Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Object Lessons



Hearst Museum (@HearstMuseum) "How can objects inspire us during difficult times? We've posed this question to our community and will be sharing their answers and selected objects. Check out this response from Andrew, a UC Berkeley student and Hearst Museum Gallery Guide". #MuseumFromHome #MuseumMomentOfZen




Early Old Babylonian Mesopotamian puppy Leaves its Mark



Mesopotamian puppy, from the Early Old Babylonian period at Ešnunna. (Stamp reads Ur-Ningišzida, naram (beloved of the god) Tišpak, ensi (city ruler of) Ešnunna. ( @HearstMuseum HMA9-01765 http://cdli.ucla.edu P247874)


Monday, March 23, 2020

Invincible



The sun still sets over timeless ancient Egyptian sphinx and Giza pyramids on spring equinox, evidence of our potential to overcome impossible odds


My state has already issued a “15 Days to Slow the Spread” stay-at-home order so we all stay healthy. This is following New York, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Ohio and Delaware. Kentucky is due to follow today. For the first time in human evolution our species is united against a common enemy. And in these dark days, there's still cause for hope. Around the planet there are approximately 100 million scientists, researchers, public servants and physicians working to kill The Virus. Science will win this war. But it is not worth losing our whole American way of life over this flu that we can all see statically doesn’t affect that many (there have only been less than 400 CV deaths). Thousands more die from overdosing, cars, etc but now our livelihoods are stopped. Let us hope this is all over soon and that in a few weeks we'll be up on our feet again. We cannot shut down the world for long without something going badly wrong. We can't do that with the country, especially the number one economy anywhere in the world by far. Our country wasn’t built to be shut down. This is not a country that was built for this. America will again and very soon be open for business. God Bless America.