Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.

Read and Review both sources thoroughly.

"Fearless" from Invisibilia (podcast)

Chapman University Survey of American Fears (website)

Despite being told that art is somehow sacred, it’s better to take a naive delight in the thing itself.

Watch First:

• GFCArt: What is Art?

• "The Definition of Art" from The Art Assignment

🚽Fountain by Marcel Duchamp

• Rachel, Vanessa J., Meha,

🌻Sunflower Seeds by Ai Wei Wei

• Hawkins, Evelyn, Valerie

👀The Artist is Present by Marina Abramović

• Sakina, Vanessa T., Jayda

🍥Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson

• Ryan, Nasser, Emma

🧘‍♀️TV Buddha by Nam June Paik

• Jarethzi, Hashir, Jonathan

Family values are no longer so simple to define. Which families, and what values?

• "We're a Family" from Sesame Street

• "It Takes a Village" excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

• Opening passage from Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin

• "Tough Love" excerpt from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Amy Chua

• Address to the Nation, President Ronald Reagan, transcript or video archive

• "Why Grandmothers May Hold The Key To Human Evolution" from All Things Considered podcast

• "Parenting Advice From Uncle Sam" from NPR

• "Edgar Degas, The Bellelli Family" by Smarthistory

• The Antidote to “Operation Varsity Blues” Parenting from College Parent Confidential

• "Americans Love Families. American Policies Don’t" from the NY Times

• "The All American Family Portrait" experiment from HP

Do clothes have the power to transform us?

• "White Coat" from The Secret Emotional Life of Clothes (Invisibilia)

• "Hoodie" from The Secret Emotional Life of Clothes (Invisibilia)

• "Nazi's Shirt" from The Secret Emotional Life of Clothes (Invisibilia)

• The Evolution of the Stereotypical Color-Coded Childhoods (Wired)

• The STYLE Imperative web or PDF (Psychology Today)

• How Fashion Affects Your Brain (Elle)

• When Court Moves Online, Do Dress Codes Still Matter? (NY Times)

• The Unbearable Lightness Of Footwear (NPR)

• Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's painting "Napoleon on His Imperial Throne" (Smarthistory)

• The Surprising—and Sometimes Troubling—History of Tennis Clothes (TIME)

• The Downsides of School Uniforms (The New Yorker)