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"Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your unguarded thoughts. But once mastered, not even..."

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:00:33 -0500

“Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your unguarded thoughts. But once mastered, not even your mother or father can help you as much as the mind that is tamed””

"Taking responsibility might sound like a burden, but it’s really about freeing yourself. If..."

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:25:38 -0500

“Taking responsibility might sound like a burden, but it’s really about freeing yourself. If you believe someone or something else is the cause of everything and/or anything that happens to you, you’re relinquishing control of your life—-
We have all been victims of unfairness & some of us have weathered inhumane or even criminal treatment. It’s soul crushing, to be sure, and yet we must proactively pick ourselves up, take back control & make a plan that works for restoring health & balance—-”

nefermaathotep: The artist is trying to make a statement about...

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:44:43 -0500

nefermaathotep:

The artist is trying to make a statement about the one drop rule: “The one-drop rule is a historical colloquial term in the United States for the social classification as black of individuals with any African ancestry; meaning any person with “one drop of black blood” was considered {ONLY} black.”

(Made with @Tweegram App)

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:26:19 -0400

(Made with @Tweegram App)

Sharing Poetry: Charles Bukowski, "So You Want To Be A Writer"

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:17:26 -0400

Sharing Poetry: Charles Bukowski, "So You Want To Be A Writer":

sharingpoetry:

if it doesn’t come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don’t do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don’t do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,

"In this country, ‘American’ means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate."

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:05:38 -0400

““In this country, ‘American’ means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.””

- Toni Morrison (via victoriachildress)

calivintage: by Michael Graydon.

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:47:55 -0400

calivintage:

by Michael Graydon.

Photo

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:49:23 -0400

campaignofdistractions: “The monetary cost for a rape victim to...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:46:12 -0400

campaignofdistractions:

“The monetary cost for a rape victim to receive treatment at a hospital in the United States.”

In search of inspiration--

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:14:24 -0400

Today I sat in a place that normally inspires me to write. Nothing came out. Nothing has come out for quite awhile.

Finding love—-after you’ve spent the last few years writing about nothing but your hate & resentment—-sort of ignites a spell of writer’s block—-at least in me.

expressing hate is so easy

I could write about love, but I wont. Im selfish with this one. In the past, I spoke conspicuously about love and it betrayed me. In the worst way. I guess that was all for the best though—

since there is no “on to the nEXt one” without the EX—-

Never would be where I am today. In this moment. In Love. With nothing to write about and everything to feel. Someone reading this, may call the words on this screen: something—-when I previously stated I had nothing—- and to that—- My snarky reply is:

Lacking creativity. I NEED Inspiration. UGH.

"Keep calm & carry on—-"

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:53:10 -0400

“Keep calm & carry on—-”

chasingcharlie: These two…

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:04:00 -0400

chasingcharlie:

These two…

Such A Lady (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:17:16 -0400

Such A Lady (Taken with instagram)

A Feast For Crows (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:32:38 -0400

A Feast For Crows (Taken with instagram)

The Long Road Home (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:09:49 -0500

The Long Road Home (Taken with instagram)

Sunset 2

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:54:21 -0500

Sunset 2

San Diego Naval Base: Sunset (Taken with instagram)

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:16:38 -0500

San Diego Naval Base: Sunset (Taken with instagram)

deejaybird: Cudjoe Lewis is believed to be the last African...

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:00:48 -0500

deejaybird:

Cudjoe Lewis is believed to be the last African born on African soil and brought to the United States by the transatlantic slave trade. He was a native of Takon, Benin, where he was captured in 1860 during an illegal slave-trading venture. Congress outlawed the importation of slaves in 1808. Together with more than a hundred other captured Africans, he was brought on the ship Clotilde to Mobile, Alabama. Cudjoe and 31 other enslaved Africans were taken to the property owned by Timothy Meaher, shipbuilder and owner of the Clotilde. 5 years later slavery was over so Cudjoe and his tribespeople requested to be taken back to Africa, but it was left ignored. He and other Africans established a community near Mobile, Alabama which became called Africatown. They maintained their African language and tribal customs well into the 1950s. He died in 1934 at the age of 94. Before he died, he gave several interviews on his experiences including one to the writer Zora Neale Hurston. During her interview in 1928, she made a short film of Cudjoe, the only moving image that exists in the Western Hemisphere of an African transported through the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Getting Ready… (Taken with Instagram at Home Sweet Home)

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:35:54 -0500

Getting Ready… (Taken with Instagram at Home Sweet Home)

coolbreezej: I say this several times a day. If this comes in a...

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:05:22 -0500

coolbreezej:

I say this several times a day. If this comes in a hoodie, I’ll take one in every color.

Lol! Love & Hate!