Liz Barry

So sorry for your loss, Jami. X

Word.

Came to post this! 🙏

11. Käthe Kollwitz, Self-Portrait (1921)

Argh, life got too much. 10. Vermeer, Woman Writing a Letter, c. 1670.

Trailer - Living a Good Life in Older Age - 2018 YouTube video by Elizabeth Barry

I had cause to look up the wonderful (to my mind) talks from our Living a Good Life in Older Age conference (6+ years ago now 😮) today. Do check them out if you missed it and are interested. So many rich interdisciplinary perspectives. m.youtube.com/watch?v=-rwJ...

Has anyone (have any hundreds) talked about Trump tilting at windmills yet?

So far the "Board of Peace" is Trump, Orban, Lukaschenko and Netanyahu.

Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.

Oh no. Such an illuminating scholar and influence at least indirectly when I was more directly engaged in ‘language studies’ — but her work resonates in and under so much (in life and work). RIP.

One of my most revered scholars of age and lit sent me a generous and perceptive email about my work and it has totally changed my relationship with and ability to progress on my book (though that wasn’t what she was talking about). Tell people what their work means to you. It is transformative.

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Sooooo great to hear (though unsurprising!) on both counts. You (all) rock! Can’t wait to hear more (though no rush of course!).

9. Kajita Hanko, Grudge Borne on a Spring Evening (1902). [okay, mostly for the title!]

Well that’s excellent. Except now I am too interested to go to sleep.

This has been my last year, “finishing” (i.e. seeming to start writing all over again) the putative book. Hope the former is now predominating.

8. Kasimir Malevich, Taking in the Rye (1911).

7. Howard Hodgkin, Learning about Russian Music (1999).

So wish I could be there. Hope it’s ace! As it will be, with you all involved.

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Back en route to Regensburg, for "Samuel Beckett: The German Room", a one-day conference with some absolute mega legends in attendance: thee Megan Girdwood on Beckett & Dance, maestro Feargal Whelan on Beckett’s Landscapes, and Legend of all Legends Sarah Jane Scaife on Beckett, Women & Inis Oirr.

6. Van Gogh, La Berceuse. Portrait of Madame Roulin.

What is the word for having excessively modest expectations of something (e.g. a stage of life)? If there is one. 'Conservatism' doesn't quite work. What am I thinking of? (If anything.)

This is such a great collection of Beckett’s art choices. Bringing a lot back to me!

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting a day (or thereabouts) for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

5. Alison Wilding, Phaethon (2016) in collaboration with master printmaker Kit Gresham.

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting a day (or thereabouts) for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

4. Rembrandt, Self-Portrait as Zeuxis Laughing. C. 1662.

#sickimagination2026 Shout out to my new Sick Imagination students and especially AC— have a look if you’re interested in this neglected topic as per our discussion.

Etching by Avigdor Arikha of an overcoat hanging on a wall

20 Paintings that have stayed with you

Samuel #Beckett’s no 3: Avigdor Arikha, Coat 1973

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting a day (or thereabouts) for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

Kerry James Marshall, Great America (1994).

Wonderful!

Loving this series on behalf of SB! 🤩

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting a day (or thereabouts) for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

The Brown Teapot by Gwen John, 1915-16.