CALL FOR ART!
My room is so empty! how about all you talented artist I know send me some art to adorn my room with! It can be anything, and I will pay for the shipping. let me know!!!
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Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.
4 minutes later:
The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.
6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes:
A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.
45 minutes:
The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.
1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities.
The questions raised:
*In a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?
*Do we stop to appreciate it?
*Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?
One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made…
How many other things are we missing?
I would have for sure listened, however I would not have known he was one of the greatest musicians ever known. I love hearing people play strings though.
(Source: iliveforaliving)
ummm, this is the exact premise of all those random bear nightmares that I have. who’d make this!?
(Source: bluejayt)
Charcoal on paper by Yanni Floros
This is blowing my mind. charcoal is one of the hardest mediums to work with, at least for me it is.
STUPIDEST.VIDEO, EVER.
“Most unfortunate are the shots of Nicki Minaj in a cage, a la Shakira. We have discussed black women in cages before — most notably Amber Rose and Grace Jones. It’s a tired, troubling visual. In this context, we’re supposed to see Nicki as threatening, wild, dangerous. But the objectification and exoticization of black women is steeped in racism. Our history includes centuries of slavery in which black people were chained, shackled, muzzled, and yes, caged. Nicki placing herself there doesn’t invoke terror, and not just because she’s popping her booty. Male rappers telegraph menace through threats of violence, brandishing guns or boasting of assaults and drive-bys. Is there a good way for a black woman to show she’s a force to be reckoned with, without reverting to ancient stereotypes of the sexualized beast, the predatory Jezebel? Absolutely. But Nicki hasn’t found it yet.”
via: Jezabel
African American women’s internal life experiences are part of the American story. So, when we’re listening, for example, to the GOP rhetoric about this nostalgia of this America when things were simpler and better. You could never tell that story if you bothered to think about African American women’s experiences because there is no moment in history where it is nostalgic and better to have been a little black girl.
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Melissa Harris-Perry (via sociolab)
This is important. (via itsnotthatserious)I hate when people wish things where more like the past and fantasize over the glitz and glamour that only some Americans got to live, because for us, those where racist times. |
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blogged this before, but it was taken down :x here it is from the official source! very…by your side (neptunes remix) if you ask me ;)
yuna | live your life (produced by pharrell)
Kumi Yamashita. City View, 2003. Aluminum, light, shadow.
Collection of Namba Parks Tower, Osaka, Japan.
amazing!
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Lyric-A-Day Project - Day 14:White Denim - “New Coat”
You say it ain’t always sunny but you got a new coatAnd every song you sing I’m learnin’ note for noteAnd I’m certainlyRight where I want to be
Black marker on dyed paper.11”x17”
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Lyric-A-Day Project - Day 14:
White Denim - “New Coat”You say it ain’t always sunny but you got a new coat
And every song you sing I’m learnin’ note for note
And I’m certainly
Right where I want to beBlack marker on dyed paper.
11”x17”
This is everything I want in a piece of furnature!! its antique looking but its a futon??? get out of town!!
via: UrbanOutfitters
