Mid-Week Libation (2.15.23)

Our Curated Splash of Inspiration and Culture

“Writers are given the responsibility of sight. I think that the whole burden, responsibility and beauty of the gift forces us to construct our lives differently so that we are able to become vehicles to transcend, to encompass and articulate not only our own experience but the experiences of others.” - Alexis De Veaux [https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1175719]

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Wildstar’s Wednesday Wine Pick: Domaine Comte Abbatucci, Faustine Vieilles Vignes Rouge (Corsica, France)

Purchase via Vivino or Wine-Searcher

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Another R&R Playlist for your listening pleasure: I Got Life

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The Photography of Yael Martínez:

Portufraise @portufraise

Le marchand de sable… “Abuelo Estrella” Yael Martinez 🇲🇽 Documentary photographer, Magnum Photos Every December 31, the Na Savi indigenous communities climb the Cerro de la Garza to perform rituals that commemorate the end and beginning of a cycle #Photography

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Carla waiting at home in the La Sabana neighborhood. Guerrero, Mexico, 2020 _______ © Yael Martinez

W. Eugene Smith Fund @EugeneSmithFund

Only a few days left to apply for our 2022 open call featuring multiple grants! The deadline to apply is May 31st, 2022 at 11:59 pm EST. To apply, please go to smithfund.org Image by Yael Martínez, 2019 W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant Recipient

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In his book ‘La Casa Que Sangra,’ Yael Martínez explores the psychological and emotional breakdown caused by the loss of family members in Mexico: bit.ly/3EEKuls © Yael Martinez/Magnum Photos

Magnum Photos @MagnumPhotos

Magnum 75 #92 by Yael Martínez. Guerrero, Mexico. 2017. → foundation.app/@magnumphotos/… A member of the Nahua community is making an offering to the cross at Cruzco Hill in the community of Zitlala, Guerrero.

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“This image makes me think that what divides us is our own shadow, our fears and projections of what we were and what we can be, of what we do not recognize, of the other”. Shop the image: bit.ly/3sSdcuw © Yael Martínez / Magnum Photos

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Official Site of Yael Martínez

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Yael Martínez - Works for Sale (via Artsy)

Yael Martínez at Magnum Photos

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Joy
by Clarissa Scott Delany (1901-1927)

Joy shakes me like the wind that lifts a sail,
Like the roistering wind
That laughs through stalwart pines.
It floods me like the sun
On rain-drenched trees
That flash with silver and green.

I abandon myself to joy—
I laugh—I sing.
Too long have I walked a desolate way,
Too long stumbled down a maze
Bewildered.

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Drag Performance of the Week: Lily Savage (aka Paul O’Grady) as Marlene Dietrich!

Watch the hilarious full show, An Evening with Lily Savage, here:

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Happy Wednesday everyone! Today is the birthday of Galileo Galilei, Zeb-un-Nissa, Jeremy Bentham, Susan B. Anthony, Masuji Ibuse, Harold Arlen, Fang Ganmin, Brian Holland, Henry Threadgill, Art Spiegelman, Ghazaleh Alizadeh, Lynn Whitfield, Matt Groening, Richard Blanco, Shepard Fairey, Miranda July, Vivek Shraya and Megan Thee Stallion!

What are you loving this Wednesday?