Art Black Africa: Archive

February 2012

“They told me to lie down, place a scarf over my face, and say nothing. We all knew that if local militants enraged by the attack learned an American prisoner was in the area, I would be killed. As I lay in the car, I heard militants shout with fury as they collected their dead. A woman wailed somewhere in the distance. I silently recited the Lord’s Prayer.” —

David Rohde, in the Reuters Magazine article “The Drone Wars.”

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#drones #pakistan #taliban

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#Lauryn Hill

January 2012

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#photography #comparison #marina abramovic #Daniel Naude #lamb

Love

Because of you, in gardens of blossoming flower I ache from the
perfumes of spring.
I have forgotten your face, I no longer remember your hands;
how did your lips feel on mine?
Because of you, I love the white statues drowsing in the parks,
the white statues that have neither voice nor sight.
I have forgotten your voice, your happy voice; I have forgotten
your eyes.
Like a flower to its perfume, I am bound to my vague memory of
you. I live with pain that is like a wound; if you touch me, you will
do me irreparable harm.
Your caresses enfold me, like climbing vines on melancholy walls,
I have forgotten your love, yet I seem to glimpse you in every
window.
Because of you, the heady perfumes of summer pain me; because
of you, I again seek out the signs that precipitate desires:shooting
stars, falling objects.

- Pabo Neruda

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#Pablo Neruda #poetry

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“There should be fireworks, at least, when a dream dies.” —Kirby Larson (via eloquentandhonest)

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#marina abramovic

“What’s your email address?” —Sent via e-mail (via clientsfromhell)

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#what's up with all these pseudo-poetic titles #Emaneul Ecacciatore #abstract painting

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#emanuel ecacciatore #abstract painting

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#painting #abstract #Emanuel Ecacciatore

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#Nneka

“I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people.” —Charles Bukowski (via henrycharlesbukowski)

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#now we carry mp3 players and phones

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#can I just say Somali women have the most beautiful coloured garbs

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“Conflicts with night sticks
Illegal sales districts,
Hand-picked lunatics, keep poli-TRICK-cians rich
Heretics push narcotics amidst its risks and frisks,
Cool cliques throw bricks but seldom hit targets
Private-DIC sell hits, like porno-flicks do chicks.
The 666 cut W.I.C. like Newt Gingrich SUCKS DICK” —Fugees, “The Beast”, The Score, 1996

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#Fugees #Lauryn Hill #The Score #lyrics #Gingrich

“In a profession which specialises in hypocrisy, Mr Gingrich’s performance stands out.” —Newt Gingrich harried Bill Clinton for having sex with an intern 27 years his junior when he was having sex with a staffer 23 years younger than himself. His arrogance, meanwhile, verges on monomania. He once wrote of himself as the “definer of the forces of civilisation”. (via theeconomist)

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#abstract #lovely - absolutely lovely #ritualvisions

An artist should not steal ideas from other artists

- Marina Ambramovic, Artist Manifesto, 2010

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#marina abramovic