Facebook has become more and more dystopian. I run an English and leadership program, called the School of English for Engaged Social Service (SENS). We are heading into our 11th season, starting January 11th. We are short on scholarship funds, so I created a FB post with the profiles...

"November," by contemporary English artist Jo Grundy.

"Still Life with Pumpkins" (2020), by contemporary Russian painter Victoria Kalaichi (b. 1986). Oil on canvas, in a private collection.

"A Helensburgh Breakfast," by Scottish painter Annie Rose Laing (1869 - 1946). Oil on canvas. Helensburgh is a town not far from Glasgow, where Laing was born and lived most of her life.

"Autumn Morning" (1893), by Russian Realist painter Grigoriy Myasoyedov (1834 - 1911). Oil on canvas.

The deliberate and premeditated starvation of an entire people is a war crime. The US must stop its complicity. There must be an arms embargo of Israel. (I don't know who to credit for the graphic.)

Reposting a statement from the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention on May 11th.

"Paris Rooftops," by British painter Julian Taylor (b. 1954), who has resided in France since 1975.

"The Breakfast Room (Dining Room Overlooking the Garden)," (c. 1931), by French painter Pierre Bonnard (1867 - 1947). Oil on canvas, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.

"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity." ~ Simone Weil ((1909 - 1943), French philosopher, mystic, and political activist.

"Heavy Snow" (1920) by England-born Canadian painter Stanley Francis Turner (1883-1953).

Three-month English and leadership program in its eighth year, sponsored by the International Network of Engaged Buddhists.