Just say no to implosion


For as bad as macroeconomics can get, they sure make life feel light compared to the despair that results from excessive self-absorption. Frida Kahlo’s exhibit at the SFMOMA is a cautionary tale of the futility of remaining trapped in one’s immediate experience. My friend Melissa remarked how about 90% of her work was self-portraits.

Given how important it is to have outside perspectives to ground you in reality, it is no wonder she was enmeshed so long with her near-canine partner.

“Sin Esperanza” (above) drives this home most poignantly in both image and title.

online stream of consciousness


ok ok – maybe it isn’t “conviction” ….my last post evoked images of authoritarian leaders who had great conviction…or even W…

Perhaps it is “character” then which captures the essence of a leader (person) I can support …and by that, I mean someone who is indeed willing to sacrifice image, power, personal comfort to do the “right” thing – while also willing to change his/her mind based on reasonable principles, rather than force the “right” thing to be his/her thing.

James Joyce could do stream of consciousness!