Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Carol Burnett, Tupac Shakur, Kate Bornstein, Gordon Lightfoot & Ouzo Cocktails!

“The aesthetic experience is a simple beholding of the object . . . you experience a radiance. You are held in aesthetic arrest.” - Joseph Campbell

Aesthetic Arrest is our weekly dip into the Epicurean pleasures we’ve been enjoying lately. Cheers to that!

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Ryan Wildstar’s Recommendations:

Reading: Playlist for the Apocalypse by Rita Dove

Purchase here

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Listening: The Music of Gordon Lightfoot (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023)

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Looking: The Art of Hannah Höch (1889-1978)

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Viewing: Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (NBC)

Watch the full special (for free!) on Youtube:

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Tasting: “The Bouzo” (Ryan Wildstar’s cocktail of ouzo, blood orange juice, black currant juice, brown sugar simple syrup and a squeeze of grapefruit juice)

“The Bouzo” [Photo by Ryan Wildstar]

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Ryan Elston’s Recommendations:

Reading: A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today by Kate Bornstein

Purchase here.

• Official Site of Kate Bornstein

• Kate Bornstein on Linktree and Twitter

Watch the documentary, Kate Bornstein Is a Queer & Pleasant Danger, via Ovid or Kanopy!

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Listening: The Music of Thandi Ntuli (and all of the great musicians at the 2023 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert!)

Purchase via Bandcamp

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Looking: The Art of Pamela Colman Smith (artist/co-creator of the Rider–Waite–Smith (RWS) Tarot Deck)

Selected cards from the Rider–Waite–Smith (RWS) Tarot Deck by Pamela Colman Smith (Public Domain, via Open Culture)

1. Page of Cups; 2. Queen of Swords; 3. The Fool; 4. The Magician; 5. The High Priestess; 6. The Empress; 7. The Lovers; 8. The Hermit; 9. The World. From the Rider–Waite-Smith Tarot deck by Pamela Colman Smith (1909) [Public domain, via Internet Sacred Text Archive (sacred-texts.com)]

Purchase here.

Click here to view all of the cards in the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck!

Pamela Colman Smith (1912) [The Craftsman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Overture. "Egmont" Beethoven by Pamela Colman Smith (1907) [Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

The Blue Cat by Pamela Colman Smith (1907) [Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

Sea Creatures by Pamela Colman Smith (undated) [Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

Illustration from Susan and the Mermaid by Pamela Colman Smith (1912) [Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

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Viewing: Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur — docuseries about Tupac Shakur and Afeni Shakur, directed by Allen Hughes (Hulu & multiple platforms)

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Tasting: “The Louzo” (Ryan Wildstar’s cocktail of ouzo, freshly squeezed lemon juice, simple syrup, a splash of club soda and fresh rosemary sprigs)

“The Louzo” [Photo by Ryan Wildstar]

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That’s it for this week! But we want the dinner party to continue! So here is this week's question for the table:

What's your favorite cocktail?

Tell us your choice in the comments, and we'll share some of your responses on next week's podcast!

And be sure to check the Substack on Monday for an exciting announcement!

Cheers to that!