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Gyunghee Park 🇵🇸
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professional cat lady, sociologist, writer, watercolor painter
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Nothing in my view is more reprehensible than those habits of mind in the intellectual that induce avoidance, that characteristic turning away from a difficult and principled position which you know to be the right one, but which you decide not to take. You do not want to appear too political; you are afraid of seeming controversial; you need the approval of a boss or an authority figure; you want to keep a reputation for being balanced, objective, moderate; your hope is to be asked back, to consult, to be on a board or prestigious committee, and so, to remain within the responsible mainstream; someday you hope to get an honorary degree, a big prize, perhaps even an ambassadorship. For an intellectual these habits of mind are corrupting par excellence. If anything can denature, neutralise and finally kill a passionate intellectual life, it is these considerations, internalised and so to speak in the driver's seat.
March 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Illustration of a woman in blue dress and white apron saying: Remember, child: keep your mask on, don't bring your phone, only use water to flush someone's eyes, no pictures, bloc in and out inconspicuously and away from cameras, and never talk to the cops. Illustration of a person dressed in black head to toe relying: yes, mom.
March 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Tweet from @joey_underwood_ Text reads: fingers crossed 🤞 Quoted image shows side-by-side of Donald Trump at Oval Office desk with child under it and similar picture of JFK in same office with his son under the desk. Caption reads: history repeats itself
February 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Another one done...
Watercolor portrait of a black dog
November 30, 2024 at 3:16 AM
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Works in progress...
4 unfinished watercolor paintings of pets. 3 are cats, 1 is a dog
November 26, 2024 at 3:02 AM
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You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks or people look at reality, then you can change it. - James Baldwin
November 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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New work in progress
Watercolor painting of a black and white kitty
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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Another work in progress
Watercolor painting of a cat eating Temptations snack
November 11, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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wip...
Unfinished watercolor portrait of Nina Simone and James Baldwin laughing together
June 4, 2024 at 1:43 PM