Janice Sim

Delighted to feel my painting so deeply in this thought provoking issue of One Imperative by @jfwearspink, my retake on 'Pull My Finger, Johnny'.. with greatest gratitude seeing my painting alongside these amazing writers, may you too feast with merry eyes, happiest Christmas 🎄

"You will never find justice in a world where criminals make the law." — Bob Marley

The Little Prince

@brecht_dp Delft is beautiful, congratulations!!

I am absolutely burnt out. But in a few hours, I leave for Delft with my two oldest kids to check out the university where my daughter has applied (and been accepted) to study mechanical engineering.

To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations —Emily Dickinson, from a letter

Speaking about the deep contradictions in human nature, Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada said: “Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one barely use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about the relatives still in their lives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have a partner often fail to appreciate them. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the full complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one. The key to happiness is gratitude—to truly see and value what we already have, and to understand that somewhere, someone would give everything for what we take for granted.”

A favorite #birddivination to remind us of our blessed blind spots. As always, find it as a solo print and part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at almanacofirds.org

My poem, "Manual for Surviving Without a Door," is published in the new issue of @aLongHouse. Thanks to the editorial team. alonghouse.com/manual-for-sur…

A word to eternally treasure...

"They offer me bread soaked in my own blood and call it peace." — The Bargain, Samih al-Qasim (Poet of Resistance)

Why should a nation in Asia, Africa, or Latin America have to touch the U.S. dollar to sell its own oil to its own neighbors? Read that question again. Why must the world’s blood circulate through America’s wallet? Why must sovereign trade kneel before a currency printed by a country drowning in debt, addicted to war, and lecturing others about discipline? The absurdity is so total people mistake it for nature.

I just got my copy! Yalla get your copy too. The best support we can give.

“The conqueror writes history. They came, they conquered and they wrote. Now you don’t expect people who came to invade us to write the truth about us” —Miriam Makeba

A sunrise on Australia’s east coast, with kangaroos moving through the morning light. They are most active at dawn and dusk, making use of the cooler hours to feed and travel

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself." Basho Matsuo (images: Yumeji Takehisa)

Trust your allies. ▪️The CIA offered the Prime Minister of Singapore a $10-million secret payment. ▪️To release a CIA agent caught trying to recruit a Singapore intelligence agent to spy on his government. ▪️He declined it, as it would have ruined him. youtu.be/_0TMjQIoTZU

“The committed writer is a movement writer … [they know] that they know very little, and that the way to remedy that ignorance is through solidarity with people in struggle.” For PEN Melbourne, André Dao on how a writer can make the world more free. overland.org.au/2026/03/the-ro…

When a Nazi officer entered Picasso's studio in occupied Paris, he saw a reproduction of Guernica. Shocked by the modernist 'chaos' of the painting that depicted the bombing of civilians during war, the fascist asked, "Did you do that?" Picasso replied, "No, you did."

Masri, who is 91 years old, said: "I was a child when I was shot by British soldiers, and I still carry that memory - and shrapnel - in my body. But my story is just one among thousands."

or offer a formal apology."

"During its occupation of Palestine, Britain violated a series of international laws that were binding at the time.. The consequences of those actions have profoundly shaped the conflict we witness today, yet successive governments have refused to acknowledge this record