Posts tagged Richmond VA
Spreading "Rumors of War"
Spreading "Rumors of War"

I was born in Stuart Circle Hospital, named after the striking sculpture of the Confederate general at the circle’s center. Over the years from the backseat of the family station wagon, I anticipated the galloping horse as we got closer, turning to look back at the rider’s plumed hat and cape. My last image was always of the spurs on the heel his left boot, barely secured in the stirrup. Fortunately, mine is not the only imagination captured by this sculpture. Meet Kehinde Wiley’s 2019 re-imagination of another whinnying horse and purposeful rider.

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Blog: From the Philoso...mariettaKehinde Wiley, "Rumors of War", Richmond VA, VMFA, Martin Luther King Day, social justiceComment
Arthur Ashe Wins Again, Love and Love
Arthur Ashe Wins Again, Love and Love

Arthur Ashe’s life could have been the long story of all the things that he could not do. Instead, through inner resolve and self-confidence, he did it all. What a fine example he is in these dark days in the United States. He suggests to each of us a way forward. In Arthur’s words: “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

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Blog: From the Philoso...mariettaArthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond VA, Arthur Ashe, USTA, social justiceComment
Home Is Belonging

How uncommonly fortunate I am to have called the house pictured here home for 55 years. Somehow this simple dwelling, resting atop a hill on a quiet dead-end street, offered a home to all who swung open the back gate. Generations counted on the music of the unlocked kitchen door’s jingling sleigh bells accompanied by barks of happy dogs. Every time. Across time and place, memories stitch all of us together.

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Blog: From the Philoso...mariettabelonging, home, how philosophy can save your life, nostalgia, relationship, Richmond VAComment