Happy holidays to all!
The AMS :: ATX blog will be going dark for a few weeks for winter break, so we hope everyone has a restful and relaxing holiday season.
The Snowfall is So SilentThe snowfall is so silent,so slow,bit by bit, with delicacyit settles down on the earthand covers over the fields.The silent snow comes downwhite and weightless;snowfall makes no noise,falls as forgetting falls,flake after flake.It covers the fields gentlywhile frost attacks themwith its sudden flashes of white;covers everything with its pureand silent covering;not one thing on the groundanywhere escapes it.And wherever it falls it stays,content and gay,for snow does not slip offas rain does,but it stays and sinks in.The flakes are skyflowers,pale lilies from the clouds,that wither on earth.They come down blossomingbut then so quicklythey are gone;they bloom only on the peak,above the mountains,and make the earth feel heavierwhen they die inside.Snow, delicate snow,that falls with such lightnesson the head,on the feelings,come and cover over the sadnessthat lies always in my reason.Miguel de Unamuno
Happy [belated] Thanksgiving!
We hope you enjoy some time to relax with the people/animals/places/foods/books/ideas that you value most.
"For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America… He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on."-Benjamin Franklin
Announcement: AMS Pecha Kucha
UPDATE: Due to the weather, we've decided to reschedule this event for next week. More soon.Today, at 4 PM in Burdine 436A, the department of American Studies will hold its first ever Pecha Kucha. Excitingly, both members of the faculty and the graduate student body will be giving presentations of 20 slides shown for 20 seconds each. The lineup is below.
Announcement: INGZ Gallery Show "In Heartbeats: The Comic Art of Jackie Ormes"
On Thursday in GWB 2.204 beginning at 5:00 PM and running until 6:30 PM, there will be a gallery talk and reception for In Heartbeats: The Comic Art of Jackie Ormes, a show curated by Rebecca Giordano on behalf of the INGZ curatorial collective, of which our own Natalie Zelt is a member. Featuring "selections from four comic series by the first African American woman cartoonist, Jackie Ormes," the show tracks the cartoonist's career "beginning in 1937 in the Pittsburgh Courier," and displays a selection of her "irreverent and witty comics tackling major cultural events in newspaper comics that centralized the experience of African American women. From the House of Unamerican Activities to segregated train cars that enabled the Great Migration, Ormes' vivacious and intellectual characters countered pervasive stereotypes with images of stylish, self-driven, and savvy women of color." We spoke to Giordano about the thoughtful and exciting show earlier this week, and will run that interview in the next few days.