Was on my way home on Monday and decided to stop in the Loop to go to a stationary shop. As I was exiting the Monroe Blue Line, I saw a sign with an arrow that said "Chicago Chagall." I went upstairs and found this beautiful Chagall in front of the Chase building. One of the special things about Chicago is the presence of a lot of public art from very famous artists.
Nan Shepherd (1893–1981) was born #OTD, 11 Feb. Recently her nature writing, & her memoir THE LIVING MOUNTAIN, has gained attention—but she was also an important #modernist novelist. Charlotte Peacock weighs her contribution to Scotland’s literary renaissance
#Today, 150 years ago, Lola Ridge was born in Dublin. She was to become a modernist #poet, a leading figure in the #modernist movement in #NewYork , a very prominent #anarchist#activist and campaigner für women's rights, the rights of immigrants and the poor. Lola Ridge has had a small renaissance since her biography came out 2016, but she could be read more widely. #writingWomen#womenwriter #poetry#20s#SaccoAndVanzetti
Dude will tie themselves into knots rationalising their desire to be selfish by citing everything between Aristoteles, John Dewey, and utilitarianism, in lengthy hyper-complex intellectual posturing that basically just boils down to:
@baldur you are not wrong, but step back for a wider view to try and see and talk about the root of this mess. I would say this is an example of #blocking from the #postmodern path.
Can we look at this from a #modernist view to take a different path?
What would a #modernist path out of the current mess look like? And yes, I understand there is a bad history. Let's not re tread that path. What is a good path?
An example is #XR "tell the truth" is a modernist path.