listen to the sky

sing to the moons, star / fill the noise with space

[pulsarbeats]

dancing on the astral plane in holy water cleansing rain floating through the stratosphere blind, but yet you see so clear

[pulsarbeats]

[hyperallergic]

For the past four years, journalist Victoria Lautman has been photographing an overlooked feature of Indian architectural history: the stepwell. From between the 2nd and 4th centuries CE until the time of the British Raj rule in the 19th century, stepwells functioned as year-round water repositories in a climate marked by episodic drought and heavy rain.

The Marvels of India’s Maze-like Stepwells

[jamiejourneys]

Amid bullets, Arab women reclaim identity

In her project “Bullets Revisited,” Lalla Essaydi uses bullet casings to decorate her sets as well as the clothes worn by the models. On the models, Essaydi uses Arabic calligraphy written with henna, a sacred element in the life of a woman from Arab countries. Essaydi has projected violence on her work as violence escalates in the Middle East. “These bullets…maybe they were used to harm somebody,” she said. 

Full spread here and Lalla’s website here.

[pulsarbeats]

Kendrick Lamar on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Featuring a medley of songs from 'To Pimp a Butterfly"

[strandbooks]

Poster by Studio Strand

[theijeoma-deactivated20180827]

We all have distinct voices and stories. It is in our best interest to be bold enough to own our journeys, our triumphs and our joys. The noise that so many listen to ruin their own voice and power. It is really that simple.

[pulsarbeats]

yaaaaaaaas elastic heart (sia cover) // fka twigs

[pulsarbeats]

I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless, robots who protect them and their property.

Assata Shakur

happy bday, assata. (h/t redfeminist)

[misswallflower]

Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then we love a human being, not our dream, but a human being with flaws.

Anaïs Nin  (via thatkindofwoman)

this.

[darksilenceinsuburbia]

[pulsarbeats]

from the soft tissue series by yaya chou

especially like the first (”News from Suomi) and the last one (“News from Suomi II").

[soupmagazine]

[urbanartlab]

Creative with writing by LoveWasHere in Culver City

[pulsarbeats]

always. <3

[pulsarbeats]

swords // M.I.A.

[pulsarbeats]

it’s ok to let it grow

let it grow / into everything

// maximum balloon (feat karen o & tunde adebimpe) - let it grow

[pulsarbeats]

#Repost @nayyirah.waheed ・・・ from salt. by nayyirah waheed.

[thegetty]

Lilacs, all-chroma autochrome by the Lumière Brothers from about 1898.