Esteban

Deus. ♈. Rex.

[haverst]

SAY THEIR NAMES

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[dastardlydorito]

Naomi Nagata ↳ Singlet + Belter tattoos appreciation

[hmtheking]

[ukpuru]

Jean-Michel Basquiat and Nsibidi

Jean-Michel Basquiat was explicitly influenced by nsibidi designs and used many in his works, including anaforuana. Nsibidi is an ancient ideographic writing system mostly used by ‘secret’ men’s societies in southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon. Before the 20th century it was widely used by the general public for communication purposes, including for ‘love’ notes, and [body] decoration; nsibidi was transported to the Caribbean by Efik, Ibibio, Ejagham, and Igbo speakers where it influenced the creation of anaforuana (Cuba) and vévé (Haiti). Flash of the Spirit by Robert Thompson was Jean-Michel’s favourite book on African art history (via The Radiant Child) which has significant information about nsibidi. Several sources also make the link between his works and nsibidi, particularly in Grillo (1984) above. Nsibidi is all over the work, but I’ve circled out in red the ones that stood out to me. He also wrote out ‘NSIBIDI’ in this drawing.

[hmtheking]

[simplelindo-deactivated20210109]

[whatelsecanwedonow]

You can’t do it alone. You need help, you need protection. You need a crew. Be the Captain they remember.

Star Trek: Picard | SDCC Trailer

[blvck-zoid]

Deconstructed. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzEP8GfA7hC/?igshid=15zjtmgy55txa

[throwbackmovie]

Nikki Amuka-Bird as Captain Diomika Tsing in JUPITER ASCENDING – 2015

Source: Fancaps.net

[buenosdiasmyworld]

Good morning, sunday!

Buenos días my world

[sanctuaryofcinema]

Rihanna in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

[softspocks]

You are my balance, Michael. You always have been. And I am afraid that I will not find it again without you. Okay. Listen to me. Listen to me, little brother.

[michaelburnhamsource]

This would go easier if you answer me. Or it could go harder. I beg to differ.

[cuddlybitch]

Save to archive.

Airiam and her memories with the Discovery bridge crew

[polniaczek]

Nicole Beharie in Black Mirror: Striking Vipers (2019)

[everythingfox]

Rusty

[liquidfem]

[boostergold78]

I didn’t know Mr. T pityed fool’s that weren’t woke, but that’s awesome. #respect

[lordxeras]

“I think about my father being called ‘boy’, my uncle being called ‘boy’, my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called ‘boy’. So I questioned myself: “What does a black man have to do before he’s given the respect as a man?” So when I was 18 years old, when I was old enough to fight and die for my country, old enough to drink, old enough to vote, I said I was old enough to be called a man. I self-ordained myself Mr. T so the first word out of everybody’s mouth is “Mr.” That’s a sign of respect that my father didn’t get, that my brother didn’t get, that my mother didn’t get.“

-Mr. T on the subject of his name