TRANS RIGHTS

 
I have had trans friends since childhood, and trans lovers since my late twenties, as well as times when I felt transgender identification of my own, and I have an adult trans grandchild, so I have little to no tolerance for any judgment or criticism or discrimination against trans people or limitations on what they feel is best for their health, happiness, and well being. 

As a wise person said to me more than once: There's two kinds of business, mine and none of mine. And what a trans person feels is best for them is none of mine. The current scapegoating of trans people for political advantage used by the trolls in charge must be opposed by all freedom loving people, or just plain loving people.

FOUND ON THE INTERNET

 

TRAGEDY

Something heartbreakingly tragic is happening somewhere in the world all the time. To paraphrase artist/writer Joe Brainard writing about history, almost every day is the anniversary of something awful.

The LA firestorms are awful, something heartbreakingly tragic for those experiencing them in person. Some of whom are friends of mine who have lost their homes and everything in them, or are waiting at wherever they evacuated to, to find out if their homes still exist or not.

My heart goes out to all of them, and everyone impacted by these fires, as it does to all those around the world experiencing heartbreaking tragedy in their lives.

A LONGTIME FAVORITE QUOTE

"While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light."  —Jack Kerouac (from The Scripture of the Golden Eternity)

YES

 
[don't know the source, assume it's legit, but either way it's righteous]

DREAM HEADLINE

 Newspaper headline in a dream last night:

7 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED IN BURBANK

A FAVORITE MEME

 

YEP

 

One of my favorite authors. I usually don't post quotes when the source publication is not cited, but this definitely sounds like her.

NEW FAVORITE QUOTE

 "I think about the alternative lives of my characters all the time. But, as I did not live in fiction, I decided, soon after Vincent's death, to stop pondering the alternatives. What if belongs to fiction; what now, to this real life."     —Yiyun Li (The New Yorker 10/30/23)

ANOTHER NEW FAVORITE QUOTE

 

TWO NEW FAVORITE QUOTES

"I would like to live in a world where you didn't have to be ashamed of shame."

"If you can acknowledge the complexity of your own heart, then you're not going to look for scapegoats."

—Jacqueline Rose (from "Presence of Mind" in The New Yorker, Aug. 21, 2023) 

LONGTIME FAVORITE QUOTE

"While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light."

—Jack Kerouac (from The Scripture of The Golden Eternity)

GOOD QUOTE

 

ANOTHER FAVORITE QUOTE

 

NEW FAVORITE QUOTE

 

2 NEW FAVORITE MEMES

 

JOHN YAU'S JOE BRAINARD THE ART OF THE PERSONAL

 
In this beautiful book poet and art critic (and friend) John Yau has put together a wide selection of Joe Brainard's artwork and written a great argument for why Brainard should be seen as a major and seminal artist (full disclosure: Joe and I were periodic lovers for several years), and not marginalized as too "gay" or "decorative" or "not serious" or "comic" or "pornographic" etc. As Yau writes: "What shines through in everything  that Brainard did is a melding of genius and generosity that has rarely if ever been seen in art before or since." Find out why Joe's work is so beloved by so many discerning creators of art and poetry, buy  this book.

ANOTHER GOOD QUOTE

 

THREE FAVORITE MEMES FROM 2022

 

STOLE FROM A FRIEND'S PAGE (MORE THAN "QUITE" AND NOT SO "SOLEMNLY"—IN FACT THE OPPOSITE OF)