“Much of what has the most meaning relates to small stories and moments. This isn’t all there is to it, but recognizing beauty is really a big part of that too, especially if it can be highlighted in places that are unexpected or overlooked.”
For generations a formal portrait wasn’t a mere document but an assertion of self-hood: I’m here. Remember me.
A playlist of songs about sleep, not sleeping, and dreams for these troubled times.
Spring ramblings.
Songs about home: missing home, leaving home, memories of home, defining home.
Duncanson’s skill established him not only in this county, but in England and throughout Europe as America’s first internationally renowned African American artist.
“The empire never intended that this testimony should be heard, but, if I hold my peace, the very stones will cry out… neither the citizen-subject within the gates nor the indescribable hordes outside it believe in the morality or the reality of the kingdom anymore — when no one, any longer, anywhere, aspires to the empire’s standards.”
“Do good, let your light shine bright, let your light shine right, respect your fellow man as you should.” A MixTape on letting your light shine bright and your song be strong and loud.
September mood.
“In subsequent weeks, I might take time to look at it and see what I’ve done. Or in this case, listen to the waves.”
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