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Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

"kidnapping 13 million people is a crime. It was a crime in the 15th century. We’re talking about crime victims who weren’t just victimized for a day; they were victimized their whole lives...

We dishonor those who came before us if in this moment of crisis we remain silent"

- Bryan Stevenson 🎁

i had the stinking realization it’s been almost or around 7 months of not having you in my daily life since leaving fb. i send love daily to yous through the ether and also the squishy is turning double digits. the second so odd, yet true.

sadly very relatable and as Matt said having gone through this over the decades this time does feel different. you’re not alone in these feelings and how hard and exhausting it is. i feel not losing our voices matters even when we can’t see why. yours reached me when i needed it ❤️

so happy to see you here and really looking forward to this! my kiddo might be joining this year too 😊❤️

our sweet Okage is gone. i’m not okay.

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i relate to this so much and hadn’t realized i needed to see this, to not feel so alone in it. thank you and vast love to you.

totally random, but you’re on my pocket camp and it always brings me a smile when i run into you chilling out listening to kk

i was away due to back injury.
i’m back now. before resuming my regular fare needed to get some emotions out about the state of the world. still tip of the iceberg in capturing my feels right now. titled “headlines”

i needed this tonic. thank you!

I did a thing today, y’all!

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Happy #nokingsday To celebrate his birthday, here's a free STL. Do with it what you want 😏👇
archive.org/details/no_kings_statue
thingiverse.com/thing:7065602/
#noking

An image of a California Grizzly holding her children, surrounded by california poppies. The text reads CHINGA LA MIGRA, ICE OUT OF LA. chinga la migra translates, more or less, to FUCK ICE.

new coloring book page just dropped.

chinga la migra, ICE out of LA!

We are Nobel laureates, scientists, writers and artists. The threat of fascism is back | Open letter As in 1925, when Mussolini was in power, we must openly defy the brutal imposition of the fascist ideology

We are Nobel laureates, scientists, writers and artists. The threat of fascism is back | Open letter

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thank you for this. i didn’t know until seeing this post and comment. i moved my work to there from fb/ig to get away from that. smh. 🤦🏻 time to move again.

you have no idea how much i needed that brain hug! reciprocal biggest brain hug back!

love you so much and am glad to see this for wondering if you’re okay. i’ve been feeling cut off from everyone too in midst of chaos and trying my best to keep creating too. ❤️

For some perspective:

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

New:

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same

a scribbled creature melodramatically standing in a doorway casting a long shadow in front. it’s holding a half face person mask in one hand, a cane in the other. it’s holding wears a top hat and fur coat. the room has flower wallpaper.

a scribbled and crosshatched drawing of a person appearing to wear a large coat, mittens and scarf staring non plussed with small flowers framing their head. a small cat or dog creature is sitting at their feet.

my child yelled “it’s a tree man!” upon seeing this. it’s an inked scribble drawing of a person that i suppose could be seen as tree shaped.

an ink scribbled drawing of an odd creature with very thin legs and arms. there are three flowers near it, but one is missing its top and the creature looks like it may be the culprit for appearing to be grabbing one of the others.

the long weekend led to much drawing.

#ink #illustration #drawings #scribbles #creatureart #contemporary

i’ve been having such great difficulty figuring out how to describe mine. i’m happy when i can, but other times my mind just jumbles over how.

congratulations and thank you for the art share! here’s some of my more recent works

scribbled crayon drawing on cardboard of an ill proportioned person wearing a blobby outfit, big hat, sitting next to a flower.

a very scribbled, cruddy pastel drawing on thin black paper of a human that might be waving. my child said he thinks it’s walking out of a cave because of the scribbles in the background.

a difficult to describe scribble creature made with sharpie on cardboard backing. it has a bushy tail and is just sitting there.

Hodge wanted me to art in tandem, so i made these using crayons & cruddy pastels. i find kids art supplies to be difficult to use, flimsy & frustrating. we decided we’ll stick to quality materials. i made a sharpie sketch to shake it off. he went back to building object stories all around the house.

i just learned how to make this and can’t believe i never knew how before! so good, useful and comforting.

this is such gorgeous color! and thank you for introducing me to the world of bloomscroll. i really need it!

photo of a painting of a small purple monster with orange eyes, black horns and sticky-out ears and a rather sorrowful expression. He has a single tooth showing.

Fred enjoys cucumber sandwiches.
You can find all my little monsters here: buff.ly/uf1UcZp
And the books here: buff.ly/kIoAq2L
#monsters #originalart #painting #watercolour #cute

that last one 👀

Image of globular cluster M5, a roundish mass of many thousands of stars, bright and dense in the center.

Globular cluster M5
24,500 light years away in the western portion of Serpens.
#astrophotography #stars

a blobby unfinished looking painting of a multi faced person or creature with horns. it’s messy and not easy to describe like my thoughts while creating it.

“the weight of mountains and feathers that cannot be dropped competing equally for space.”
more about it and other pieces from the week on my substack:

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#painting #surreal #emotive #humanity

#MerMay
i’m not certain i’ve ever done one before. it may be debatable if this is. the other e looked at it and said, “So, you think a mermaid is just a fish?”
i replied, “yes. delirious sailors telling a tale to justify awkward, intimate hallucinations.”