“Why are you acting like such a fool?”
I nod my head and don’t answer.
I could say something, but why?
Do you want to know what’s in my heart?
From the beginning of time: just this! just this!
Taigu Ryōkan: You Do Not Need Many Things
An Interview With Bukka White
Bukka White has long been one of my favorite musicians, and I’m so happy to share this interview with Chris Strachwitz, from the Arhoolie archives, in which he talks about his life, his travels, his loves, his work, and his music.
The Alchemy of Grief: Moon Horse and Sky
“Pigments from a rock collected under her horse’s hooves are woven together with ochre earth pigments from France, the same ochres used by Van Gogh in his paintings of sunlit fields.” An interview with Santa Fe photographer and painter Stella Maria Baer by Alice Courtright
Ibn ‘Arabi and Sufism, a way of reading Islamic architecture
That origin can be represented in no other way than through geometry, which is the primordial measure by which all visible forms are composed. Abstraction is the most faithful and evocative way to imagine the divine essence that makes up the world.
Mapgies Mixtape: American Eccentrics
A selection of music we find oddly perfect, to celebrate a different kind of freedom this Independence Day.
July Issue, 2024
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
Letter From the Editor, July 2024. Hereing.
July ramblings.
Featured Photographer: Avard Woolaver
“We use our creative tools as extensions of ourselves; they help us understand and define our place in the world. For me, having a camera in my hand at all times helped me remember. You only get to do this once. We have to take time and see it, as clearly as we can.”
Huweirneh Recipe (Palestinian Yogurt and Hedge Mustard)
The plants of Palestine, deeply rooted in the very essence of the land, offer solace and strength to a people familiar with suffering. They remind us that amidst the struggle, there is resilience, beauty, and an enduring connection to their ancestral home.
Work of the Restorer
“The biography became, in effect, two stories: one, in which Harss deftly traces the formative patterns of Ratmansky’s distinctive and prolific career, and a second shadow story, in which Harss herself grapples with the unfolding conflict, the changing international landscape of the ballet world, and, most compellingly, the shifting identity of her subject.”
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