“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!
This Week’s Apéritif: The Shake Shake Shake For Your Booty Smoothie (Avocado, Roasted Almond Milk, Peach Juice, Pear Juice, Carrot Juice, Collagen & Electrolyte Powder and Ice)
The Shake Shake Shake For Your Booty Smoothie Soundtrack:
Ryan Wildstar’s Recommendations:
Reading: Changing Destiny by Ben Okri
Listening: R&R’s Playlists for 2023! Playlist #1 — Together We Emerge
To hear all of our favorite albums of 2023, check out this article:
Looking: The Art of Juana Romani (1867-1923/24)
Viewing: Frybread Face and Me written and directed by Billy Luther, starring Keir Tallman, Charley Hogan, Sarah H. Natani, Martin Sensmeier, and Kahara Hodges.
Tasting: Ryan Wildstar’s Chicken Consommé (made with his homemade Chicken Stock: Whole Chicken, Leek, Red Onion, Green Onion, Celery, Carrots, Himalayan Pink Sea Salt, Pepper Garlic, Ginger & Corsican Herbes de Maquis)
Ryan Elston’s Recommendations:
Reading: The Iliad by Homer (translated by Emily Wilson)
‘The Iliad may be ancient – but it’s not far away’: Emily Wilson on Homer’s blood-soaked epic (via The Guardian)
Listening: R&R’s Playlists for 2023! Playlist #2 — Caravanserai
To hear all of our favorite albums of 2023, check out this article:
Looking: The Art of Gisela McDaniel:
Official Site of Gisela Charfauros McDaniel / Instagram / Artsy
Gisela McDaniel Paints Dazzling Portraits of Indigenous Resilience (via Artsy)
A Painter Takes a Collaborative Approach to the Portrait (via Hyperallergic)
The indigenous artist helping women and non-binary poc reclaim their bodies (via i-D)
Viewing: The Lesson written by Alex MacKeith, directed by Alice Troughton and starring Richard E. Grant, Julie Delpy and Daryl McCormack
Tasting: Ryan Wildstar’s Chicken Consommé (made with his homemade Chicken Stock: Whole Chicken, Leek, Red Onion, Green Onion, Celery, Carrots, Himalayan Pink Sea Salt, Pepper Garlic, Ginger & Corsican Herbes de Maquis)
That’s it for this week! But we want the dinner party to continue! So each week we are asking a “dinner party” question for everyone joining us here at our table. Last week, we asked: “Who's one of YOUR favorite angelic troublemakers?” Here are some of the great responses from the comments:
Ryan Wildstar chose Henry David Thoreau!
Ryan Elston chose Pauli Murray!
kde chose Mahatma Gandhi and the Suffragettes!
Eileen Andersen chose Martin Luther King and Sinéad O'Connor!
Del Mar chose Angela Davis, Lenny Bruce and Patricia Hearst!
Thank you everyone for your wonderful responses! That was last week . . . but we don't want this week's dinner party to end either!
So here is this week's question for the table:
As we mentioned earlier, Ryan Wildstar is on a liquid diet this month (doctor’s orders), which means there is one thing we’ve been eating every single day: soup!
So, our question for the table this week is:
What's one of YOUR favorite soups?
Tell us your choice in the comments and we’ll share some of your responses on next week’s podcast!
Also, don't forget to stop by The Epicurean Vagabonds Substack on Wednesdays, to check out our revamped Mid-Week Libations! Now with audio segments featuring Ryan & Ryan!
And thank you for joining us for Season Two of Aesthetic Arrest!
Cheers to that!
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