{"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":"\"How Did That All Get Turned Upside Down?\" &#8226; Soft Sensibilities","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jeaXXxTcZI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/how-did-that-all-get-turned-upside-down\/\">&#8220;How Did That All Get Turned Upside Down?&#8221;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/how-did-that-all-get-turned-upside-down\/embed\/#?secret=jeaXXxTcZI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;How Did That All Get Turned Upside Down?&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Soft Sensibilities\" data-secret=\"jeaXXxTcZI\" 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":"I had planned on sharing my little journal entries recapping L.A. Art Week favorites, but since Friday&#8217;s battle of AI ethics in surveillance and war\u2014followed by an attack on an Iranian girls&#8217; school\u2014I simply couldn&#8217;t. Instead, I&#8217;m sharing just one piece from the Eileen Norton collection (on exhibition at Hauser &amp; Wirth until August 16, 2026): a graphite and watercolor sketch with marginalia befitting the time, even four decades later. Penciled along the bottom frame: I was thinking about compassion, humility\u2014so-called Christian values\u2014how did that all get turned upside down? &#8220;We Lived Happily During the War,&#8221; penned by Ilya Kaminsky, comes to mind again. It&#8217;s been lingering since I first came across the poem a few years ago: And when they bombed other people\u2019s houses, we \u00a0 protested but not enough, we opposed them but not \u00a0 enough. I was in my bed, around my bed America \u00a0 was falling: invisible house by invisible house by invisible house. \u00a0 I took a chair outside and watched the sun. \u00a0 In the sixth month of a disastrous reign in the house of money \u00a0 in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money, our great&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/robert-colescott-the-upside-down-jesus-politics-of-survival-hauser-wirth-exhibit.jpg"}