Comments by Jeff Dierking Most recent public comments by Jeff Dierking https://nowcomment.com/users/63647 Her face being in focus with the rest being blurry seems like a visual statement about the way anxiety sharpens the focus to such a narrow moment/window. https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2247463 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2247463 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 12:12:16 -0500 There's something poetic in this one. The burning and beauty... https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2247459 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2247459 It's hard to know what to think about a picture like this. It's so perfectly taken, but it's capturing tremendous destruction and pain and loss. It makes me think about how hard it is to respond in a way that makes sense. Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:44:23 -0500 As a KC resident, I have deep animosity to all things St. Louis. This captures it. The enormous columns on a McMansion, the manicured plants, the ugly siding.... https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2247423 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2247423 We joke in Kansas City that people in St. Louis claim to have invented everything - baseball, soccer, pizza, barbecue. They didn't invent entrenched racism and privilege, but I can tell you that they've really taken it to new heights. Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:35:53 -0500 What can I even say in response other than yes? That's true. That's all there is. https://nowcomment.com/documents/205528?scroll_to=1910981 https://nowcomment.com/documents/205528?scroll_to=1910981 Rosewood and Tulsa are so important. This is a strange connection, but I feel like I go back to thinking about the power of storytelling and the power of literature. I think about HBO's recent Watchmen series which is essentially growing a fictional story to explore these ideas and to lay them bare. Sun, 16 Jul 2023 16:48:30 -0400 Wow. That's an old saying I've never heard, and I'm going to spend a chunk of the evening thinking about that. Releasing your gifts is such a great metaphor. https://nowcomment.com/documents/205541?scroll_to=1910959 https://nowcomment.com/documents/205541?scroll_to=1910959 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 21:31:32 -0400 This is why math matters. Why statistics are important. Those statistics are people and they have impacts on people. We lose track of the people in numbers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/205541?scroll_to=1910957 https://nowcomment.com/documents/205541?scroll_to=1910957 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 21:29:29 -0400