the one that makes me scream
okay, and maybe a little social justice, cultural criticism and blind rants re: everything that pisses me off.
links
- maría-petra.com
- etsy
- - goes by "petra"
- - living in Portland, OR
- - espoused
- - classically trained vocalist, raised on Gospel & R&B
- - gender-autonomous/fucker/neutral
- - lover of sci-fi, crude comedy and sex
- - likes crocheting dildos
- - recent grad from PNCA
- - loves to shoot film, but rarely gets it processed
- - pining for the central coast of California
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Wheels ~ Book Planter::::::::: Vintage Book Planter with an Antique Car Theme
This beautiful set of blue books has a motor...
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Scraping and burnishing the plate for Tangent No. 1 by H. L. Birdsong. I love working copper.
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from the “lost signs” series by phil jones
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[Content Warning: Cissexism] The thing about tumblrs like deartranspeople and dearnoncispeople, and the thing about the idea that cis people need a...
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If you thought Cosplay was a relatively new phenomenon, we’re delighted to inform you that this is not the case. If you’re feeling skeptical, here’s some fantastic proof. Ron Miller, io9 writer and long-term convention attendee, assembled an awesome collection of photos of cosplayers from the 1970s kitted out in all their costumed glory.
Please be forewarned, should you decide to visit io9 to see the rest of the photos, there are some costumes over there that qualify as NSFW. But, as Jill Harness from Neatorama said: “That being said, if you can handle seeing a few naked breasts, this fantastic collection of crazy cosplay costumes from the swinging seventies are all worth a long look.”
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Paige Smith of A Common Name has been installing colorful geodes within the gaps of crumbling buildings and other public infrastructure on the streets of L.A. pulmonaire
I wish I had a gap someone could fill with geodes.
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one of the many astounding collages by Meg Hitchock made by cutting letters from various books, including the Koran and Rushdie’s “Satanic Verses”. Highly recommend checking the rest of the collection on her site, where you can also see the detailed versions of each piece.
In my text drawings I deconstruct the word of God by cutting letters from sacred writings and rearranging them to form a passage from another holy book. I may cut letters from the Bible and reassemble them as a passage from the Koran, or use letters cut from the Torah to recreate an ancient Tantric text. The individual letters are glued to the paper in a continuous line of type, without spaces or punctuation, in order to discourage a literal reading of the text.
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*love* emily lawsin! midwest poet and groundbreaking pinay womon.
Interesting things I found in Ate Emily’s office. =) She’s an APIA studies & Women’s studies teacher at the University of Michigan.
Self, look into this.
SETTING FIRE TO SELF?!!
That ranks above wrist cutting???
I’m guessing this table is numbered according to the effectiveness of each method.
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In her latest projects, currently featured in the 2012 Whitney Biennial, LaToya Ruby Frazier continues to use social documentary as a starting point for her political works of art.
Self, find more of this artist’s work!
Jambes, c. 1960
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jeff rogers
YESSSSSS
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This DIY camera was made from a stack of books on photography. Heh.
It’s part of Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs’ photo book titled As Long As It Photographs It Must Be a Camera. More at American Photo at the link!
DIY Camera Made from Photography Books
Thanks Dan for the heads up!
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This letter is as relevant today as it was when she wrote it over a decade ago.
July 3, 1997Jane Alexander
The National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20506Dear Jane Alexander,
I just spoke with a young man from your office, who informed me that I had been chosen to be one of twelve recipients of the National Medal for the Arts at a ceremony at the White House in the fall. I told him at once that I could not accept such an award from President Clinton or this White House because the very meaning of art, as I understand it, is incompatible with the cynical politics of this administration. I want to clarify to you what I meant by my refusal.
Anyone familiar with my work from the early Sixties on knows that I believe in art’s social presence—as breaker of official silences, as voice for those whose voices are disregarded, and as a human birthright.
In my lifetime I have seen the space for the arts opened by movements for social justice, the power of art to break despair. Over the past two decades I have witnessed the increasingly brutal impact of racial and economic injustice in our country.
There is no simple formula for the relationship of art to justice. But I do know that art—in my own case the art of poetry—means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage. The radical disparities of wealth and power in America are widening at a devastating rate. A President cannot meaningfully honor certain token artists while the people at large are so dishonored.
I know you have been engaged in a serious and disheartening struggle to save government funding for the arts, against those whose fear and suspicion of art is nakedly repressive. In the end, I don’t think we can separate art from overall human dignity and hope. My concern for my country is inextricable from my concerns as an artist. I could not participate in a ritual which would feel so hypocritical to me.
Sincerely,
Adrienne Rich
cc: President Clinton**
Adrienne Rich’s “Final Notations” is included in The Open Door: One Hundred Poems, One Hundred Years of Poetry Magazine, forthcoming this fall.
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It’s Tied Up Tuesday, how to edition.
