A little bit of everything.
“The way I start a piece is that the materials turn me on . . . I find an object and then it hangs around and it hangs around before I get an idea on how to use it.” -Betye Saar, artist. Apollo Magazine interview, November 2019. https://youtu.be/t0dK7lMODss https://youtu.be/Hk69XY5wkPo https://youtu.be/aEvbBFV3zB4 https://youtu.be/zfbtjvi9oro https://youtu.be/96rGRVSAgFM
“The syntax of a sentence equals the structure of your consciousness." -June Jordan. From her essay, “Nobody Mean More to Me Than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan.” In June Jordan’s university course, “The Art of Black English,” Jordan and her students explored Black English as a unique living language, “a system constructed… Continue reading
Some context for the strike called by the Writers Guild of America from former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. Support union labor. Solidarity forever. ✊🏿
Today is the third anniversary of Little Richard’s passing. In celebration of his unlimited exuberance, enjoy Little Richard inducting Otis Redding into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “I am the innovator. I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock ‘n’ roll!” -Little Richard https://youtu.be/YUvHBirr1PI
“The Characteristics of Negro Expression” by Zora Neale Hurston.
“Only For the Lonely” Released in 1970, Mavis Staples’ “Only For the Lonely,” signaled the coming of a revolution in pop music. Women artists would take center stage. They’d tell stories about their lives reflecting the cultural and political power they were beginning to realize. From Roberta Flack, Carole King, Aretha Franklin and Carly Simon… Continue reading Starting Off the 70s with Mavis Staples
“The strategies of disenfranchisement are clearest where the racial animus is strongest.” Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom on the connections between challenges to democracy and oppression. “Why I Keep My Eyes — and My Mind — on the South”
The least you could do, if you ask someone to die for you, is take care of them, if they survive. -DPC
“Everyone can relate to an image of a Black woman . . . the same way I can relate to any of Whistler’s portraits.” -Artist Claudette Johnson in The New York Times, Artist Questionnaire. Claudette JohnsonUntitled1987Photo source: Claudette Johnson
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