December 2011
60 posts
Catching Up
Hey tumblr fam!
It’s been some time since I’ve written any text through here. Life and its beautiful struggles have done well to render me speechless for the past few months. I’ve been writing poems—-many poems at that—-but have yet to complete them. I’ve come to realize that it becomes difficult for me to focus my energy on things that I love to do when...
“Everyone likes black stuff when it’s not on a black person. Ask Elvis. Ask Led...”
– Clutch Magazine: “Celebrating the Black Beauty on White Women” (via thespunkywallflower
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Watchcamovement:
Quadron - Ex-Factor (Lauryn Hill cover)
Did I mention I love this group.
Shot by Julian Mullan
Amazing! I wish someone would rip the audio and make it a downloadable mp3.
“In Process”
THEIRWORDS.MYTHOUGHTS. I was listening to an interview in which Maya Angelou spoke of the very talented conscious rapper Common as well as other young artists being “in process”. But I think this applies to us as individuals period. We’re all a work in progress and as I grow older I’ve come to realize that I don’t think we ever really reach a point in life where we’ve become the person we want...
“I find myself neglecting my textbooks because I’m so occupied with studying...”
– Joekenneth Museau (via streetetiquette)
“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”
– Benjamin Franklin (via mikeschreiber)
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us “the universe,” a part limited...”
– Albert Einstein (via cultureofresistance)
