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The Mortal Storm Warning
I have a thing for old black and white movies. Especially in anxious times, they slow me down and calm me. I think it has to do with telling a single…
Jul 3
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June 2025
The Mirror World of MAGA Cultural Policy
A few days ago I stumbled on a startling truth I want to share with you. Do you know the concept of “mirror worlds?” It has a few meanings. The one I’m…
Jun 30
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Every Utterance: Patti Smith and My New Painting
I'd love Patti Smith to see this. If you know her, please let me know.
Jun 27
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A Culture of Possibility Podcast #52, Lori Lea Pourier on the First Peoples Fund and Indigenous Artists
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 52nd episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available…
Jun 20
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A Culture of Possibility Podcast #52, Lori Lea Pourier on the First Peoples Fund and Indigenous Artists
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A Culture of Possibility Podcast #53, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso on Money
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 53rd episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available…
Jun 20
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May 2025
You and Culture: The Light at the End of Tunnel Vision
Back in February, when I wrote about the first few deranged actions the MAGA regime took against cultural agencies—”Il Duce Redux: Art Under Trump“—I…
May 4
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April 2025
A Culture of Possibility Podcast #51, David Cutler of the Baring Foundation on Arts and Mental Health
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 51st episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available…
Apr 17
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What is Being Born?—and a Film You Have to See!
For our Passover Seder, we ask people to share a story from their own experience or imagination that rhymes somehow with the exodus from slavery.
Apr 15
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March 2025
The Pharaoh Inside: Releasing the Fear That Clogs the Body Politic
Twenty years ago, my friend Daniel Burstyn introduced me to an exercise created for Passover, the Jewish holiday which this year begins on the evening…
Mar 31
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A Culture of Possibility Podcast #50, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso on Welfare State International
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 50th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available…
Mar 20
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A Culture of Possibility Podcast #50, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso on Welfare State International
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February 2025
A Piece of the Action
I loved the original Star Trek because its brief morality plays captured the importance of culture. Every planet the Starship Enterprise visited had a…
Feb 28
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A Culture of Possibility Podcast #49, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso on A Culture of Possibility Now
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 49th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available…
Feb 20
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