Mango-licking good. My Soleil Rani’s tutorial on the correct Alphonso appreciation etiquette aka dive in.
Some moments I just behold.
Today is Wendell’s 60th birthday. He has left a wondrous legacy for anyone to imbibe. What’s not to celebrate? Love you mon ami 💔
Repost from @pritishnandycommunications using @RepostRegramApp – Moments before the director calls ‘action’. @rangitapritishnandy @pritishnandy2018 @nupurasthana @4moreshotspls
What are you doing this weekend, part two.
Me: Oh you know, chilling, baking some pies , sorting thumbtacks, nothing special. This is how I always dress at home 📣 😂 (Guess which of these statements is true- not many let me tell you)
Soufflé is already ten times more talented than the madre.
Sufi and the psychedelic bridge.
#Singapore
Warning: this post may induce nauseating nostalgia, an attack of fun loving, free spirited travel FOMO, force majeure resentment and a sensation of being shipwrecked without hope of rescue.
Never mind. I’m posting it anyways.
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Circa: before Corona.
The view from the roof of the Grand Bristol Hotel in Rapallo. Portofino shimmers in the distance.
#wewereglamoroustravellersonce
Repost from @blcksmth using @RepostRegramApp – compassion fruit (quote by Kayla Chadwick, found through @shanaleehampton)
What are you doing this weekend? Ummm…definitely not this: 🚴🏼🚴🏼♂️
Every girl needs a Pancho to twin with her MUH artist.
Never thought I’d say it, but I miss being on set. Specifically the bts shenanigans. With partner in crime @meghnabutanihairandmakeup
Repost from @juliannemoore @juliaroberts @shirien.creates
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I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice:
I can go birding (#ChristianCooper)
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery)
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson)
I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride)
I can have a cellphone (StephonClark)
I can leave a party to get to safety (JordanEdwards)
I can play loud music (JordanDavis)
I can sell CDs (AltonSterling)
I can sleep (AiyanaJones)
I can walk from the corner store (MikeBrown)
I can play cops and robbers (TamirRice)
I can go to church (Charleston9)
I can walk home with Skittles (TrayvonMartin)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (SeanBell)
I can party on New Years (OscarGrant)
I can get a normal traffic ticket (SandraBland)
I can lawfully carry a weapon (PhilandoCastile)
I can break down on a public road with car problems (CoreyJones)
I can shop at Walmart (JohnCrawford)
I can have a disabled vehicle (TerrenceCrutcher)
I can read a book in my own car (KeithScott)
I can be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover)
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese)
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans)
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood)
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo)
I can run (#WalterScott)
I can breathe (#EricGarner)
I can live (#FreddieGray)
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED (#GeorgeFloyd)
White privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today.
#BlackLivesMatter
*I copied and pasted this … please do the same.
Be very, very scared.
I’ve been practising.
Sometimes I mix it up with calligraphy. Literally. I start out plucking and end up curlicuing.
I repeat: be very, very scared.
Anyone else feeling like their phone is throwing you off balance? I have a confession: too much time online stresses me out. I’m writing my next book, spending lots of time with family and investing in long walks in Singapore, yoga and good nourishing practises. But when I begin feeling jittery, I know it’s time for a digital detox. Y’all remember, I’m almost 50 and not bred to be in front of a screen. But no one is. Sometimes you have to stretch and walk away from the screen into a fully realised reality.
Do not look away. Rather look inside yourself to see what hate resides deep in your core that diminishes all your good deeds. Systematic hate and racism is everywhere. This is for #GeorgeFloyd but in India, we have our own deeply embedded prejudices that call to be uprooted. Our own abuses of power and privilege and institutionalized bigotry and cages in our minds to contend with. Take this time to commit to your share of soul searching.
Repost from @natashaswinter using @RepostRegramApp – Black Lives Matter.
We witnessed murder. And now we witness the depths of the pain.
It’s a devastating time that we are in. 💔 When will it end?
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For suspicion of a counterfeit $20 bill:
A man was pressed down onto concrete with a solid 200 lbs sitting directly on his neck. He cried out for water. He cried out for his deceased mother, and once he realized he could no longer breathe, he cried out for mercy and he begged for his life. His nose bled and he lost control of his bladder. Yet he remained trapped and handcuffed under the weight of an officer’s knee.
