Los Dias de Los Muertos.....

Remember....

Reconnect...

Honor....

Celebrate...

By eddpriest

By SLEfotos

By mrshmllw

It's the most wonderful time of the year....

Happy Halloween, kiddies.  Do you remember where you were when you first heard this theme?? I remember going to see John Carpenter's Halloween when it first opened in 1978 with my friend Angie.  We thought we were sooo tough. We held on to each other for dear life as these opening credits rolled.  I still say Carpenter's original films are the best.  Have a safe and happy Halloween weekend x0x0

One year ago today.....

Miss you dearly, chica. Rest well. We'll see you again down the road  x0x0x

1979 -- were we ever that young???

Some loving wisdom for the week.....

"When an attractive but aloof man comes along, there are some of us who offer to shine his shoes with our underpants." ~ Lynda Barry

(and YES, fab ladyboys and beloved guy friends, this wisdom applies to YOU, too, in your search for "Mr. Right" x0x0)
                                                            
 

Lynda Barry -- self-portrait

  

Creative thought for today...tomorrow...and forever....

Everything is impermanent.....

 

                                                 

Theirry Noir's graffiti at the old Berlin Wall

    

                                                                                                      

 

....So get out there and create something.

WRITE something.

SING something.

DRAW something.

PAINT something.

SAY something.
DREAM of something.

FEEL something.

STAND for something. 

[Thanks, Liz.  You made my day :o)]

Happy Indigenous Remembrance Day weekend

It's not just another long holiday weekend or a simple day off to eat BBQ and buy stuff. Rethink Columbus Day. Never forget how the horrors of the past are closely linked to the unrest of the present.

I've been checking to see what's new on ReconsiderColumbusDay.org and it doesn't appear to be an active site right now, but there are other blogs and activists out there supporting  the idea of celebrating Indigenous Peoples on this day instead of a greedy, conniving conqueror with blood on his hands.  

Check this out:

http://tempxyp2440ym0wn.blogspot.com/2011/10/time-to-rethink-columbus-day.html

Bunny Dips and Jiggle TV...

 Being from Chicago and of a certain age, it's kind of hard to not think of Hugh Hefner and the origins of his clubs, his north side mansion, his bunnies and their famous "Bunny Dip".  I still have a strange memory of going to classes in his old mansion near Division street when I was at the School of the Art Institute for my Masters (he donated it to the School).  I remember walking into echoing clean, wooden halls with shiny suits of armor and trying to imagine the parties those walls had seen.  I must say, my favorite spot was where all the pinball machines were.  It was always great to get in a few high scores before class.  Hmmm...somehow I'm sure a few of the male guests at his infamous parties might've used similar words way back when. 

Anyways....where was I??  Oh, yeah....Bunny Dips and Jiggle TV.   Saying there's nothing to watch on tv is a huge cliche, right??   Granted, I don't watch a lot of network tv (or any tv these days, really)....but it's been the trippiest thing watching all of the retro-revisionist shows like Mad Men and now the newly axed (thank the friggin' gods) Playboy bunny show and lest we forget the show about flight attendants back in the days when they used to be called stewardesses.  I forget the name, but Christina Ricci is in it.  I think it's extremely telling and troubling to see these sorts of shows cropping up and repainting history -- particularly women's history and the history of people of color during powerful eras like the 50's, 60's and 70's -- with strange, broad brushes and nifty vintage wardrobes.   Seriously...does Hollywood think everyone has selective amnesia with no solid memories of how things really were back then???   Is there any hope for some originality, truth and real diversity???  I understand the concepts of distraction and escapism...but that doesn't have to mean poorly conceived storylines and predictable characters.

Creative thought for the week....

"The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's own convictions"

 ~ Rollo May

                                        

       

Camille Claudel -- L'implorante, 1905

John Waters

Studs Terkel

 

 

Langston Hughes in Harlem with some brilliant young minds

Ryan White

Winona LaDuke

 

Frida Kahlo

 

The incredible Chris Drew

 Bea Booze -- Rhythm and Blues goddess and rock pioneer

Annie Mae Pictou Aquash

Angela Davis

Tura Satana

Leontyne Price

 

The mighty Madussa....Ari Up

Diane Arbus -- Two girls in matching bathing suits, (Coney Island, NY, 1967)

Diane Arbus -- Untitled (1970-71)

Diane Arbus -- Female Impersonators in Mirrors, (New York, 1958)

The momentum is growing everyday.....
http://occupywallst.org/