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Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (2017) Brooklyn by RJ Eldridge

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“Group of Young Men on 111th Street,” 1966 — “In some form or another they’re all reaching, touching each other. That is something of a different generation,” Maristany says. He says people ask him how he got them all to touch each other. “‘Did you instruct them to do that?’ And I said, "No I had nothing to do with that. It was the way they felt comfortable with each other.” Hiram Maristany/ Smithsonian American Art Museum

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MBTI & Musicians: Prince - ISFP (x)

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We all dug it 💔

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4/2016

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i haven't really been able to articulate why prince's death is so hard. it's almost embarrassing to be so affected by a celebrity's death. i didn't know him personally. he aint know me. only a handful of folks actually know how big of a fan of his i am. i think that's because those moments when an artist's music really makes an imprint on your life are private, personal moments. 

like, in high school, being alone in my bedroom, playing Parade on the record player my mama let me have. i remember i kept moving the needle back to I Wonder U because it was the most interesting, coolest thing I'd ever heard. 

some folks know that Purple Rain is one of my favorite movies. i introduced the movie to a few people. "I watched Purple Rain for the first time with you!" but, they aint know that the reason that movie is so special to me is because it, and the soundtrack, acted as a form a therapy for me during a really deep depression that was most of my college years. encouraging myself to get out of bed with Let's Go Crazy. folding into my sadness with Purple Rain.  

when i finally had a enough money to spend on cds, i'd go to tower records (and then FYE) every other week to buy a new prince cd. built up a little mini collection of prince cds that was only a fraction of all the studio albums he released. that's when i really began to appreciate his music outside of the emotions that it either sparked in me or helped remove me from. really starting to dig deep into that voice, that musicianship, that writing, that magic. 

and the music will last, yes. those memories are here. it just feels like a light - a color this world aint ever seen before - just dimmed out. and it's really, really sad. 

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′Sir’ by Mario Testino, London 2003

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Tatyana Faz, 2015

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Just seeing these photos of me by my homie. I look solemn and introspective. Maybe a little sad. He captures people so well. 

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Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, 2015 *artist

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Detroiturbex revisits dilapidated buildings and through the use of digitally manipulated ‘before and after’ photography, shows the striking and dramatic juxtapositions of the past vs the future.

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Throwback Of tatyanafazlalizadeh on a Brooklyn Rooftop

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Matthew Stone-Kindness Fold, 2012

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This is Tatyana and her mother. Tatyana is an illustrator. She was part of a conversation piece, in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, with Spike Lee and Kehinde Wiley that discussed the role storytelling plays in visual arts. She’s one of the coolest people I ever have met and her relationship with her mother is admirable. I hope she continues to prosper as an artist and I wish her all of the blessings in the world. Simply beautiful. Only in Brooklyn.

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✨ #blackhistorymonth ✨ I was asked to do a tape text piece for the multicultural student center on campus in honor of black history month. I felt like this was the most appropriate text

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On Thursday, February 12th at 7PM I will be taking part In Conversation: Brooklyn Renaissance with Kehinde Wiley and Tatyana Fazlalizadeh at the Brooklyn Museum. The discussion will explore representation and collaboration, presenting overlapping themes from the rich history of both filmmaking and painting. Tickets are available at http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/calendar/event/8362

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#OccupyPlayGround 

This is one moment in my life where I can say that I’m ashamed to be a Kenyan. I’m sure many of you, nationally and internationally, have seen the disturbing pictures of tear gassed children all over the news and papers.

For those who are not familiar with #occupyPlayGround, it was a demonstration that was organized by various activists, parents, teachers and students of Langata Primary School. The demonstration was held as a protest against the land grabbers who confiscated the school’s playground to turn it into a parking lot for the Weston Hotel, next door.The grabbing took place over the Christmas holiday when around 50 young men were hired from Kibera slums to guard construction workers who worked day and night to fence off the school playground. 

On Monday, January 19th the peaceful demonstration started to take place however it took a violent unexpected turn. In the history of my country, kids have protested before, something we take pride in. Kids as young as 6, standing up against injustice. However, for the 1st time things turned violent. Our children, the future of our nation, were attacked by tear gas by police who held guns and walked around with police dogs. The images look as if it was apartheid in South Africa. As i saw the photos being uploaded, I felt so ashamed. Is this the direction we are headed?

Why would anyone attack school children?  Is this the message we want to send to these children? The message of fearing the police and the government? The message that their rights could be violated at any given moment?

These kids were brave. If it were not for them, the wall would still be standing and the land grabbers would have won. We are witnessing a generation of kids that will not give in to any kind of injustice or oppression.  

"Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery apologizes to Langata Primary School pupils over police brutality. He added the land will be fenced by the state to protect it against grabbers." stated lead activist Boniface Mwangi via facebook.

Although the children won, the actions that took place are shameful. Why should a 6yr old child have to fight corruption? Has greed manifested to hearts of politicians and investors to such shameful levels? If a child can see the wrongness of such a situation, why can’t adults? Between this and the arrests of bloggers who are exercising their freedom of speech, I’m beginning to be fearful of the state of our nation. I’ve questioned the capability of Uhuru’s government before but this has solidified so much. This will go down as the most shameful act of his presidency and also our history.

I will post a short documentary of the incident in the next post. 

(Photos 1-5, were taken from Boniface Mwangi’s FB, Photo 6-8 via mashable.com)

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Twitter:@vohandas

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