Continue reading “The Art Slump”In theory, I should be reading all the time, every day. But reality isn’t like that. Sometimes you’re depressed, and sometimes you’re going through something emotionally that zaps all of your desire for art.
Got A Reading Problem? Ask The Book Doctor! by Kelsey McKinney for Defector
Review: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
As the Secretary General of the United Nations, an organisation of one hundred and forty seven member states who represent almost all of the human inhabitants of the planet Earth, I send greetings on behalf of the people of our planet. We step out of our solar system into the universe seeking only peace and friendship – to teach, if we are called upon; to be taught, if we are fortunate. We know full well that our planet and all its inhabitants are but a small part of this immense universe that surrounds us, and it is with humility and hope that we take this step.
Former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, 1977, as recorded on the Voyager Golden Record, Epigraph of To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
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Review: Monk and Robot by Becky Chambers
Review: The Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty
If you take any message from this trilogy, I hope it is to choose what’s right even when it seems hopeless–especially when it seems hopeless. Stand for justice, be a light, and remember what it is we were promised by the One who knows better.
With every hardship comes ease.
Acknowledgements, The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty
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Review: Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
“I think it’s about convenience,” Thomil shot back, “like most mages’ endeavors. It’s much easier to tell yourself you’re a good person than it is to actually be one.”
Chapter 8: Rune Reader, Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang