a mustard seed.

in the midst of needed transformation ::

[ambertamm]

my time on social media is over.

[ambertamm]

these days, when people ask me what I do, I tell them I make beauty.

[sbrown82]

The Negro American Magazine, circa 1928

[ambertamm]

mood: digitally unavailable - you gotta catch me irl.

[ambertamm]

she who exists perfectly in the eye of the storm …

[ambertamm]

one thing I am good at... is surviving very hard times ...

[xanaxfarts]

Sadé photographed by Sophie Muller (1992)

[diioonysus]

mary edmonia lewis (1844-1907), was an american sculptor. born free in upstate new york, she worked for most of her career in rome, italy. she was the first african-american and native american sculptor to achieve national and then international prominence. she began to gain prominence in the united states during the civil war; at the end of the 19th century, she remained the only black woman artist who had participated in and been recognized to any extent by the american artistic mainstream

[vibrantessence]

[probablyasocialecologist]

When a seed unfolds into a flower, the seed does not merely ‘grow’ or become a bigger seed. If development were simply growth or expansion, then there would be no flowers at all, just gargantuan seeds swaying in the fields. Instead, something dramatic occurs within the logic of the seed; something within the seed’s very structure allows it to differentiate into a new, more elaborate form. The seed gradually gives way to the flower not merely by expanding but by differentiating into an ever more complex organism. This dialectical process of becoming moves from the first thread-like root of the seedling to the upward rising of the stem through the gradual maturation and emergence of the blossom itself. Through this development, the seed is not destroyed; rather, it unfolds within the logical progression of its own internal structure. In this way, we could say that there was something distinctive about the seed’s structure which allowed it to engage in this process of ‘becoming’, undergoing a series of phases in which it was able to become ‘more of itself’. We could say that the flower represents the differentiated expression of the seed’s potential for becoming a flower.

Chaia Heller, Ecology of Everyday Life: Rethinking the Desire for Nature

[worldsandemanations]

New Horizons in Flower Arrangement by Myra J. Brooks

[dodofish]

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“Fall in Love” by Slum Village from Fantastic Vol.2 (2000)

[ambertamm]

sometimes you really gotta let folks go and move on completely ....

[worldsandemanations]

New Horizons in Flower Arrangement by Myra J. Brooks

[fragrantblossoms]

Gisèle Freund. Detail of Frida Kahlo's desk, 1951.

[ambertamm]

2025 Forecast: - please care deeply for you spleen & liver, taking care of these two will take care of all the other parts of you, mental & physical. drink hot water only & drink ginger tea when you can. - Beware of regression & reverting, our systems, money's & governments are embodying these words boldly but we must not. - do new things, do lots of new things, in the biggest ways & in very small ways. ask your friends & family to hold you accountable, ask them to join you in these new things. - look at the stars more often y'all. we need to be reminded often how small we are, what vastness lives outside of humanity, here in these moments lives humbleness, gratitude & wonder. we need more of these feelings right now. learning constellation is a great hobby to take on, to learn constellations is to learn yourself <3 - never forget your tears are a form of offering, so cry y'all. cry. calling in a calm 2025 ... bless y'all 🌸💕

[ambertamm]

January musing:

It’s not just about softening & living a “soft life”. It’s about knowing the cycles of your body and your life — and adjusting your hardness & softness accordingly.

This is balance.

[non-ducor-duco-woman-deactivate]

Everything is designed to bring us closer to God.