Yesterday’s New York Times Week in Review Article: “The War – A Trillion Can Be Cheap” made a very insightful point about the fact that since we do not feel the war, we are divorced from it. Meanwhile it is draining our collective coffers at a startling rate.
Meanwhile I am currently reading, “The Balkan Trilogy,” by [...]
Category Archives: Reflections
Feeling War
Jul 26 2010 – 10:52 am
Table Talk – Female astronauts; Silicon Valley shut out; et al
Apr 19 2010 – 11:15 pm
I first heard of the four female astronauts in space in a Tina Fey monologue on SNL two weeks ago. Fey said something like ‘if you told anyone in the 70s about four female astronauts in space it would be in reference to a porno, but today it doesn’t even make news’. I didn’t know [...]
Table Talk – what I’ve been reading
Apr 13 2010 – 3:33 am
Great piece in April 4, 2010 New York Times Magazine about photographer Roman Vishniac who chronicled prewar Eastern European Jewish life. The piece points out some of his images were manufactured and brings up again the question of what is truth, and what does personal perception bring to historical memory. The pictures in particular were [...]
Alternative Haggadah for Passover for Women
Mar 31 2010 – 11:09 am
I sat down to my first Passover dinner several years ago when I started dating my husband and was mesmerized by the reading of the Haggadah, in particular the one my aunt-in-law had put together. In celebration of Global Markets and Ideas’ Women’s theme this month, I wanted to share what we read last night [...]
Swan Day: Celebrating Women Artists (Virlana Tkacz) and Women Who Support the Arts (Ann Ziff)
Mar 29 2010 – 2:15 am
This past Saturday was something called Swan Day which is a celebration of women artists. The long term goal of Swan Day is “to inspire communities around the world to find new ways to recognize and support women artists as a basic element of civic planning.” I am doing my part by lauding the efforts of [...]
International Women’s Day
Mar 08 2010 – 4:29 am
Last week, I read an op-ed in the New York Times promoting a gender-neutral Oscar – author Kim Elsesser noted there is no need for segregating awards between men and women and that women should be treated as full equals. Though I agree with the latter statement, we live in a world of gender inequality. [...]
Anne Rice and New Media
Mar 04 2010 – 12:07 pm
I love paper. I love the feel of the New York Times in the morning as it crackles in my hands; I love to sit with a book under the blanket my grandmother knit for me; and I love stationary, Kate’s Paperie is my dream store.
But I was intrigued by a new concept and a [...]
Museum Mojo
Feb 23 2010 – 5:21 am
My first visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art was magic. I was an impressionable 13 year old awed by its history and beauty, including those majestic outdoor steps that make you feel like a princess entering your castle. I believe museums and galleries large and small teach you about life, and are community treasures. [...]
Jewels of Venice
Feb 16 2010 – 11:20 pm
Venice is one of my five favorite cities in the world. I first went to Venice as a teenager, on a school trip with the Dominican nuns. I was entranced by the canals and beauty of meandering through the streets and waterways. When I returned years later, I once again lost myself in the twists [...]
February is Arts Month at Global Markets
Feb 08 2010 – 4:26 pm
It is cold and snowy and sniffly. To reconnect with the world’s beauty, I have invited several guest writers to discuss art in its many shapes and its many businesses. Perfumer Mandy Aftel leads us with her intoxicating description of scent and an essay on the art of perfumery. I met Mandy when I was [...]