“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: Wildstar’s Summer Sangria! (red wine, brandy, cherries, mango pits/seeds with pulp, oranges, lemon, peach juice, cinnamon, clove, star anise, simple syrup)
Ryan Wildstar’s Recommendations:
Reading: Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi (1875-1947)
Check out the film, Leonie (directed by Hisako Matsui) based on the life of Léonie Gilmour, the American lover/editor of Yone Noguchi and mother of sculptor Isamu Noguchi and dancer Ailes Gilmour:
Listening: Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons
Looking: The Art of Clarissa Munger Badger (May 20, 1806 - December 14, 1889)
Clarissa W. Munger Badger Biography at the Madison Historical Society
Emily Dickinson’s Botanical Inspiration: Stunning 19th-Century Flower Paintings by the Forgotten Artist and Poet Clarissa Munger Badger (via The Marginalian)
Viewing: Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. (HBO & HBO Max) — directed by Jamila Wignot, docuseries about Stax Records, the record label that launched Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & the M.G.'s & Sam & Dave
Tasting: Aamrakhand – Mango Shrikhand (recipe by Kankana Saxena at Playful Cooking)
Click here for the printable recipe! (via Playful Cooking)
Ryan Elston’s Recommendations:
Reading: Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Listening: Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper by Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper
Official Site of Ballaké Sissoko / Instagram / Current Tour Dates!
Official Site of Derek Gripper / Instagram/ Current Tour Dates!
For many more beautiful examples of “string fusion”, check out Ryan Elston’s article: String Theory: The New Music of Global Fusion
Looking: The Art of Isamu Noguchi (1904 – 1988)
Viewing: The Express Way with Dulé Hill (PBS & Youtube) — directed by Danny Lee and hosted by Dulé Hill
Tasting: Aamrakhand – Mango Shrikhand (recipe by Kankana Saxena at Playful Cooking)
Click here for the printable recipe! (via Playful Cooking)
So that’s it for this week! But we want the dinner party to continue!
So here is this week's question for the table:
This week, we talked about the incredible amount of soul music that came out of Stax Records. So, our question for the table this week is:
Who is one of YOUR favorite soul singers and/or what is one of YOUR favorite soul songs?
Is it James Brown’s “Super Bad?” Is it Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man?” Is it Aretha Franklin’s “Respect?” Or maybe Otis Redding’s “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay?”
Tell us your choice or choices in the comments and we’ll share some of your responses on next week’s podcast!
And, as always, thank you for listening and for all of your continued support!
Cheers to that!
Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Stax: Soulsville U.S.A., Beth Gibbons, Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper, and The Express Way with Dulé Hill