Awakened Thought of a Future Renaissance Man

"Once you wake up thought in a man, you can never put it to sleep again." -Zora Neale Hurston

[feelingsoftheday]

it’s crazy how peaceful life becomes when you raise the bar on who has access to you.

[renaissanceman1986]

Alicia Keys - Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise)

Still love this song.

[onefootin1941]

30th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA, USA (1933)

[renaissanceman1986]

One of my fav places

[fyblackwomenart]

Brett Ciacco

This artist was on tumbler but he deleted his site

[renaissanceman1986]

I hate when I can't see Archive view of a Tumblr. It's like let me go down the rabbit hole in peace.

[renaissanceman1986]

Me: Are you a little leprachaun?

Grandgoddaughter: I'm not no leprachaun.

Me: Oops sorry you're an elf.

[renaissanceman1986]

My reply: You were over there being an FTP “Fucking Tree Person”

🎄

[renaissanceman1986]

Riding home from the airport at like 12:15am someone had their dogs just parked outside the bar. You couldn't leave them at home while you went to the bar?

[atoubaa]

From “Women” (Baltimore, 1970s) by Steven Cuffie

[renaissanceman1986]

Summer 2023

[renaissanceman1986]

Summer 2022

[xo-tough-love-xo]

A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN (2021) dir. Denzel Washington

[renaissanceman1986]

Loving this movie.

[renaissanceman1986]

Most Beautiful / So In Love (feat. Chandler Moore) - Maverick City Music...

[renaissanceman1986]

So my friend Joi gave me this table when she moved. I love it so much! Since she is an author I decided it would be ‘The Table of Friends’ a place of honor for any books written by any of my friends.

[renaissanceman1986]

There is only so much you can chalk up to coincidence. I believe in the eventuality of things.

- From Tayari Jones’ ‘Silver Sparrow’

[renaissanceman1986]

Convenience, habit, comfort, obligation —these are all things that wear the same clothing as love sometimes.

Tayari Jones ‘An American Marriage’

[renaissanceman1986]

“I’m not going to always get everything right. That’s not my job as an artist to be perfect. It’s not. It’s my job to be broken and to write through it. That’s my job.” - Lena Waithe as she discussed her career and her new show ‘The Chi’ which airs on Showtime.