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Jen I just had the thought earlier today that my imagination is too small, that I have no vision, etc etc. how do I train myself to be better here??? I need look into that

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The other day I came across - as if for the first time again - the phrase moral imagination. The idea was that we must first be able to imagine a better future, and more just society, before we can change anything in the here and now. It’s liberating, the notion that we can imagine our way into the world we want to live in. 

I used to read a lot more non-fiction than I do fiction, though the pendulum is currently on its way to the other side. The justification came in college during my journalism kick — the real world is so rich with stories, why would anyone need to make more up? Here’s why, I now know: the real world’s stories don’t always turn out the way we’d like them. Fiction equips us with the power to imagine our way to a different ending.  

More and more lately, I find my imagination weak, small. The people I work with, they suffer from this, too. So often the solution to a problem impossible to find, until I manage to take a step far back enough to see I just wasn’t looking in the right place.

Reality can be so much better if we just let imagination lead the way. 

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An Offering To Venus by John William Godward // “Hard Feelings/Loveless” by Lorde

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Ra Ra Rasputin – The West Cork Ukulele Orchestra (Boney M cover)

Irish musicianship, Russian history, and a cover of a ridiculous disco song that I already adore… Sometimes the internet treats me to something so pure, I’m left utterly speechless.

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I used to babysit in these buildings and sitting in the garden is still one of my one true joys in life.

Sasaki Garden at Washington Square Village by Elijah Porter

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When Ethan and I were in Venice we visited the Jewish quarter (I guess Ghetto but the maps were more generous and we went in not knowing too much). We, being terrible Jews and on ""vacation time"", forgot it was Shabbat and were bummed that we couldn't go inside the temples (side note thanks for the pics here, this is the Good Stuff I wanted to see!) but got it. We just walked around the neighborhood instead, soaking it all in. We passed a family having some kind of Havdalah service inside a private store, and they must've caught a glimpse of us because a child ran outside and asked where we were from and if we were Jewish. We said we were and they asked if we wanted to come inside. Being crunched for time in a city we still wanted to explore, we kindly declined but thanked them. The kid ran back inside and ran out again, grabbed a kippah for Ethan and three glasses of wine, and we said the prayer and drank before leaving. Honestly that's one of my favorite travel stories, and I love that the hospitality came from my diaspora community.

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never been kissed (1999)

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Dinner at the Ambassador by Jean Beraud // “Sober II”by Lorde

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the world premiere of “How Does It Feel (When You’re In R.E.M. (It Feels Good))”

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brain: u gotta be… The Best™

me: ok so we’ll work hard then?

brain: no work… only Best.

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Anniversary Waltz by Jack Vettriano // “Ribs” by Lorde

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hashtag savage

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It’s not like us. It’s unlike us. 

Annihilation (2018) dir. Alex Garland

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John Mulaney has ruined Westworld for me; all I could hear through the entire episode was “Prove! Prove! Prove you’re not a roooobot.”

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This is depressing because I just literally recommended to my Berlin-born, holocaust surviving grandma to watch The Wind That Shakes The Barley last week lol 🙃

So Ken Loach defends Holocaust Denial and wants to kick MPs who oppose antisemitism out of Labour. Is it possible to kick him out instead?

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i wish my crushes didn’t always live in new jersey