Five Bullets 2.6.26: Peaceful Creations
What's capturing my interest this month: Ruth Asawa retrospective, Planetary Alignment, Soulive's new album, and the Walk For Peace.
Hi Friends -
Happy Friday! Here’s what’s capturing my interest this week:
“When you put a seed in the ground, the ground doesn’t say, ‘Well, eight hours, I’m gonna stop growing.’ You put it in the soil, that bulb grows every second that it’s attached to the earth. That’s why I think that every minute that we’re attached to this earth, we should be doing something.“ Ruth Asawa brought creativity to every moment of her life, whether crafting looped-wire sculptures, drawing and painting or making murals with her young students. She believed that there is no separation between art and living and her work reflects her curiosity to learn, grow and experiment. This weekend is the last chance to see Asawa’s MOMA retrospective. Watch How To See for a short primer.
On February 28th, a rare “planetary parade” will occur with Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter visible in the night sky. You’ll need a telescope to view Uranus and Neptune but the other planets should be visible if you look west after sunset on the 28th. Here’s this year’s astronomical events.
The planets must certainly be in alignment because one of my favorite bands jazz-funk organ trio Soulive released Flowers, their first full-length album in 15 years! The trio recorded the album at Iceland’s Floki Studios and the remote location must have added some musical magic because the band builds on their original chemistry with heavier, psychedelic sounds. I’ll be writing an album review soon!
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced earlier this week that the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building cupola will be opening to the public. The Beaux-Arts style building at 1 Centre Street opened in 1914 and is one of the world’s largest government buildings in the world. The observation deck is the first to be opened by the City since the 1965 World’s Fair.
Two dozen Buddhist monks who set out to walk from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. will arrive in the Capitol on Tuesday. The Walk For Peace has covered 2,300 miles in 10 states and hopes to “to remind Americans that peace is not a destination—it is a practice.” Texas, where the monks are establishing a new Buddhist center, is home to over 1 million Buddhists from across the world. Spiritual leader Bhikkhu Pannakara said “unity and kindness begin within each of us and can radiate outward to families, communities, and society as a whole.”
What’s capturing your interest this week? Email me by hitting reply or by leaving a comment below.
Have a great weekend,
Keith
