Vanessa Daou

Many universities are now requiring Med students to take art classes as part of their training. Arts teach us empathy, improve observation, cognitive flexibility, reduce stress, alleviate pain, allow us to dream and imagine. The arts are essential to our survival. @LindseyBoylan

OOH!! I love this!! Watch these two hear The Chain by Fleetwood Mac for the first time!! I’ve heard this song a million times and watching their reaction made it new for me all over again!! I’m smiling from ear to ear!

John Coltrane’s handwritten outline for “A Love Supreme”

some of the best #climate writing I've ever read, by @ClimateHuman please read it (link in first reply) and share it with everyone you know

"things just happen things really just happen - end of the year" Basho Matsuo (images: Shunman Kubo/ Harunobu Suzuki)

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This little creature has been on Earth before 🤗

Musician playing a saxophone he made from PVC pipes.

The Ohio Players - Fire Caution ⚠️ This is straight funk. Please warm up with lesser funk before watching…

There goes Leader Hakeem Jeffries with another truth bomb. Couldn’t agree more.

What's moving in the public domain in the US on January 1? Check out this new list curated by Duke Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain! 👉 web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdom… And then ⬇️

Niels Bohr on Quantum theory 💭

Ring in the holiday season with classics by our beloved #LadyDay! Featuring tracks like “God Bless The Child” and “Ain’t Misbehavin,’” — queue up the playlist & listen to MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH BILLIE HOLIDAY now! ⬇️ found.ee/Spotify-Christ…

Bullies.

Erykah Badu ❤️

“The use of music is to remind us how short a time we have a body.” Wonderful read on the power of song themarginalian.org/2022/10/15/ric…

According to the Arctic Report Card, the Arctic tundra has shifted from a carbon sink, which it has been for a millennia, into a carbon dioxide source, while also remaining a methane source. More: climate.gov/news-features/… (2/8)

I got a chance to interview Nikki Giovanni in 2020 and her words will last with me forever. Rest in Power 🙏🏽

Nikki Giovanni's butter fried chicken via @nytimes in 2000.

Art Institute of Chicago tackles Pan-African art’s nuances–A new exhibition explores the complexities of Pan-African identity and celebrates Black liberation movements ow.ly/r2is50Uoo7t