"The fact that I
am writing to you
in English
already falsifies what I
wanted to tell you.
My subject:
how to explain to you that I
don’t belong to English
though I belong nowhere else"
Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Bilingual Blues: Poems, 1981-1994 (x)
(Source: darling80m, via guerrillamamamedicine)
dreamy song, dreamy video.
pierrebennu:
SO happy to finally share this! Directing this video for the brilliant Gregory Porter was the highlight of my winter. Working with him & the wonderful creative team was a pleasure. Shot on location in Baltimore Maryland! yeah THAT Baltimore:)
Please enjoy, PLEASE SHARE. ***be good***
and if you dont know who Mr Porter is….find out & your welcome.
A Great Day in Harlem - Art Kane, 1958
A Great Day in Harlem Survivors - Gordon Parks, 1996
lovely & sad.
Newspaper clipping about Harriet Tubman, hand-dated 1897.
From the front matter of Harriet: The Moses of Her People by Sarah H. Bradford (1897).
a love story.
video by storycorps
maybe the only thing i appreciate about twitter.
@tejucole
Found on the door of my “home away from home,” room 207H in the Howard University School of Communication’s Communications and Culture department.
yes.
the lesson of the falling leaves
the leaves believe
such letting go is love
such love is faith
such faith is grace
such grace is god
i agree with the leaves
- lucille clifton
This made my night. Listen here.
Archival footage of a 1974 performance of Ana Mendieta’s Burial Pyramid in Yagul, Mexico.
Something about this I need to remember.
See more multimedia features from SFMOMA
NOWNESS.com presents: Miranda July’s “A Handy Tip for the Easily Distracted”
Dope!
love her.
