• [[Suffering]] came and went on [[2024-01-13]]
• This year I'd like to explore the [[Jhanas]] more.
  • I picked up [[Leigh Brasington]]'s [[Right Concentration]] again.
• I upgraded [[ubuntu]] and that somehow broke [[poetry]].
  • -> [[install poetry]] fixed it
• [[open letters]]:
  • I'm reading [[Carta Abierta a Buenos Aires Violento]] by [[Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer]].
    • On its back cover there's a list of other open letters that publishing house [[Emecé]] put out in the 70s, by:
      • [[André Maurois]]
      • [[Salvador Dalí]]
      • [[André Soubiran]]
      • [[Jean Cau]]
      • [[Robert Escarpit]]
      • [[Françoise Parturer]]
      • [[Jen François Revel]]
      • [[Gilbert Cesbron]]
      • [[Alfred Fabre-Luce]]
      • [[Silvina Bullrich]]
      • [[Ulyses Petit de Murat]]
      • [[Jean Fourastié]]
    • I notice that besides Gudiño Kieffer, Dalí and Bullrish they all seem/sound French. I wonder if there was a significant Open Letter movement in France for some reason? I will research it.
      • Wikipedia says that [[J'accuse]] by [[Zola]] is one of the most prominent ones -- that might have left its mark particularly in French culture, eliciting more instances of this form.
      • [[Letter from Birmingham Jail]] by [[MLK]] I didn't know about, and it sounds [[interesting.]]
      • [[Yorkshire Slavery]] as well.
• Read about [[Andreas Gursky]], [[Kiki de Montparnasse]].

2024-01-14

• Listened: [[Trip 39: Protest]]
  • On the topic of [[protest]].
  • Individual, collective. Marches, non-violence, [[direct action]], boycotts etc.
  • Whats effective and what isnt? Effective might mean different things, e.g. could be political change but could also be just connecting and energising a movement.