Lockdown Update Day 140

[elisi]

Back at work this week... Re-adjusting is not easy. (Still working from home, but my work hours are the same, so.)

Just two corona related things, because it's late & I'm tired. However they are both excellent.


The Atlantic: How the Pandemic Defeated America
A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees.

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A little Torah about illness and quarantine.

1/x thread.

In the book of Numbers (ch 12), there’s this episode where Miriam is stricken with tzaraat, an illness that is often mistakenly translated as “leprosy,” but that doesn’t resemble Hansen’s disease as we know it.

— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) March 27, 2020

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And finally, today's art: 'Setting Rays' by Erin Hanson, contemporary US Impressionism (x)

Comments

[schrodingers_time_lady]

Oh that art is BEAUTIFUL.

[kass]

Oh wow. I am loving the art you've been sharing; thank you.

And yeah, theradr is one of my twitter rabbi heroes. :-)

[yourlibrarian]

Ooh, the textures in that painting!

[elisi]

Isn't it just? I couldn't not share.

[elisi]

Oh wow. I am loving the art you've been sharing; thank you.
You're welcome. I figure we need beauty.

And yeah, [profile] theradr is one of my twitter rabbi heroes. :-)
She is amazing. One day I will do a post about good follows on Twitter and she will probably be at the top.

[elisi]

I want it on my wall...

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

Beautiful art!

Stacey

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Such gorgeous artwork!!

[elisi]

It jumped out at me in all the best ways! :)

[elisi]

I figured we needed beauty.

[double_dutchess]

I love the colours and shapes in this painting.

I really enjoy all the beautiful art you've been posting.

[elisi]

I love the colours and shapes in this painting.
Yes, it really jumped out at me. Everyone seems to be struck by it!

I really enjoy all the beautiful art you've been posting.
You're welcome! <3