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Andrea Lorena

"Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it is worth." - Schmich.

cavetocanvas:

Romare Bearden, Empress of the Blues, 1974

cavetocanvas:

Romare Bearden, Tomorrow I May Be Far Away, 1967
From the National Gallery of Art:

The title of this collage could refer to several of its details. In the top right quadrant a nearly camouflaged passing train with billowing smoke travels to an unknown location. The central figure, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, appears lost in thought. A woman stares at the viewer with a disproportionately large eye, her hand on the windowsill. In the “background” (at right), blue birds fly. These elements and others recall Romare Bearden’s childhood in rural North Carolina and personify journeying, a central theme in African-American history. The train suggests the Underground Railroad—the network of abolitionist-run safe houses that secretly transported slaves—and the post-slavery migration of African-Americans, primarily northward, to seek better lives.
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and raised primarily in the surrounding Mecklenburg County, Bearden eventually settled in New York City to finish college at New York University. He was a social worker there for several decades, during which time he spent nights and weekends on his art. Originally an abstract painter, Bearden began creating collages in the early 1960s using images from photo-magazines such asLife and Ebony. He came up with the idea after suggesting it to the other members of Spiral, a group of New York artists formed to create art based on African-American issues. In addition to his unflinching, faceted images of black life, Bearden is remembered for his published books on art and aesthetics and for his political energy on behalf of black culture.

thetaoofdana:

Winter in Los Angeles & ohhhh did I need to walk on the beach!

thetaoofdana:

Necklaces made from PASTA? Well, why not! I thought I’d throw this Design*Sponge DIY up today to emphasize the idea that anything is possible and creativity is truly everywhere!

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Needle In The Hay - Elliott Smith

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“ Every now and then,
when the world sits just right,
a gentle breath of heaven
fills my soul with delight… ”
by Hazelmarie ‘Mattie’ Elliott, A Breath of Heaven

russianavantgarde:

Ilya Chashnik - Cosmos. Red Circle on Black Plane, 1925

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