Lise's Lens: December 1, 2022
This week Lise revisits music of the Eurythmics who were recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and looks forward to watching the movie "Women Talking" a story about Mennonite women and violence within their Canadian community based off of a 2018 novel by Canadian writer Miriam Toews. A new exhibition of contemporary Puerto Rican art at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York also caught her eye.
WHAT I’M READING
- Anything I can put my hands and eyes on regarding the World Cup
WHAT I’M THINKING/TALKING ABOUT
- I read the novel Women Talking (a 2018 novel by Canadian writer Miriam Toews) a few years ago. This story about Mennonite women and violence within their Canadian community was of interest to me because of my own connection to the Mennonites—my mother was a Mennonite and I still have ties to my Mennonite friends and family. Fast forward to a few weeks ago when I found out that it had been turned into a movie! The book and movie address huge dilemmas around faith, forgiveness, human rights, and healing. I have been thinking especially around the concept of forgiveness not being equal to permissiveness. Here is a link to the film's trailer, and a fascinating panel discussion from the New York Film Festival about the collaboration among strong, creative women determined to bring this story to the screen.
WHAT I'M LISTENING TO
- Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics were recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an event that has me revisiting their music (and the memories it evokes!). This Rolling Stone article by DJ and media personality Richard Blade describes their long, varied (and often challenging) journey to success. If you want to be truly inspired, watch their high powered performance during the induction ceremony! Fun fact: In 2018, Annie Lennox was appointed Glasgow Caledonian University's first female chancellor.
WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE
- There is a new exhibition at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York that brings together more than fifty artworks made over the last five years by an intergenerational group of artists from Puerto Rico and the diaspora. Titled after a verse from Puerto Rican poet Raquel Salas Rivera, no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria is the first exhibition of contemporary Puerto Rican art organized by a major U.S. museum in nearly half a century.
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