== Hudson River Zen == Asher B. Durand, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, oil on canvas, ca. 1850, Springfield [Ohio] Museum of Art, www.springfieldart.net?exhibition=p... #art #painting #zen

Nice when activism also comes just under the wire to save another $100!

== Hudson River Zen == ♀️ Canon Expanding 🚺 Susie M. Barstow, 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, oil on canvas, c. 1880, Albany Institute of History & Art, www.albanyinstitute.org/collection/d... #art #painting #zen

== Hudson River Zen == Reunited! (Commissioned as a pair) Asher B. Durand, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯, oil on canvas, 1847, New Orleans Museum of Art Asher B. Durand, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯 (𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴), oil on canvas, 1847, Amherst College, Mead Art Museum #art #painting

== Hudson River Zen == ❌ No Confederate Portraits at West Point! ❌ John Ferguson Weir, 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵, oil on linen, 1862, New-York Historical Society, emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/1961... #art #painting #zen

== Hudson River Zen == Asher Brown Durand, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, oil on canvas, 1853, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, collections.portlandmuseum.org/objects-1/in... #art #painting #zen

Farewell to the great Terence Stamp and his Bernadette ❤️ filmobsessive.com/film/film-fe...

== Hudson River Zen == Asher Brown Durand, 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘱, oil on canvas, 1854, Collection of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore, d1lfxha3ugu3d4.cloudfront.net/exhibitions/.... #art #painting #zen

== Hudson River Zen == Troy, NY, Commission Asher Brown Durand, 𝘈 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, oil on canvas, 1860, private collection (sold in 2015), www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/.... #art #painting #zen

== Hudson River Zen == 🌲Answer from New York🌲 Asher Brown Durand, 𝘈𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬, oil on canvas, ca. 1870, New-York Historical Society, emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/2309... #art #painting #zen

== Hudson River Zen == 🌲More from Yosemite🌲 Albert Bierstadt, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦, oil on canvas, 1867, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Vermont, www.stjathenaeum.org/the-domes-of... #art #painting #zen

== Hudson River Zen == 🌲 Yosemite Valley of the Ahwahneechee People 🌲 Thomas Hill, 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘠𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢, oil on canvas, ca. 1885, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, blanton.emuseum.com/objects/1400... #art #painting #zen

== Hudson River Zen == LIVE from… 🌲 Yosemite National Park! 🌲 Thomas Hill, 𝘈 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺, oil on canvas, 1865, New-York Historical Society, emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/1311... #art #painting #zen

== Hudson River Zen == 📷 LIVE from the de Young! 📷 Asher Brown Durand, 𝘈 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, oil on canvas, 1858, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California, www.famsf.org/search?q=Ash... #art #painting #zen

== Hudson River Zen == 🤔 Pondering "Progress" ❓ Asher Brown Durand, 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴--𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, oil on canvas, 1853, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, vmfa.museum/piction/6027... #art #painting #zen

== Hudson River Zen == Asher Brown Durand, 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 [a.k.a. 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳], oil on canvas, 1861, the Davis: Davis Museum at Wellesley College, davis.emuseum.com/objects/1476... #art #painting #zen

== Hudson River Zen == 🪢 Imperialist Conundrums 🪢 Asher Brown Durand, 𝘌𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, oil on canvas, 1844, Fenimore Art Museum (formerly New York State Historical Association), collections.fenimoreart.org/objects/2017...

Unable to find a photo of Robert Watts (Watts v. United States (1969)), I gave AI a try…

Irv Feiner of Feiner v. New York (1951). I had never heard of this 1950 fad of animal and leaf print sweaters!

The story of LGBT rights is a story of advances followed by setbacks followed by media with no skin in the game saying, "It's because you were too loud/asked for too much/moved too fast/got too big for your britches/didn't make your case." That never changes--but happily it's never the last word.

This was never about science or proper medical care. Here's a list of major medical authorities supporting gender-affirming care for trans youth: (thread)

If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487

== Hudson River #Zen == Asher Brown Durand, 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯, oil on canvas, c. 1830, Albany Institute of History and Art, www.albanyinstitute.org/collection/d...

== Hudson River Zen == Asher Brown Durand, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦—𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴," oil on canvas, 1850, The Met: Metropolitan Museumof Art, www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

== Hudson River Zen == Asher Brown Durand, 𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘋𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺, 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬, oil on canvas, 1848, Smithsonian American Art Museum, americanart.si.edu/artwork/dove...

Spring cleaning turned up… My law school laptop circa 1992. Weighing in at exactly 5 lbs. Sadly, no, it won’t boot up after powering on. I do miss that real keyboard!

== Hudson River Zen == Fallen Giant Asher Brown Durand, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, oil on canvas, 1855-1860, Detroit Institute of Arts, dia.org/collection/f...

🌷 Tulip time in Albany! 🌷

== Hudson River Zen == Asher Brown Durand, 𝘏𝘶𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, oil on canvas, 1847, Fenimore Art Museum

🇪🇹 After a few more hours in the kitchen… 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘵, 𝘒𝘪𝘬 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢, 𝘋𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢, 𝘍𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 & 𝘋𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘞𝘰𝘵

🇪🇹 A small Ethiopian dinner 𝘒𝘪𝘬 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢 ክክ አልጫ (mild yellow split-pea stew) 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘵 ምስር ወጥ (spicy lentil stew)

== Hudson River Zen == 🌲 Momentary Solitude 🌲 Asher Brown Durand, 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, oil on canvas, 1855, The Met: Metropolitan Museum of Art, www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

== Hudson River Zen == 🌧️ April showers 🌧️ Asher Brown Durand, 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, oil on canvas, 1853, Henry & Sharon Martin Collection, www.si.edu/object/view-...

Part 1 of Godfather big screen weekend at Albany Spectrum Theater! 🍿

“Rope” (1948) on the big screen was so timely today! - retelling of Leopold and Loeb and condemning Nietzsche’s “Übermensch” as we deal with these tech versions today - casual if understated depiction of an apparent gay couple just before the Lavender Scare An under-appreciated Hitchcock

== Hudson River Zen == 🏔️ Up from here! 🏔️ Asher Brown Durand, 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦, 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, oil on canvas, 1842, GRAM: Grand Rapids Art Museum, www.artmuseumgr.org/collection/v...

Anti-Trump/Musk Albany, NY

Moongazing with a backyard telescope and iPhone 🌖

A little pre-flight grading at one of my favorite spaces in NYC! ✈️

Great big-screen opportunities coming up, Albany peeps!

Checking for tears. 😢

== Hudson River Zen == 🌳 Into the Woods 🌲 Asher Brown Durand, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, oil on canvas, 1859, Princeton University Art Museum, artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/...

== Hudson River Zen == ☀️ Rising or Setting? 😔 Asher Brown Durand, 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵: 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴, oil on canvas, 1878, New-York Historical Society

In response to hundreds of urgent identity document questions from transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary and intersex people across the country, our colleagues at @lambdalegal.bsky.social presented a special virtual info session called KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: PASSPORTS. Watch now:

The NAACP is re-mixing 1930s-era "don't buy where you can't work" campaigns to confront the neo-segregationists targeting DEI. apnews.com/article/blac...

Happy 60th Anniversary of the Canadian Flag!

== Hudson River Zen == 💑 Valentine Getaway 🫶 Asher Brown Durand, 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, oil on canvas, 1850, National Academy of Design, NYC

Las Vegas Sunset

𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙤𝙣 ——====—— 𝘓𝘢𝘴 𝘝𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘴 ❤️ Gift from my Valentine! 💘