Book Research: The Arab Jeweler
You can tell I’m in research mode as I keep finding little snippets of things that set my mind spinning. And of course, I have to save some of these snippets for fear I shall forget.
Today’s inspiration is an oil painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art called The Arab Jeweler from about 1882 by Charles Sprague Pearce (1851–1914). It is very much in line with the rise of public interest in the “exotic” and Orientalist themes, but I will say, I still found the image striking.
Okay, this is actually a bit of a repost (with additions from me) of a 2017 post about Ain Adhari or Adhari Pool, a freshwater spring in the Zinj area of Bahrain. I was thinking about it in reference to how communities congregate around water, particularly in desert regions. There was a lot of reminiscing and I had been hopeful about the changes happening but it looks like history repeats.
The new commitment, which aims to increase documentary programming by, for and about disabled communities, will support the disability history series 'Renegades,' and includes a talent incubator and expanded accessibility features for the PBS programming.
Notes from my time writing “ The Labyrinth’s Archivist ” and fun tidbits.