Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

When people pop up

Singular people doing singular things (occasionally)

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Aug 31, 2024
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“Smiling Girl” (1921), Helene Schjerfbeck

People who only appear occasionally, who pop up once in a while to do a very specific thing before disappearing again, are a lovely phenomenon these days.

Patricia Marx, for example, going gonzo on some weird shopping expedition—I put time aside anytime she reappears. Marx writes about shopping in a way to make it…

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