Beth Arnold Writer

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Beth Arnold Writer@thebetharnold· Jun 4

If you missed my conversation with Jo-Ann Morgan, this is a good day to sit with it: art, grief, witness, and the courage not to look away.

Beth Arnold Writer@thebetharnold· Jun 3

If you missed my conversation with Jo-Ann Morgan, this is a good day to sit with it: art, grief, witness, and the courage not to look away.

Beth Arnold Writer@thebetharnold· May 31

“Blessed are those who weep.” To weep is not weakness. It means tragedy has not hardened us into indifference. A short clip from my conversation with artist and scholar Jo-Ann Morgan on grief, witness, and art that refuses to look away.

Beth Arnold Writer@thebetharnold· May 29

Jo-Ann Morgan’s art is beautiful, but it is not decorative. Her activist quilt pieces are acts of witness — confronting grief, violence, history, and political rupture through image and symbol. I loved talking with her about what it means to make art that refuses to look away.

Beth Arnold Writer@thebetharnold· Mar 29

We know who the Pedophile-in-Chief is.

Beth Arnold Writer@thebetharnold· Jun 17

Have you seen this? Seems perfect to me.

Beth Arnold Writer@thebetharnold· May 18

I keep seeing an image of Trump as a fat, ugly constellation-sized baby, throwing a cosmic tantrum—banging the planets together, mowing down the stars, destroying everything he can until he’s wrecked the whole Universe. open.substack.com/pub/betharno...

Beth Arnold Writer@thebetharnold· Apr 17

Click on the photo. Zuckerberg is collaborating with Musk. “Find popular creators from X.” Upload your info from X to see which of your favorite creators are on Threads.

Beth Arnold Writer@thebetharnold· Dec 31

Driving east of Atlanta. Here’s a fireworks store—Pyro City—not flying their AMERICAN flag at half-mast for Jimmy Carter. We need to let them know that they are anything BUT patriots. Shame on them and anyone else not honoring President Carter. And in his own state.

Beth Arnold Writer@thebetharnold· Dec 30

Jimmy Carter listening to music in Stone County, Arkansas. “Carter is pictured here enjoying the music of Jimmy Driftwood at Driftwood's home in Timbo, Arkansas, on December 2, 1983. Carter spent time in Arkansas duck hunting that year and for years after.”