James Baldwin, A Transition Interview, 1972

“Through Beaded Veils” by Marcin Górski

Artem Rohovyi - Symphony of Branches gouache on paper

As a word and concept, "terrorism" has acquired an extraordinary status in American public discourse. It has displaced Communism as public enemy number one, although there are frequent efforts to tie the two together. It has spawned uses of language, rhetoric and argument that are frightening in their capacity for mobilizing opinion, gaining legitimacy and provoking various sorts of murderous action. And it has imported and canonized an ideology with origins in a distant conflict, which serves the purpose here of institutionalizing the denial and avoidance of history. In short, the elevation of terrorism to the status of a national security threat (though more Americans drown in their bathtubs, are struck by lightning or die in traffic accidents) has deflected careful scrutiny of the government's domestic and foreign policies. Whether the deflection will be longstanding or temporary remains to be seen, but given the almost unconditional assent of the media, intellectuals and policy-makers to the terrorist vogue, the prospects for a return to a semblance of sanity are not encouraging. - Edward Said

The “return to childhood” consumerist trend in the west is part of the Settler Move to Innocence

I’m curious what are you learning these days?

I’m back in school for 3D art, I’m interested in coding/rigging tbh. but, I love modelling buildings too.

aside from that I’m reading or working on my illustration/painting skills. I’m gonna make time to work with oil paints again soon.

my new baby monstera

you are not the real khanos

I literally am… here’s a screenshot of some selfies dated 2016 :p

the vigour and furor with which some people are repulsed at the mere existence of a "social script" is just pure ableism. you sound exhausting to have to communicate with