we, the united states of america
offer you
full assistance
now that
your country
has been destroyed.
now that
stones cover your blue babies
whose empty belly
never hurried our help.
we offer you
full assistance
now that
the west can’t stifle your shrill cries
or place a blind eye
on your…
You know what I’m insane with anger about? Fucking Mel Gibson retroactively ruining so many of my favourite films. I wish I could get selective amnesia so I could watch, say, Mad Max, Gallipoli, Lethal Weapon, Air America, The Year Of Living Dangerously or Signs without feeling ashamed and horrified.
I really did love Signs. Fuck you, Mel Gibson.
I can enjoy Roman Polanski films despite the fact that he drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl. I’m a huge Woody Allen fan despite his creepy marriage to Soon Yi. And I love Mel Gibson despite the fact that he’s a racist, drunken mess of a human being. Separate the art from the artist.
Please don’t tell a Jewish woman to just sit back and enjoy the work of a vocal anti-Semite and misogynist. You don’t even know me. Thanks.
There’s no such thing as art being made in a vacuum. Everything about it just exudes the creator. You simply can’t separate the art from the artist.
And then we get into the- do you really want to support someone like that?
(Source: mikbeth)
Via Blogging from Middle-earth
Blogging from Middle-earth: To the people defending George Zimmerman:
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Let me break this down as simply as I possibly can. Trayvon was at his father’s house when he decided to go to the convenience store down the street to get skittles and iced tea. On his way back George Zimmerman called 911 because he thought Trayvon looked “suspicious”. The 911…
Just wanted to clear some things up concerning this piece (this is a criticism that I’ve seen before, and I understand the sentiment.)
I have bipolar disorder type II- though I was originally diagnosed with depression. This artwork was the expression of how I felt at some point, like everyone saw me as a two-headed beast.
The more I learned about bipolar, and the more in-tune I became with my cycle, the more I became aware of the subtleties in mood-disorders- more specifically, mixed states.
I realize this piece does not encompass all that can be said about bipolar disorder- it wasn’t meant to. Rather it’s meant to represent a moment in my life when I was coming to terms with my illness, when those around me saw me as a ‘two-headed beast,’ when I first starting hearing and becoming aware of the phrases you see around the two heads. Even though we are NOT, I repeat, NOT two-headed beasts, that’s how I felt others saw me.
While the primary purpose of this piece was self-expression, the secondary purpose of this piece was to raise awareness on the stigma associated with bipolar disorder. Next to the piece I included pamphlets from my local DBSA on Bipolar disorder. These pamphlets were gone within two days. My hope is that those that picked them up learned a bit more on bipolar disorder and mental illness.
There should be a 3rd head saying “I have bipolar disorder and I’m actually not depressed or overly happy at the moment”
Ahhhhhh I have seen stuff like this before and now I realize that it really bothers me. I hope this was made by a person with bipolar because otherwise it is even more upsetting. bipolarbear got it, sometimes you’re niether… that doesn’t happen so much with me (lets hope in the future…) but it does fro some peopel and people with effective treatment.
It is kind of trigerring to read “life as a two-headed beast” considering that is a really negative self image i have and a constant fear.
Actually, now that i’ve looked at it more, i fucking hate this picture.
today is shitty and this wasnt helpful i guess. =(
Livestream?
I’m debating doing a livestream on how I create my vector portraits. Would take about an hour. Anyone interested, and what time/timezone works best?
complex.brown: beige band-aids for your brown skin: a poem for Haiti
Via the complex brown collection.
Obama dropped the ball on a lot of important issues, but there’s no way in hell I’d vote republican. Sure, Obama isn’t an advocate for my well-being, but at least he doesn’t purposely advocate against it.
Did a secret santa this year, so I did a couple of Caricatures for someone who loved Dr Who. This is one of two.
(via Untitled Artwork- Call for Criticism | Gail Southworth)
Basically, I see a lot of parallels in the attitudes towards people of middle eastern decent as the U.S. experienced towards Japanese-Americans in WWII era.
So the idea was to show a visual parallel, using Japanese and Middle Eastern youth to portray that most of the victims of the racism and current islamophobia are innocent bystanders who are just trying to make it on their own
