(he)Art and Soul

retroebony: Naomi Campbell

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:00:14 -0400

Naomi Campbell

Off the deep end-

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:51:22 -0400

it started as a shallow night, but you have to wade awhile before you get to the drop-off. So this is my 2 AM stream.

Anywho, what’s on my mind is the whole concept of being “conscious” and if that even means something anymore. Do people still say that? Ie: black consciousness, conscious rap/hip-hop, conscious poetry etc.

None of those terms hold weight to me anymore. For years I didn’t listen to the radio because I was tired of hearing collabs featuring Lil Wayne or another Beyonce song. I like Talib Kweli, Mos Def, The Roots, E Badu and the like… but without feeling guilty I admit that I like Drake, Kanye, Ludacris and some other super mainstream, evil, mysogynistic music corporation money-makers. As far as music goes, I just want to get the feeling that you are creating art that is true to the artist.

But about the whole “conscious” movement… Where was/is it supposed to take us, or has it already had it’s affect? Acceptance/tolerance of other lifestyles is becoming the status quo. “Cool to be smart” is a phrase that I wish was being ingrained into black men as quickly as it has into black women.

It just seems that more people are socially conscious but still lack a healthy amount of self-conscious introspection. They don’t know what they believe, and still lack an identity.

Of course, this is excluding the tumblr community that has created a world of potentially infinite windows into unique human experiences, opinions, souls. Pages filled with posts exposing the persons nature, beliefs, and what they adore.

Still, what kind of expression of the soul is found in post after post of cat, after cat, after GIF of movie clip with expression that matches the expression you made when you saw the boy throw the cat.

Everyone follows to be different. What’s the point of being unique if no one is watching.

amazingname: lmao! just about peed!

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:08:48 -0400

amazingname:

lmao!

just about peed!

popca: “nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:06:36 -0400

popca:

“nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” - assata shakur

dumbthingswhitepplsay:

lucifornication:

why a lot of POC, namely black folk, don’t want to ally with many white outs anymore.

seriously

artboiswag: #SwAg I think I’ve seen her at a strip club...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:01:57 -0400

artboiswag:

#SwAg

I think I’ve seen her at a strip club in Guam….

the-absolute-funniest-posts: The Power of Pine-Sol

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:54:58 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

The Power of Pine-Sol

Struggling To Be Heard: "Minority Privilege", "Reverse Racism" and stuff y'all could Google...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:38:50 -0400

Struggling To Be Heard: "Minority Privilege", "Reverse Racism" and stuff y'all could Google...:

bankuei:

Most higher education scholarship money goes disproportionately TO WHITE PEOPLE, not people of color.

75 percent of college scholarships go to non-hispanic white students even though such students are only 62 percent of the overall student population:

…

50 Shades of Grey in one sentence.

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:21:16 -0400

ronstormer:

Consent is easy when you’re a billionaire.

The neighbors got my wife reading this shit….. Billionaire=modern day knight in shining armor I suppose. Something to escape the mundane.

I hate when people are like “only dogs can give you love and affection, cats are cold and...

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:12:19 -0400

I hate when people are like “only dogs can give you love and affection, cats are cold and elusive” like okay dog person if you had ever actually owned a cat you would know they are the neediest fucking creatures on the planet

cats will literally sit on your head until you pay attention to them

ghetto growth: jahl1l: you can only go one way as an growth in the ghettobeat through...

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:26:19 -0400

ghetto growth: jahl1l: you can only go one way as an growth in the ghettobeat through...:

jahl1l:

you can only go one way as an growth in the ghetto
beat through the concrete to tell the story society should know

defenseless even as an rose
thrones bruised like a broken nose

can you not smell the bullshit?

the talent strive from the bottom
and yet they still want us to take…

ronstormer: Taken with instagram

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:49:36 -0400

ronstormer:

Taken with instagram

theeducatedfieldnegro: Toussaint!

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:24:24 -0400

theeducatedfieldnegro:

Toussaint!

beautimus

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:37:56 -0400

beautimus

fayersproduction: “We all need that one person we can vibe...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:18:41 -0400

fayersproduction:

“We all need that one person we can vibe with”

Captain Planet, NO!!!!!!

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:14:11 -0400

Captain Planet, NO!!!!!!

Jasmine….kinda queer chick. Nice poet

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:04:21 -0400

Jasmine….kinda queer chick. Nice poet

Truly the First... or maybe (Poly-amorous)

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:48:08 -0400

So, here it goes. My first original thought on Tumblr.

……………..

>damnit<

hmm….

So I had this dream where one of my best friends and I were both apart of the same soul. (same soul different embodiments/facets and much different personalities) He and I were both talking to the representations of my ex(s). He had made amateur videos and we were watching them with the girls. I came to realize right before waking up that they all loved him, because he would say everything they wanted to hear, inspite of the fact that he had taken advantage of each one and used her however he wished. I also noticed that each one treated me with hostility, when I’d express how i truly felt about them.

I had to reflect on this for a bit when I awoke. I was like my buddy when I was with any single one of those girls. I would say whatever I thought would make them feel special, wanted, appreciated, loved… And when I was tired of playing whatever game I was playing with them, their feelings were no longer my concern and I would sometimes say things that I can look back now and see were hurtful. But I also treat them as my friend did in the dream: with adoration, treating them as though they are fragile when I know I am just about to break something that could not be repaired or cross a line that can I cannot come back from.

Also each one of those girls in the dream had a close friend with them. That friend acted as their guard dog, and kept the me who looked like me away… Making sure I wasn’t close enough to their friends to cause harm, but I would ask myself “, Don’t they all see that he is the true danger? A man that only Always sees a perfect vision of you, and forces that idea on you even though it isn’t real?”

So my only thoughts now are on my dream. I see the beauty in you. All of you. Just don’t hate me for seeing your imperfection. My love, I’ll give it to whoever I want.

:O

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:04:31 -0400

chokolatesoul: supersiku: str8nochaser: elizabitchtaylor: Thi...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:57:09 -0400

chokolatesoul:

supersiku:

str8nochaser:

elizabitchtaylor:

This photo fascinates me because it expresses a dynamic that you don’t often see between men and women, with a man taking on the adoring role and the woman drinking it all in.

My husband looks at me like this all the time. I act like it annoys me, but really… he’s the only man who has ever openly adored me and it still weirds me out. Its a shame that as women, particularly women of color, we have been acculturated to not be admired and adored… to think that men who do that for us, who look at us like this are at best, weird… and at worst, simps.

But I’ll tell you this, if he ever stopped looking at me like that, I’d die inside.

^^^ Omg this makes too much sense. I’ve always hated it and I never thought twice about why. I never believed a man truly felt that way, especially non POC. I did die inside when he stopped. All because I was annoyed. Get it together ladies.

He looks at me like that… :)

hipsandhoops: thederpyfangirl: justlikeacheesestick: aradianal...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:47:21 -0400

hipsandhoops:

thederpyfangirl:

justlikeacheesestick:

aradianal:

metzam:

zieu:

someactorkid:

amouthforwar:

fiveserpentsteeth:

viletruthpurelies:

snapesonaplane:

what did I just read

The…

dear god what the hell did I just read

LMFAO

I don’t

I don’t understand

im sorry what

da fuq

wh

I-

LMAO.

Icackled.