Rebecca Kneale Gould
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Ways of Seeing: Beauty soothes during hard times
Now that I have dragged you into a sphere of angst, let me tell you something else. Right now, I am experiencing the most delicious and enchanting of…
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Ways of Seeing: What do we want? Nuance!
It is not a “pro-Palestinian” statement, neither is it a “pro-Israel” statement. Simply put, it is pro-listening and pro-learning. It invites us to ask questions of one another,…
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Ways of Seeing: Curiosity helps during tough times
When I wrote my most recent Addy Indy column, I was in a state of psychic shock. It was just days after the October 7th attack on Israel…
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Ways of Seeing: Conflict calls for ‘wakefullness’
In these unbearably long weeks since Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel, acts of really listening to one another have been in very short supply.
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Ways of Seeing: ‘Climate chaos summer’ persists
The harsh reality is that this summer is emerging as a no-holds-barred Climate Chaos Summer.
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Ways of Seeing: Seeing is (and is not) believing
By the mid-afternoon of June 7th, Manhattan was shrouded in a thick, toxic, orange haze of wildfire-induced particulate matter.
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Ways of Seeing: An invite to the Passover Table
Early spring almost always ushers me into a spirit of possibility.
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Ways of Seeing: Advent is a blessing to all faiths
It may seem blasphemous to write this, but I’m a Jew who loves Advent.
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Ways of Seeing: Why I’ve started talking to trees
About a year ago, I was invited to be a speaker on a scholarly panel that would address Richard Powers’ much applauded novel, “The Overstory.”
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Ways of Seeing: Summer reading list takes shape
One of the great ironies of my profession is the pervasive feeling that I never have time to read.