Dervish for Devi

sharing exploring exploding

[thatonesuheirhammad]

on licking & leaving (libretto excerpt)

accumulated too many entry wounds upon exit, habibi

[dancinghathor]

[annataberko-deactivated20211104]

[detroitlib]

Portrait of singer Ella Fitzgerald.

Courtesy of the E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

[cicaktraka]

Give me your name.

[arjuna-vallabha]

Temple torana with Garuda and Naga sculptures from Nepal

[worldhistoryfacts]

Golden sandals, made to be buried with a wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III, 15th century BCE. For much of his time as pharaoh, Thutmose was overshadowed by his stepmother and aunt Hatshepsut, who managed to hold onto power in Egypt despite the bias against women. After Hatshepsut died, Thutmose had many of the monuments to her defaced.

[smithsonian]

“I, too, am America” – poet Langston Hughes, born on this day in 1902. Portrait by Winold Reiss from our National Portrait Gallery. 

Hear Hughes read “I, Too” and other works from Smithsonian Folkways.

[classicladiesofcolor]

Meena Kumari in Ardhangini (1959)

[Gif Source]

[doesafricadreamofandroids]

[hiranyaksha-deactivated20220613]

Lil bharatanatyam dancers !!! Had a lot of fun drawing this

[hiranyaksha-deactivated20220613]

This is the first post where I’ve gotten double-digit K notes!!! I’m so happY

[hiranyaksha-deactivated20220613]

It took me a while, but I finally finished this! It’s my take on Krishna’s famous Vishwaroopam segment from the Bhagavad Gita. 

Alright, now it’s time to have some rest! My head hurts from working on this for too long…

[abagond-deactivated20181204]

The words of Toni Morrison that Ava DuVernay reads at the beginning of each month.

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhAyJQvoPhM)

[khenti-renaissance]

Vintage Photography: Egypt, Africa

[zemist4n]

[iran]

[the-sociologist]