Alison Reilly

[Rudy Willingham @RudyWillingham]

130 paper cutouts of OG Anunoby’s tip-in for the New York Knicks (aka the greatest play in NBA Finals history )

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. Summer. It is 95 degrees outside, and I am shivering inside a sandwich shop.

I have discovered how Americans forge strong souls.

Outside, the sun is trying to kill everyone. Inside this small restaurant, it is winter. My breath does not fog, but it is thinking about it. A man near me is eating a cold sandwich while wearing a jacket. In summer. Indoors.

In Japan we would simply turn it down. Americans do not turn it down. And now I understand them better than they understand themselves.

This cold is not an accident. This cold is a gift.

The owner has built, inside his shop, a second season. He invites you in from the brutal heat and hands you the one thing the sun has denied you all day: a reason to be cold. To endure it is to be tempered. You walk in soft and sweating. You walk out sharp and clear, a slightly stronger person than you were.

So I did not complain. I removed my outer layer and offered it to the woman at the next table, who was hugging herself. She said, "Oh, no, I'm fine, thank you." She was not fine. Her lips were blue. But she, too, understood the training. She would not break first. I respected her deeply.

The owner asked if everything was okay.

"It is perfect," I said, through my teeth, which were chattering. "Thank you for the winter."

He said, "...I can turn the AC down if you want?"

I told him no. A man does not ask the mountain to be shorter.

I stayed two hours. I ordered a hot coffee to survive. Then a second one, to hold. By the end I could no longer feel my hands, but my spirit had never been clearer.

So now, on the hottest days, I seek out the coldest rooms. I sit. I shiver. I sharpen.

And when I finally step back out into the summer heat, and it wraps around me like a warm bath, I feel it.

Reborn.

A man who has survived the winter, in August, indoors, for the price of a sandwich.

[Kristen Arnett @Kristen_Arnett]

hold me closer tiny dancer

[Alison Reilly @ReillyAlison]

Fraunces Tavern is so beautiful and actually has amazing food! Great combo for experiencing history!

[American Museum of Natural History @AMNH]

Ever heard of the Marble Cathedral? lt’s a group of caves located on General Carrera Lake, which Chile shares with Argentina. Glacial silt from melted glaciers in the Patagonian Andes give it its distinct blue color.

[📸: Javier Vieras]

[Reuters @Reuters]

Marine life thrives in empty Venetian canals

[Alison Reilly @ReillyAlison]

Love it when people create beauty out of destruction. https://t.co/SZpExSxnwR

[Alison Reilly @ReillyAlison]

Andy Goldsworthy - just beautiful.

[Alison Reilly @ReillyAlison]

Even though it was set in Maine, this always reminded me of Connecticut. Thanks Andrew Wyeth for creating one of my favorite paintings 💗

[Alison Reilly @ReillyAlison]

Cherry blossoms always perk me up 💗🌸

[The Broad @TheBroad]

To: @LACMA, @MOCAlosangeles, @hammer_museum, @gettymuseum

We hope this bright splash of color, courtesy of @JeffKoons, brightens your day 💐 #MuseumBouquet

Love,
All the staff at The Broad

[MoMA PS1 @MoMAPS1]

"Humans have to realize they're not individuals, but individual parts of the same organism, with responsibility to each other." – Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950–2020) https://t.co/ZvOXWhvK9U

[hyperallergic @hyperallergic]

If you’re feeling hungry for art while you’re stranded at home, 2,500 world-class museums and galleries that are now offering virtual tours and online collections. https://t.co/Uf8mMksytH

[Alison Reilly @ReillyAlison]

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[Spectrum News NY1 @NY1]

From @ReillyAlison: A bunch of snow-covered Citi Bikes. The system is currently closed. Send us your photos using #ny1snow! #snowday2017

[DK Matai♛ @DKMatai]

#NYC in Contrast!

#SnowStorm #SnowDay2017 #NY1snow #Northeast #ThunderSnow #ThursdayThought #ThePerfectPizza #NationalPizzaDay #WhyIResist

[Alison Reilly @ReillyAlison]

Guess I won't be Citibiking today! #snowday #NY1snow

[Artsy @artsy]

Happy Birthday to Fernand Léger, born on this day in 1881: https://t.co/8oKSerCiwv