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notre dame is burning.
this is ok.
it has happened before. it will happen again. it has been lost before. it will be lost again. and again. and again. and again. art and architecture are transient, and temporary, and 850 years may seem like a lot to the individual, who will live maybe 100 if they are very lucky and very healthy, but even the pyramids at saqqara have only existed for about 6000 years and thatâs still not all that much, if you consider the grand scheme of things.
yes, this is terrible. as someone who is deeply religious and literally a professional historian with a focus on art and architecture, this is terrible. im mourning. im gutted. im horrified and upset and miserable. but.
itâs not over.
victor hugo wrote hunchback because notre dame du paris was in the process of collapsing and falling apart, and revitalized the entire worldâs focus and love for this church, and that was not even 200 years ago. it led to it being renovated.
the roof has fallen in. the scars of fires are on its buttresses. the rose window has fallen out. the beams and piers have collapsed. the spire has toppled. the stones have suffered, and will suffer again, but it is not gone.
renovation work is essential. sometimes things collapse and burn and break and have to come back. itâs not a terrorist attack, itâs renovation, an accident, but we have so much evidence, history, carefully documented everything on one of the most studied places in the world.
itâs not the end.
Hey so, French person here. And also an ex History student. Iâm here to say: Please listen to o.p. above.
Obviously everyone is shocked but hereâs a few important key facts:
The roof is completely gone. Part of it dated back from the 13th century but the rest was from the 19th. The stone arch roof under the top roof is fine.
One of the three main stained glass rose windows has fallen out. Most of the other stained glass windows are okay.
The spire has fallen down and thatâs the saddest part. BUT! It was in the process of being restored and the 16 statues that were there were removed just four days ago! So theyâre fine.
The main structure is still here and nothing has âburned downâ unlike what some people have been saying.
The âtreasureâ (sacred objects) is safe.
Notre Dame is still there. Itâs just damaged. Almost nothing was lost today, and nobody was wounded either. Itâs scary, but itâs gonna be okay.
Can I watch a great film knowing the actresses in it were terrorized and mistreated the entire time? Can I watch a football game knowing that the players are getting brain injuries right before my eyes? Can I listen to my favorite albums anymore knowing that the singers were all beating their wives in between studio sessions? Can I eat at the new fancy taco place knowing when the building that used to be there got bulldozed eight families got kicked out of their homes so they could be replaced with condos and a chain restaurant? Can I wear the affordable clothes I bought downtown that were probably assembled in a sweatshop with child labor? Can I eat quinoa? Can I eat this burger? Can I drink this bottled water? Can I buy a car and drive to work because Iâm sick of taking an hour each way on the subway? Whose bones do I stand on? Whose bones am I standing on right now?Â
On one hand, itâs a privilege to be able to choose to acknowledge these horrors or notâweâre going to acknowledge that privilege. On the other hand, I once attended a lecture by the explorerer-conservationist Jacques-Yves Cousteauâs daughter and son and they had a lot of opinions about what we could do to help the environment and the ocean and I talked about how in my country, we have to drink bottled water, because itâs a desert and thereâs only salt water all around, but weâre contributing to pollution and all of these thingsâŠ
And she looked at me and told me not to fall into the trap of âactivist guilt.â I couldnât remember the exact words, but, it was the first time Iâd heard the term and it took a weight off my shoulders.
We do what we can. Itâs so much better than giving up entirely or not doing anything at all because we canât do it perfectly. It doesnât benefit anyone in the end if we just sit around feeling guilty about every little thing in life. Iâd just joined tumblr back then (haha, so like, eight or nine years ago at this point?), I was being exposed to way more than Iâd ever been before (I was previously just into feminism and animal rights/wildlife conservation/environmentalism since I was a kid), and it was weighing on me.
As long as humans are humans and living flawed lives, many consumed by greed, there will not be anything in this world untouched by evil.
I usually avoid stuff that says it was made in China or other cheap looking knockoffs, out of fear of them being made in sweatshops (now, I know even a lot of big brands use thoseâŠ), itâs exhausting. Then, I read something about how people who actually lived and worked in those would still buy this cheap stuff and how this shocked the foreigner reporting on it, but they just looked confused like, itâs what they can afford and them avoiding consuming it isnât going to change the whole system from the ground-up.
⊠it went on about how âmoney talksâ and choosing where to put your money still feeds the whole capitalist system and is nearly a way of comforting yourself, but you not buying doesnât mean everyone else isnât. What needs to be tackled is at a much higher level than any of us can reach.
Of course, Iâd still, given the choice, give my money to companies I agree with and Iâll boycott what I know to support awful stuff, but I also feel no superiority over this and know now itâs not as black and white or easy as I thought it was.
This is the same reason that moral purity âyou canât enjoy [x] because itâs Problematic âąâ is such nonsense, because nothing is pure. Thereâs something bad about everything if you dig deep enough. As long as we lived in flawed human societies weâve got to make the best of what they offer us. If you have the choice and means, please, do support those who do good, but also, donât beat yourself up over not living up to an unattainable ideal.
No one can. Youâll just make yourself so miserable, you either burn up and stop fighting entirely or youâll make yourself a non-productive, depressed heap just out of a bleeding heart left unchecked. You canât make a change to this world if you refuse to engage in it.
Have a related article with self-care tips for activists.
Purity is one of the worst, most harmful myths humans ever invented.
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I have a headcanon that Hermione insists her children attend some primary muggle schooling before Hogwarts, just as she had done. Now, imagine Arthur Weasley attending his grandchildâs science fair, being the ultra proud grandfatherâŠ.and yet also completely geeking out over absolutely EVERYTHING.
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âThat is a volcano, that is a VERY SMALL VOLCANO, how - young lady, how did you make this? Baking soda and food coloring? MARVELOUS!â
the kids would love him.
Never have I ever loved anything more than I love this
All the muggle teachers would think he was being so adorable, âpretendingâ not to know how potato batteries and mini-volcanoes work, fawning over the hard work the kids did on even the simplest the projects. And he comes every year, because after the kids have aged out (âgone on to some boarding school in Scotland,â the teachers say over bad coffee in the break room, âthey didnât seem the typeâ), he gets an honorary invitation to the fair every year, because he never stops making the kids feel smart and good.Â
âAnd this airy-o-plane, it flies by means of a⊠rubber band? Did I hear that correctly? No magic at all? Doesnât flap its wings like a bird? MARVELOUS! What an ingenious method of flight!â *looks around* âYou, sir! With the ribbons! This child deserves one of those prizes!â
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This is so wholesome.Â
Arthur Weasley, as the Science Fair attendee we all deserve.
In case youâre wondering how smart rats can be, and if Ratatouille is real, then allow me to share this story: I once had two rats, River and Chell, both rescued from a laboratory as babies. Chell was whip-smart and liked to ride around on my shoulders as I walked around the apartment. She would recognize places she wanted to go, such as her cage or the sofa, and I would raise my arm up to let her run across to her objective. She quickly cottoned on to this and, in an entirely self-taught behavior, would run to one of my shoulders or another and tug on my sleeve, to signal me to raise my arm in the direction she wanted. In this manner she was able to steer me around the apartment and would frequently use me as a taxi instead of walking herself. She then taught her sister how to do it too.
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This is the polar opposite to âthere isnt a single encouraging word on that screenâ
âI find it revealing when people mock where I came fromâŠâ - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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