Ann Friedman

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Messages

9/23/2022

19 : 24

What have I gotten myself into?!

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9/16/2022

19 : 24

Highway cheese and a pickle martini

Surprise me View in browser September 02, 2022 Will Bradley, detail from The Twins, 1894 Ed. note: This newsletter is getting a visual refresh! Don't be alarmed when you open it next week and it

8/26/2022

18 : 36

A small tug at a big knot

Surprise me View in browser August 26, 2022 Yet another metaphor: The dry husk of student-loan discourse This week When I was a kid and would complain that something wasn't fair, my parents would

8/22/2022

3 : 25

Dipping in, dipping out

Surprise me View in browser August 19, 2022 Some really good lagoon action. This week I'm still damp from a morning dip in Lake Huron, whose lapping waters were a friendly embrace after a summer

8/12/2022

18 : 44

Sensitive compartmentalized information

Surprise me View in browser August 12, 2022 Some good light. This week I loved the sentiments that Serena Williams shared about her decision to retire. "I hate it," she says. "I hate

8/5/2022

17 : 44

Cross-breeze in an unfair world

Surprise me View in browser August 05, 2022 Three vertical-oriented drawings. Each has an aqua-blue background and an abstract image in white. The first looks like a sunburst, the second like a cluster

7/29/2022

18 : 14

Release the wiggle

Surprise me View in browser July 29, 2022 A swirly, marbled pattern of blue, white, pink, and lavender Pawel Czerwinski This week I'm busy listening to Beyoncé, who hopes that her new album

7/22/2022

17 : 24

Rough estivate

Surprise me View in browser July 22, 2022 Paul Klee, detail from Steinwüste (Stone Desert) (1933) This week It's no coincidence that, during this week of record-breaking heat, I learned the term

7/15/2022

19 : 4

The sweet relief of being a brief speck!

Surprise me View in browser July 15, 2022 A truly psychedelic image of swirling orange and reddish gases with a deep blue sky in the background, lots of twinkling stars throughout It had to be the

7/8/2022

18 : 14

A silly little email

Surprise me View in browser July 08, 2022 Agnes Giberne's The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars (1898) This week Two quotes I am re-reading, hoping to etch them into my brain: "Remember that

7/1/2022

17 : 44

Affirmative visions

Surprise me View in browser July 01, 2022 The ceiling of the Wiltern Theater in LA, where I saw some music and found some respite this week. This week Other people said it better this week, so straight

6/24/2022

18 : 54

Shrugging with rage

Surprise me View in browser June 24, 2022 a young white woman in a pink dress leans back against three people who are supporting her, a pillow beneath her head Pietro Longhi, The Faint (1744) This week

6/4/2022

2 : 34

The joy of leaving, the joy of return

Surprise me View in browser June 03, 2022 A bucolic vacation moment. Frolicking sheep not pictured in this one, but they're just outside the frame. This week I hadn't been out of the country

5/27/2022

15 : 54

Underwater movies

Surprise me View in browser May 27, 2022 The spines of a series of VHS tapes Photo by Delaney Van on Unsplash NOTE: I'm on vacation until June, so you're getting a series of fresh-perspective

5/20/2022

16 : 14

Sweet dreams (are made of memes)

Who am I to disagree? Surprise me View in browser May 20, 2022 Sean Tyler, Forces of Habit #4 (2022) NOTE: I'm away until June (let's normalize taking long vacations!!), so you're getting a

5/13/2022

16 : 14

Mother Music comforts me

Sharing links of wisdom Surprise me View in browser May 13, 2022 A packed set of shelves in a record store display the album covers of 5 rows of LPs Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash NOTE: I'm on

5/6/2022