Kimberly Hirsh
Finished reading: Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale 📚
A sweet historical romance involving a Quaker and a rakish Duke.
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Quand même
A while back I said I was going to get obsessed with Sarah Bernhardt (I seem to have said it somewhere other than my own website ☹️) but never followed through. But today I went to the Sarah Bernhardt exhibition at the Petit Palais and now I’m recommitting myself to this plan.
If you want to read about the exhibition, here are a couple articles:
- The Original Influencer Was French—A Show Dedicated to Sarah Bernhardt Celebrates the World’s First Superstar
- Why Actress Sarah Bernhardt Was the First Modern Celebrity
- Before Taylor Swift or David Bowie, There Was Sarah Bernhardt
Did you know Sarah Bernhardt was a goth multipotentialite? She acted, directed, sculpted, painted, wrote, ran a theatre, and led charity work. She had herself photographed in a coffin and was super into bats. And she was friends with Oscar Wilde. And she kept acting even after having her leg amputated and began her film career at age 56. I love her.
🔖🌐 Read Webring History.
animated email gifs, web counters, scrolling and/or blinking text, midi background music that could not be turned off and the “under construction” images.
I’d forgotten about midi background music! This quote is basically a list of things that made the web feel fun for me. I’m going to work on recapturing that vibe, even if the tech looks different.
I was feeling disconnected from the Micro.blog community, and I was pretty sure it wasn’t just because I wasn’t posting that much. So I changed the setting so that I see replies in my timeline. (I’d had them hidden.) I already feel more part of the conversation.
O no two meetings left, not done for 3+ hrs, and yet so sleepy. Might be an afternoon caffeine day. I would love to just live in Paris forever but it will be really nice when I’m only 3 time zones away from my colleagues.
🔖 How Does Motherhood Impact Your Creativity? It’s Complicated vogue.com
Read: www.vogue.com
My inhibitions were methodically ripped to shreds by the pure chaotic energy of the small children and carers around me. I stopped caring about whether what I was doing made me feel silly, and that is a huge boon to anyone wanting to express themselves creatively.
I’m in Paris this week so I don’t know how much of Micro Camp I’ll catch live, but the schedule looks great.
Missing Moulin Rouge playing in my hometown but it’s okay because I got to see the actual Moulin Rouge.
🔖🎵 Read Patiently Holding the Sound: Gretchen Parlato on motherhood as a musical inspiration.
What a great interview.