Unsolicited Recommendations n.3
Food, love, fear, and other big ideas
Autumn is a season of collecting. The brisk dampness that lingers in the air at this time of year in the northern hemisphere reminds me that it’s time to turn inwards and examine the experiences that have accumulated throughout the year. It’s a moment for gathering up ideas and dreams, large and small. In my sphere of interaction, we’re deliberating and decision-making about everything from democratic representation to our personal ingredients for sufficiency. As the oppressive pandemic-flavoured anxiety slowly eases here, there’s finally a chance to take stock of where and who we are. This inventory is uncomfortable and liberating; it divides the gaze in two directions and turns us cross-eyed. We’re looking backwards at what we’ve gathered and forwards at what we need.
Hence, this week, a collection of ideas.
Unsolicited Recommendations
This essay on Indigenous food cycling practices by Atlanta Grant, an Iroquois scholar and researcher of traditional food systems.
bell hooks speaking in 1999 about her book, All About Love: New Visions (itself a book filled with conviction and tenderness).
Ideas on existentialism and the philosophical possibility of freedom in anxiety.
In keeping with my interest in the dynamics of German politics: this podcast from the Guardian about the upcoming elections and Merkel’s departure.
Questions to Ask those who came before us.