{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Soft Sensibilities","provider_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog","author_name":"Kimberly","author_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/author\/kimberlypearl-92gmail-com\/","title":"Five Things (2.20.26) &#8226; Soft Sensibilities","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GDXS8emXXd\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/five-things-2-20-26\/\">Five Things (2.20.26)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/five-things-2-20-26\/embed\/#?secret=GDXS8emXXd\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Five Things (2.20.26)&#8221; &#8212; Soft Sensibilities\" data-secret=\"GDXS8emXXd\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"1. This conversation between Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, facilitated by Robin Givhan, has been reassuring in that my instinct to remain small\u2014an attempt to combat capitalism&#8217;s chokehold\u2014is the right move. The two greats address the current state of fashion and creativity sans pretense and instead, discuss the industry with stark vulnerability. It&#8217;s as much a reality check as it is an affirmation. The disappointment and despair we&#8217;re feeling as creatives is fully valid, but the only way out, and forward, is through art. 2. Ada Lovelace&#8217;s 1843 sentiment on the limitations of machine intelligence remains relevant and is particularly foreboding in an age of AI: &#8220;The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform. It can follow analysis; but it has no power of anticipating any analytical relations or truths. Its province is to assist us to making available what we are already acquainted with.&#8221; 3. Currently halfway through Practice by Rosalind Brown, a slim paperback that has rekindled my appetite for books. Since college, I&#8217;ve volleyed between bouts of reading with absolute ferocity and complete inattention, a dichotomy of extremes ruled by workload and mood.&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chanel-vintage-denim-perfume-embroidered-blue-flap-bag.jpg"}