Fabulous concrete sculptures by Vladimir Kolesnikov, a self-taught artist who lives in Ukraine and has created thousands of fairytale sculptures and houses.
Surround yourself with other beautiful brown and black and indigenous and morena and Chicana, native, Indian, mixed race, Asian, gringa, boriqua babes.
Let them uplift you.
Rage against the motherfucking machine.
Question everything anyone ever says to you or forces down your throat or makes you write a hundred times on the blackboard.
Question every man that opens his mouth and spews out a law over your body and spirit.
Question every single thing until you find the answer in a daydream.
Don’t question yourself unless you hurt someone else.
When you hurt someone else, sit down, and think, and think, and think, and then make it right.
Apologize when you fuck up.
Live forever.
Consult the ancestors while counting stars in the galaxy.
Hold wisdom under tongue until it’s absorbed into the bloodstream.
Do not be afraid.
Do not doubt yourself.
Do not hide
Be proud of your inhaler, your cane, your back brace, your acne.
Be proud of the things that the world uses to make you feel different.
My TBT post of the original deck made me nostalgic so I treated myself to the 25th Anniversary edition. LOVE everything about this but especially dig that they added this fab bag, the perfect size for the cards.
Happy to include The Enchanted Tarot in my practice. Request it for your next reading…
@alisso, look at the new version of your teenage deck! It’s so pretty!
Concept: The global revolution has long since passed. There’s no more fighting, no more struggling, no more unnecessary deaths. I live peacefully on a cottage in France. We all have our own gardens, and fully installed renewable energy. The effects of global warming are finally being reduced. Wild animals roam free and occasionally visit. All information is accessible and the world population gradually becomes more literate, educated, and compassionate. I’m smoking weed and nobody can stop me. I cuddle with my dogs and cats and bunnies. Life is full of love and nothing is preventing me from enjoying it to the fullest. I’m no longer depressed or anxious. My family is safe. Now I can finally say the future generations will live in a better world. I no longer feel bad for bringing new life into our world. Everything is just as it should be.
This is what we fight for: peace, meaningful peace, to be experienced and enjoyed by all mankind. We fight to be left alone, to live without mental torment or material insecurity, and to be allowed to pursue whatever path we wish to take. On a certain level, our dreams are unique and diverse, yet on another, grander level, we seek a singular and universal end. We seek life.
“My mom battled drug addiction and mental illness her entire life. She ultimately died of it. She was purposefully open in all of her work about the social stigmas surrounding these diseases. She talked about the shame that torments people and their families confronted by these diseases. I know my Mom, she’d want her death to encourage people to be open about their struggles. Seek help, fight for government funding for mental health programs. Shame and those social stigmas are the enemies of progress to solutions and ultimately a cure. Love you Momby.” – Billie Lourd.
Photographs from Cats (and their Dykes), eds. Irene Reti and Shoney Sien.
1. Beth Karbe, “Sister and Judy”
2. Tam Garson, “Tara and Phineas”
3. Cathy Cade
4. Beth Karbe, “New York City Cat and Susan”
5. Cathy Cade, “Jeri: Shalea and Omar, my New York and California babies, the constants in my life”
6. Cathy Cade, “Ours”
7. Caroline Overman, “Tee Corinne”
8. Beth Karbe, “Self-Portrait with Louise”
9. Susan Logan, “Marie and Tiffany”
this poor baby showed up at my house a few days ago, refused to leave, isn’t microchipped, and is currently hanging out in my front yard while i look for a possible owner and figure out if he could potentially be a good fit with the rest of my fur babies. he’s very sweet, but he’s not fixed, which is an issue i would definitely have to take care of and don’t know if i have the resources for. but he’s so sweet???
(p.s. dog side of tumblr, any ideas on what kind of pupper he is? don’t know if you can tell from the pic but he has one ice blue eye and one dark brown. not pictured is his big, fluffy tail.)
additional pics
just dropped the baby off at the vet for a bath to get rid of his ticks and probable fleas as well as a general health work up. they’re running a special this month on spaying/neutering for $99, so i’ll probably talk to them about setting up an appointment for that when i go to pick him up. still looking to see if he’s been lost, but i get the feeling he’s mine now. dude definitely picked the right house to fixate on. god knows i’m the softest of soft touch when it comes to animals.
frankie is currently sulking and making sad puppy whines because his new best friend has disappeared. dude. he’ll be back this afternoon. chill out. you’ve known him all of four days. there’s no need to go all romeo and juliet about it.
indiana bones is home from the vet. he’s all vaccinated up, confirmed to be heartworm free, has had a flea bath, was held down and force fed an oral treatment for the many many MANY ticks on his poor self, and has an appointment to get his manhood removed on friday.
so i guess i have another dog now.
at least frank sinpawtra is happy about it.
i really, really, REALLY debated doing this, because it seems like so much to ask, but i’ve set up a ko-fi account. my bills are high because of the holidays and i’m currently looking at my next bi-weekly paycheck being roughly half of what it usually is and while i’ve always budgeted to account for my pets in the past, i was seriously not expecting a new one to turn up out of no where. if you can spare even a little bit to help offset the unexpected vet bills i’m currently looking at, i’d be so incredibly appreciative.
I think he might be a husky mix, between the brown/blue heterochromia and the face markings and some things about his overall shape. Not sure what else might be in there, though.
If you were Australian, I’d think he was a Cattle Dog mix, but they’re not as common in the USA.
knitting in the dark 