IN the Knowledge of Crystals

Lisa Marie Talavera

October 26, 2013 · 

Light captured by hand. 

“Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.” – Thomas Edison, inventor


Never let your hope dissipate. It's never too late to start something, however hopeless or impossible things may seem. The trick is to start small.. no effort is too small. The secret is to do for the sake of doing without being attached to the outcome, and to give to it genuinely with passion, and with joy. The more something brings you joy, the less important the outcome will be; the less it will seem like work. Sometimes all it takes is closing your eyes and letting the joy of "success" compel your passion, imagination & drive.. " 

~ Lisa Marie Talavera, artist & model

Oct. 26, 2013

water song of Lisa Marie Talavera, Peruvian-American artist & model

the Dream

Marilyn Monroe's body divine.

 

Things that make you go hmmm....

It makes me pause and think about the serfs of old Europe, the slaves of the Americas, and the poor in many countries like India who fight and fought so hard to be literate. There is an inner craving to express oneself, to communicate at the deepest levels, and the most trivial of ways for fun. That primal need spurned the creation of alphabets for languages that had not previously considered having one. There are many tribes around the world trying everything they can think of to maintain their languages, customs, their stories and traditions. It is so deep this need, but here in the States we contradict our children. Somehow we have emphasized something else, and the burning need to be educated has wilted down.

Oprah Winfrey despaired when she admitted why she built a school in South Africa instead of the United States. She said across our country the children were more interested in tennis shoes. Ain't that some shiggady?- Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 11.10.13





Union

2 lovers fluid in motion

 

Direct Question to the Skull

Domi Dollz
July 16, 2013

Amber Drake by Jason Chaos
July 16, 2013

The art of Jason Chaos is compelling at best and probing in a way that is not at all intrusive, but intelligent. I wear a skull of an animal for certain ceremonial work. It is part of my Medicine. The only thing I will admit to know about skulls is from the perspective of a hunter. At the end of a track when the skull is found the hunter has arrived at the beginning of another trail. Whether and how to continue the track is a question of life or death; not life and death.

This is a warrior teaching.
- Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories
11.11.13

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Tribute: Leslie Uggams

The Leslie Uggams Show took over the time slot of the cancelled Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on Sundays at 9 pm. This was the first variety show headed by an African-American since The Nat "King" Cole Show in the 1950s.

The series boasted an integrated cast and crew which was a rarity in network television. A memorable feature of the series was a recurring sketch called "Sugar Hill" about a blue-collar family. Uggams and her construction worker husband lived with her mom, brother and hippie sister.

The show was placed against rating's champ Bonanza, the show didn't stand much of a ratings chance. It aired for half of a season, before being replaced by The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.

Robert Black

Before Good Times, John Amos was a writer on The Leslie Uggams Show in 1969. The following year, he played Gordy Howard, the TV weatherman on The Mary Tyler Moore Show for 14 episodes (1970-1973).

 

I AM You

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." ~ Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali and his younger brother Rahman Ali, with their grandmother.

 Urban Bush Babies