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Artifacts to help you imagine more.

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Highlights

  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

my mom

Joan Marie Galbi, née Gorra, lived an ordinary life in an extraordinary way. These tributes put her perspective, her voice, and her art in dialogue with mine. I’m profoundly grateful for my mom’s unconditional love and care for me and for her inspiring example of living well.

my mom has died: a tribute to a dearly loved and life-filled person

My mom has died. She no longer has to endure what I write here. With her blessing, I will continue to write whatever I feel called to write. … Read the post my mom has died: a tribute to a dearly loved and life-filled person

video review of the Cinema Effect

A review of the Hirshhorn Museaum exhibit, The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image, including a video featuring my mom and me. … Read the post video review of the Cinema Effect

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