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OPENING SALVO // HEATHER SHAYNE BLAKESLEE // WHILE YOU WERE OUT
OPENING SALVO // HEATHER SHAYNE BLAKESLEE // WHILE YOU WERE OUT

by Heather Shayne Blakeslee

In this period of our country’s history, will be come together, or be torn apart? The first of our ongoing “Opening Salvo” essays from Founding Publisher and Editor Heather Shayne Blakeslee in summer of 2019.

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1.1, Beautiful Future, BF - ResilienceHeather BlakesleeSeptember 13, 2025Heather Shayne Blakeslee
ARTIST PROCESS // Thomas Brummett and the Art of Infinite Systems
ARTIST PROCESS // Thomas Brummett and the Art of Infinite Systems
6.5, Artist ProcessHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
OPENING SALVO // Saying No Political Violence and the "Narcissism of Small Difference" at Blackstar Film Festival
OPENING SALVO // Saying No Political Violence and the "Narcissism of Small Difference" at Blackstar Film Festival
6.5, Opening SalvoHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
DESTINATIONS // Sharks, Ships, and Willie (Nelson)
DESTINATIONS // Sharks, Ships, and Willie (Nelson)
6.5, DestinationHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
RECOMMENDATIONS // Independence Seaport Museum
RECOMMENDATIONS // Independence Seaport Museum
6.5, RecommendationHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
CULTURE FILES // A Brief History of Beach Lingo
CULTURE FILES // A Brief History of Beach Lingo
6.5, Culture FilesHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
BOOKS & CULTURE // Free Diving's Dark Side
BOOKS & CULTURE // Free Diving's Dark Side
6.5, BooksHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
BOOKS & CULTURE // Is Big Wave Surfing an Addiction?
BOOKS & CULTURE // Is Big Wave Surfing an Addiction?
6.5, BooksHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
BOOKS & CULTURE // A Japanese Solider Left on an Island Fights World War II Long After It's Over
BOOKS & CULTURE // A Japanese Solider Left on an Island Fights World War II Long After It's Over
6.5, BooksHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
BOOKS & CULTURE // Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" is masterpiece of meditation
BOOKS & CULTURE // Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" is masterpiece of meditation
6.5, BooksHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
EXHIBITIONS & UPDATES // Tom Judd's "Replica" at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
EXHIBITIONS & UPDATES // Tom Judd's "Replica" at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
6.5, Exhibitions and UpdatesHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
EXHIBITIONS & UPDATES // An update on water baby Saskia Fleishman
EXHIBITIONS & UPDATES // An update on water baby Saskia Fleishman
6.5, Exhibitions and UpdatesHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
EXHIBITIONS & UPDATES //Aaron Cohick, Divya Victor, Priyanka Dasgupta, Chad Marshall, Utsa Hazarika, and Baseera Khan in “First There Was a Sea” at Twelve Gates Arts
EXHIBITIONS & UPDATES //Aaron Cohick, Divya Victor, Priyanka Dasgupta, Chad Marshall, Utsa Hazarika, and Baseera Khan in “First There Was a Sea” at Twelve Gates Arts
6.5, Exhibitions and UpdatesHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
EXHIBITIONS & UPDATES // Mavis Pusey, "Mobile Images" at the Institute of Contemporary Art
EXHIBITIONS & UPDATES // Mavis Pusey, "Mobile Images" at the Institute of Contemporary Art
6.5, Exhibitions and UpdatesHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
POETRY // Emily Dickinson and Her Poem About a Walk on the Beach with a Dog
POETRY // Emily Dickinson and Her Poem About a Walk on the Beach with a Dog
6.5, PoetryHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
BOOK EXCERPT // Moby Dick by Herman Melville
BOOK EXCERPT // Moby Dick by Herman Melville
6.5, Book ExcerptHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
EXPLORATION // A Meditation on Wonder and Letting Go of Our Illusion of Control Over Nature
EXPLORATION // A Meditation on Wonder and Letting Go of Our Illusion of Control Over Nature
6.5, ExplorationHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
BOOKS // Rivers Two Ways
BOOKS // Rivers Two Ways
6.5, BooksHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
PHOTO ESSAY // Bali’s sacred waterways via Tyler Blodgett’s documentary photography
PHOTO ESSAY // Bali’s sacred waterways via Tyler Blodgett’s documentary photography
6.5, Photo EssayHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
SWITCHBACKS // Overcoming fear and self-doubt in middle age to finally catch a wave
SWITCHBACKS // Overcoming fear and self-doubt in middle age to finally catch a wave
6.5, SwitchbacksHeather BlakesleeSeptember 9, 2025Excerpt
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