Ursula Le Guin develops the anthropological myth and metaphor of the bag for alternative life stories to Hero stories built on conflict and violence. Not to hunt, but to gather, not a Hero, but heroes and heroines - ultimately, not to stab, cut, hit, but to contain, store and sow. Her approach subsequently played a significant role in the formation of feminist writing and the writing of Donna Haraway in particular.

Three Angels and Sodom In the key plot of the chapter of Vaer, several dialogues take place between G-d and Abraham with the help of angels. -------------- (Quote from RS presentation slide) One can imagine Abraham's visitors as embodiments of Truth, Law and Harmony, respectively. (Emet, Din and Shalom) Emet is what it is Dean is what it should be Shalom is a way of transition from the current state to the state desired by G‑d.

I don't always write reviews immediately after the performance, because sometimes I need more time to be more objective. I also stopped loving comedies a long time ago because of their vulgarity. But sometimes vulgarity gives way to absurdity. In general, on Sunday I was at the theater for the play “The Krause Family.” I already went to the Drama Theater to see “Clinical Case”: it was fun, but without any enthusiasm. “I looked and forgot.” This happens.

Friends! As you know, the exhibition of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov “Not everyone will be taken into the future” is coming to an end in Moscow. On previous visits, I found at the end of the exhibition a short corridor in which notebooks were hung, and pencils were placed on a small ledge. Visitors were invited to write a message to the artists, which the Tretyakov curators would publish in a special album.

I read a lot of books and often write reviews of them. But this year there were many of them, most of these books are considered classics of literature. I decided not to cover each of them individually, but to do mini-reviews of the books I read this year. I hope you also find something interesting for yourself. Alexandre Dumas "Fencing Teacher" I started reading this book only because I watched the play based on this work.