Justine Silving

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Yes, There Were People of Color in Pre-Modern Europe

A conversation with @MedievalPOC, an activist using social media to change how we see color in the past.

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Caspar David Friedrich

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Georgia O'Keeffe, Rust Red Hills 1930

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaO2HEkC_qQ)

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Julie Mehretu: Politicized Landscapes | Art21 "Extended Play"

Episode #252: Shown working on two site-specific paintings for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Julie Mehretu recontextualizes the history of...

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Mental Floss

This project will change the way you see city streets. Find prints from your favorite city: raubdruckerin

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European Summit to Discuss the Return of Looted West African Art

Treasures taken by a British invasion in 1897 could return to Nigeria as a permanent exhibition

They'll "hold a summit to discuss what to do"?!?!? You don't need to discuss this: you stole art - give it back!! 

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To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now

Focusing on core competence and outsourcing the rest has made U.S. companies lean, nimble and productive. It has also left lots of people worse off.

Happy “fuck-blue-collar-workers” day :/

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQQrsYkrX34)

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“Desert Rain God” by Louisa McElwain (2009)

Storms & their effects have been on my mind lately. The scale & gestural application of paint in this work captures the fury and magnitude of a storm system.  

[image description: oil painting using of a storm system in a canyon, viewed from the edge of a the canyon rim. The brushstrokes are large and gestural, giving the feeling of winds whipping. The storm is in a rain column, with huge swaths of clouds spreading out from the center.]

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Here's How To Help The Victims Of Hurricane Harvey

If you want to help those affected by the disaster, here are some suggestions.

Pulling for you, Texas! This article has several links for ways to donate and help the people and animals impacted by Hurricane Harvey.

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please stay safe Texas citizens!!

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Here is a website that has a bunch of information and tips on how to survive a hurricane: http://www.haveahurricaneplan.com/guide.pdf …. this thing is supposed to last throughout the whole weekend so I highly suggest Texas residents take a look at it. Even though y'all are most likely prepared….. I hope the good people of Texas are able to survive this and don’t forget to protect your pets as well!!!

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The Gulf of Mexico has waters of about 80 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. Similar to Katrina, when Tropical Storm Harvey started approaching closer the weak winds met hot ocean water creating a monster storm.

Everyone along the coast line stay safe. This storm could be worse than they were expecting. You all have a few hours to seek shelter. Make sure you have supplies for weeks ahead. You could be without power or access to other resources for weeks. I’ll be praying for all of you. 1-800-527-3907 this is the number for the national guard along the coast.

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Careful down there :(

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Justine (Tempe, AZ)’s review of The Birds

4 out of 5 stars to “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier

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My sister found her old Gameboy Color & a bunch of games the other day! Can’t stop playing Super Mario Deluxe… 😂😍

[image description: photo looking down at several items laid out on a table. From left to right: gameboy games in two rows of four, two gameboy color chargers with plugs, two attachable lights, connector cables, a green gameboy color and a game case with a pokémon on the cover.]

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Otter! Did this several months ago with a ballpoint pen :)

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Can’t believe I did this almost four years ago! #tbt

[image description: drawing of an front-facing otter on white paper in black ballpoint pen. Only the otter’s face and front paws are visible, as if it is hanging on an invisible wall.]

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"I can hear the birds," she said. "Listen, Dad." Nat listened. Muffled sounds came from the windows, from the door. Wings brushing the surface, sliding, scraping, seeking a way of entry. The sound of many bodies, pressed together, shuffling on the sills. Now and again came a thud, a crash, as some bird dived and fell. "Some of them will kill themselves that way," he thought, "but not enough, never enough."

“The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier

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Song porcelain has been discovered as far south as South Africa, at excavations of the Mapungubwe kingdom. Archeologist Kris Hirst describes how trade goods excavated at Mapungubwe in South Africa’s north included, “Chinese celadon ceramics dated to the Song (1127-1279 AD), Yuan (1279-1368 AD) or early Ming (1368-1644 AD) dynasties of China were recovered from the site”. She writes that, “Reanalysis of beads and celadon pottery found at Mapungubwe and the related site of K2…suggests that some of them date to the early Ming Dynasty, suggesting that Mapungubwe cannot have been abandoned until the 14th or early 15th centuries AD, opening up the possibility that these reflect contact via the travels of the Chinese explorer Zheng He.”

Karen Williams, “The Eunuch Admiral: was Zheng He the greatest sea explorer in history?”, Media Diversified (via eastiseverywhere)