December 29, 2021

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Welcome to the last More Water of 2021. A sincere thank you for those who've been on this journey with me for the last three years (wow). I truly appreciate it as I navigate what this is and what I want it to be.

Hope the end of the year brings you time for rest and reflection. And that your rest and reflection includes cozying up on the couch to watch Home Alone 1 & 2 (again). (How did Marv not win an award for his role in those movies? The physical comedy. The spider scene, the staple gun *chef's kiss.*)

Here's a little exchange from one of my favorite scenes from Lost in New York. A reminder to us all this holiday season and as we prepare to enter 2022 to take risks and use our hearts more.

Bird Lady : I'm just afraid if I do trust someone, I'll get my heart broken.

Kevin McCallister : I understand. I had a nice pair of rollerblades. I was afraid to wreck them, so I kept them in a box. Do you know what happened? I outgrew them. I never wore them outside. Only in my room a few times.

Bird Lady : A person's heart and feelings are very different than skates.

Kevin McCallister : They're kind of the same thing. If you won't use your heart, what's the difference if it gets broken? If you just keep it to yourself, maybe it'll be like my rollerblades. When you do decide to try it, it won't be any good. You should take a chance. Got nothing to lose.

LINKS TO CLICK :)

Check Bookshop's top 50 best sellers of 2021. One in particular brought a smile to my face, Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass. First, it's a fabulous read. Informative & sentimental. And second, the book was published in 2015 and to see it now, six years later, receiving the due it deserves makes me happy. It reminds me of one of my clients, Jack Zipes. I'll cover him in an upcoming newsletter, promise.
Artists I've been enjoying: Anne-Sophie Tschiegg, Georges Rousse, and L ouisa May Taylor.
If you're looking for something to watch, check out Anything is Possible, a documentary about Kevin Garnett. It's perfect. You will not regret it. Also fuck Glen Taylor.
VAWAA stands for Vacation With An Artist. The program provides the opportunity to do a mini-apprenticeship with a master artist, and they've got a global network. So, this is now on my bucket list and thought some of y'all might find it interesting.
Cozy soup alert: l emony white beans with turkey and greens.
The news has been incessantly awful, for what, three years now? It's exhausting. Here's a list of documentaries with a good ending.
We finally did it. We launched Big Flower. Check it out. And if you need to snag any holiday gifts, consider a CBD tincture or salve!
"Take a walk every day" and more insight from Austin Kleon's interview with Heather Havrilesky.
This 'clock' tells you what time it is using literary excerpts.
Check out these beautiful photos of fireflies in the forest in Japan by Daniel Kordan.
Every house needs a copy of bell hooks' All About Love.
And every house needs a copy of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking.
A couple of songs I've been listening to lately: "All U Need" by Hasani, reggie featuring Monte Booker & Kenny Beats "AIN'T GON STOP ME," and "Y oung and Fine" by Weather Report.

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Jennifer UniverseDecember 29, 2021