1. Some highlights from the final week of the Paris Olympics: The first-ever Olympic gold for Philippines, Sha’Carri Richardson’s blistering, come-from-behind anchor leg ices 4x100m gold, Ray Gun performing her unique version of breakdancing, and this Instagram reel “me during the Olympics watching a sport I usually wouldn’t have been interested in.”
2. The tiny egg and the life it produced. (Facebook reel)
3. Notes to Self, a Facebook post from Jen Lemen.
4. Ecology of Love on the Poetry Off the Shelf podcast. “Camille Dungy on her garden, writing from the provinces, and the poetry of Anne Spencer.”
5. David Michael Wyatt – Hey Ya! @Andre3000 cover. (video) “The Velvet Voice.”
6. This is what depression looks like from Jenny Lawson, The Bloggess. “And if you’re trapped in your own labyrinth right now (whether physically or mentally) please know that you are not alone. That you are more than your messiest, hidden parts. That things will get better even when depression tells you they won’t. That you will write again or create again or smile again. That so many of us struggle (even when we may be too ashamed to show it) so you shouldn’t judge yourself by your idea of everyone else’s shiny lives.”
7. Petrified Wood: The Journey from Wood to Stone.
8. Recipes I want to try: Soft Ginger Cookie and Disney’s Molasses Crackle Cookie.
9. The Art of Grieving, “A feature-length documentary exploring art therapy, grief, and one artist’s mission to heal from loss.”
10. The luxuries of living small, “Freedom, time, and maximal joy” on Rootsie from Rita Ott Ramstad.
11. Blue Was the Color of Home, “A tumultuous childhood on the sea and the pull to return” on gentle sentiments from Amanda Sandlin.
12. Hold Space For One Another, “We can’t change anything, unless empathy is carried with us” from Frederick Joseph.
13. Why Joy, Hope and Positivity Are Tools for Survival, “How we can cultivate the power of positivity to see things more constructively and improve our overall outlook on life” on The Gurdeep Magazine.
14. Lucky, a poem from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer.
15. Striking Animal Portraits Capture “Humanlike” Poses Full of Personality. In related news, Jay Lichter Illuminates Stunning Colors and Textures in Macro Photos of Elusive Slime Molds.
16. Writing against the clock from Hugh Hollowell.
17. What Happens in a Mind That Can’t ‘See’ Mental Images. “Neuroscience research into people with aphantasia, who don’t experience mental imagery, is revealing how imagination works and demonstrating the sweeping variety in our subjective experiences.”
18. And finally, a bunch of other good stuff I saved this week.
Open Space Practice, (AKA: A Thousand Shades of Gray) 