Reddit reviews The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World
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Lewis Hyde's The Gift
https://www.amazon.ca/Gift-Creativity-Artist-Modern-World/dp/0307279502
(Maybe that isn't the book you're thinking of; but the red heart reminds me of Shauna's newsletter)
Lewis Hyder's The Gift is what you're looking for. The first half (a long first half) is about the tradition of gift-giving throughout different cultures and tribes around the world.
Thanks for this EarBucket, that was really encouraging. Like some of the other commenters, I'm saving this to chew on later!
I've just been reading this book: The Gift by Lewis Hyde which is a really fascinating insight into gift giving cultures around the world, how this impacts community and how this is undone in the process of commodification. (terrible summary, I'll let the reviews speak for themselves!)
What about a bunch of books? There's so many good books out there, she can't possibly have all of them. She might like something along the lines of Lewis Hyde's The Gift, which deals with the nature of creativity over time. Of course, that will only work if she speaks English or Italian. I also highly recommend The Iliad and the collective works of Sophocles, which you should be able to find in any language. I know you said she prefers Eastern stuff, but these really are spectacular works. The Middle East produced some great writers and artists during the period of the Islamic Empires as well, but I'm afraid I don't know nearly enough about them to be helpful. I think literature that is both significant and overlooked would be great.
If you're willing to spend a bit more, I think a pocket watch or a very simple ring with an engraving might be nice. Or a cool jacket, like a peacoat or something.
Wrong! Yes, it absolutely did.
Why would people live in a warehouse? Because the cheaper alternatives don't exist when you have to pay Bay Area real estate and rent far more than what any artist can make.
It's different thing to work in a warehouse but people were living in it. And then, because you entertain where you live, they had a party. Stupid? Yes. But that's a normal expectation and behavior in places where you live.
Unless simply banning art in the Bay Area is the goal. Because art isn't ever a money-maker pretty much by definition. See also: "The Gift" by Lewis Hyde.
The fire was very much a symptom and had its proximate cause in the housing crisis.
Now I'd expect the "landed gentry" and NIMBYs generally to deny this - that's exactly why people are denying it - 99% have Reddit histories of NIMBY-like behaviors and that includes lying about reality to suit their own biases, benefit and needs.
NIMBYs need to acknowledge they are the problem. If we want no diversity, no art, no service economy, then continue the status quo! But understand that's NOT how the Bay Area became a nice place to live! That's NOT how you assure you have nice things!