Onlookers tried to intervene only to be threatened with pepper spray. Even when he lost consciousness, the weight of that knee stayed firm on his neck. When first responders demanded they check for a pulse, the cops refused. When off-duty medical personnel begged for the officer to get up, they refused.
America watched a man being killed in broad daylight for 10 agonizing minutes.
I understand people will dig through everything he’s done wrong in his life. I understand that people will roll their eyes at this. We will see his mug shot and he will become a villain even though surveillance video does not support police claims that he resisted arrest. But there is no crime that justifies this punishment. Whether he has a criminal history or mental health issues, there is no justification for his death.
His name was George Floyd
#icantbreathe #georgefloyd #blacklivesmatter
My daily excursions into nature keep me sane and grounded. Bonus: this mirage is walking distance from our home. love you #Singapore
Repost from @shahzia.sikander using @RepostRegramApp – “Dominator culture teaches all of us that the core of our identity is defined by the will to dominate and control others. We are taught that this will to dominate is more biologically hardwired in males than in females. In actuality, dominator culture teaches us that we are all natural-born killers but that males are more able to realize the predator role. In the dominator model the pursuit of external power, the ability to manipulate and control others, is what matters most. When culture is based on a dominator model, not only will it be violent but it will frame all relationships as power struggles. “ #bellhooks #race #equalityforall #nojusticenopeace #decolonize #dominator #systemicabuseofpower
When one of your beloved cool cat friends slips you in her stack, it’s a moment of pause. Telegraphing my gratitude all the way to NYC. Words are what we have in these troubled times.
Repost from @soleilnathwani using @RepostRegramApp – About to attack this latest little stack. Second read for Sally Rooney which I had to go back to after watching the television adaptation of @normalpeoplebbc
Also very excited that almost all these are women authors writing from their inner experiences. And particularly thrilled about reading more of MFK Fisher’s How to Cook a Wolf (essentially a WW2 wartime cooking memoir as I cook my way through Quarantine). And saving the best for last George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda.
Here’s some literary candy for your #quarantinereading : all the books I recommended from my talk for @thelabellife
Scroll through and let me know what’s on your lockdown list.
Ready, set, go: READ
@tishanidoshi #PicoIyer @megan_k._stack @anipemachodron @brainpicker @shafakelif @elizabeth_gilbert_writer #JennyOffill @amruta_gauri #jokhaalharthi #ShyamSelvadurai
Repost from @shreshiii using @RepostRegramApp – “If I take your race away, and there you are, all strung out. And all you got is your little self, and what is that? What are you without racism? Are you any good? Are you still strong? Are you still smart? Do you still like yourself? I mean, these are the questions. Part of it is, “yes, the victim. How terrible it’s been for black people.” I’m not a victim. I refuse to be one… if you can only be tall because somebody is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And my feeling is that white people have a very, very serious problem and they should start thinking about what they can do about it. Take me out of it.” #BlackLivesMatter #ToniMorrison #WhiteSupremacy #georgefloyd #icantbreathe #thebluesteye #womenrolemodels #artresource #womenartists #womeninhistory #art #artist #portrait #portraitpainting #portraitartist
I like the tagline. I think I’ll use it for my next book 😆
#nowreading
Repost: @write_circle #Jaipur is happy to announce it’s next virtual session for the audience with Lisa Ray. We look forward to hear the strong woman share her thoughts. Please follow @write_circle on twitter and Facebook to find out how to register.
@SiyahiJaipur
1/3 River Place | Close to the Bone
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words & narration Lisa Ray x visuals Gaurav Ogale • music by Zainab Lax
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River Place is a collaborative series of three personal and poignant pieces written and narrated by me, visually interpreted by Gaurav.
@patranimacchi @harpercollinsin
River Place | Lisa Ray x Gaurav Ogale | Music by Zainab Lax • coming soon
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Presenting River Place, a series of three personal and poignant pieces written and narrated by me, visually interpreted by Gaurav. Tunes by the incredible Harpist, Zainab Lax.
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Stay tuned this weekend and experience a feeling which will stay with you.
@patranimacchi
