January 2010
40 posts
“You seem the same as always, and being you hate every minute of it. Don’t!...”
– Danielle Scruggs | Photography: Journal: July 2009
excerpt of a letter from Sol Lewitt to Eva Hesse.
How To Cook A Fucking Steak | The Awl →
Step one:
“Go to the goddamn grocery and get steak.”
Poet's Lounge [Liberator/Haiti Fundraiser 01/2010] →
Today's Pictures: Under a Grudging Sun →
“And life, like death, lasts only yon ti moman.” Only a little while.”
– Haiti, the earthquake, and my family : The New Yorker
ffffl*ckr →
A new way to browse Flickr:
“…That’s where ffffl*ckr comes in. Use it to find the photography you like using the simple idea that people whose work you like, probably like stuff you’ll like. You start with a set of pictures - if you authenticate, it’ll use 20 of your last 100 favorites - otherwise it’ll start with somebody’s favorites. Click any picture...
“Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a...”
– Lou Dorfsman (via ipen) (via tmtb) (via korut) (via tobia) (via kameelahwrites)
“If we don’t offer ourselves to the unknown, our senses dull. Our world becomes...”
– Slow Muse
–-Kent Nerburn This quote is from Nerburn’s book, Letters to My Son. He is the author of Neither Wolf Nor Dog, and The Wolf at Twilight. And thanks to Whiskey River for the introduction to Nerburn.
“it is this narrow notion of death—the permanent end of all life functions....”
– kameelahwrites: dead black bodies| ‘and your very flesh shall be a great poem.’.
I’ve been reading through the archives of Kameelah Writes and when I came across this essay, written about three years ago, it knocked the wind out of me.
what you're not hearing about haiti (but should...
thequietwalk:
good read.
“they who have put out the people’s eyes, reproach them of their blindness.”
—john milton
“Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s...”
– Susan Sontag (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via tobia) (via dayofthedreamweavers) (via nikitagale)
“Too often, we hear stories that are told about the survivors, where a narrator...”
– The Social Conscience of Snew Media in Haiti « Media Make Change
“The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whom we honor today, talked about the...”
– Op-Art - The Dream Described - NYTimes.com
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tkoed:
thehaitianqueen:
I am overwhelmed. By the magnitude of this tragedy. By the images. By the pain my country is going through.
I am lucky, because all through the night, we had no idea what was happening. But at day break, my favorite time of the day, I received a call from my sister to tell me that she had heard my father’s voice for herself, that he was alive, and I just closed my eyes...
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#HAITI #MLK
tkoed:
Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Stand With Haiti
tkoed:
It’s a small thing, but I love that @PIH_org changed their site URL to http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti because right now you’re either standing with #Haiti or you’re standing on the sidelines. Do what YOU can, even if it’s saying sincere prayers. This is no time 2 be a spectator.
L’union fait la force
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Haiti Earthquake Relief
joelamoureveryday:
I decided to take a break from my usual posts to pass on information about how to help out Haiti, which was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake yesterday. I am an American of Haitian descent, and both of my parents are Haitian. Places you can help:
You can donate to Red Cross, UNICEF or other foundations by clicking these links:
...
The Liberator Magazine | Blog: Haiti: Ways to Help →
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HAITI: The DC-Area Assists Victims from Home
alicewonder:
icestormis:
districtinsider:
[photo from: katieandhaiti.blogspot.com] HAITI — Over 3 million people impacted. Death toll still unknown. I’m sure you’ve heard the news. An earthquake tore through the small island of Haiti — one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere — early this week, devastating families and killing/injuring thousands (projected). Many are compelled...
“Because let’s be real, we aren’t always going to be happy. Nor...”
– Tasha’s Truth
“He had that wild Freeway, “Who you” look in his eye.”
– Model Minority “Thugs, Feminists and Boom Bap”
I’m glad M.Dot is okay but this line cracks me up every time I think about it.
lady gaga and the myth of the grotesque.
Bolded emphases mine.
ahnka:
i’d reblogged a portion of isabelthespy’s response a little while ago, but full response is well worth reading.
kameelahwrites:
isabelthespy:
“The great thing about Gaga is she always want to push for the most extreme option,” Card said. “She’s brave enough to let herself be a canvas for a designer to go and really express themselves. Nothing is off limits! With...
“They’re not really photographers, more like picture hustlers,” he said of the...”
– An Old-Fashioned Camera in a Digital Age - NYTimes.com
Good riddance, 2009. Hello 2010.
Don’t talk about it. Be about it.
That’s my motto for 2010.