‘we are here to change’
This week my mind circles around the thoughts of why I’m here - in the graduate program and everywhere else. The point isn’t just to gain knowledge, and I’m starting to think the point isn’t to believe an illusion that I can change many things outside myself. Perhaps the point is to change my thoughts and actions - based on knowledge - so that if there is any external difference to be made, it comes first from inside me.
Winter daylight
Since the beginning of 2024, I have thought a lot about time and daylight. There never seems to be enough of either.
It’s over now, right?
When I saw the U.S. national emergency to respond to the pandemic ended, it felt significant, even if the public at large went about life in the “new normal” a while ago. I want to document a piece of the pandemic’s end that is clear, because the rest of it wasn’t.
Let’s talk hair
Why a woman’s “glory” has been associated with hair since the Bible was written (and most likely before that?) is anyone’s guess, but what is known is that social control of hair spans at least that long and continues around the world.
