heard in my head while looking at Puberty #2. “…overexposed, commercialized. Handle me with care.” Can’t go wrong with Jenny Lewis, Ben Gibbard, M. Ward and Conor Oberst! Continue reading
Puberty #2 (after Edvard Munch), 2008 by Vera Barnett; oil on linen
Spend some time with empathy. Vera Barnett’s offering to the University Gallery’s newest exhibition, M Path, is one of exposure to our society’s haunting inability to honestly confront the sexuality of young women. Trace the dizzying pattern of Victorian era roses forward to the cloying mid-20th c. sweetness of white hearts to arrive at our … Continue reading