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We jellyfish are masters of the art of subtlety. When we hunt, we simply wait for our supper to come to us. Our energy is expended on arriving in the right place at the right time. Preparation and planning is the key. Gauging the movements of the currents, smelling the morsels on the waves… We find the right position, and our unfortunate prey finds us there, ready to strike. And of course, being exactly where we need to be, we have no need to pounce or use overwhelming force. Other predators employ a variety of more aggressive strategies for survival, but we believe that ours is the best. Ironic that a creature with no apparent capacity for thought should be the most clever. Ironic, but not entirely surprising, as so often thought stands in the way of instinct. And instinct is a superior guide in the game of life. Sun Tzu says, "supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." If you wish to succeed in your endeavours, be like the jellyfish. Be ready and in position, and make your move when the moment comes. Back for another round on the jellyfish playlist, this time with a new twist courtesy of AK Rockefeller, is Big Inf's Strike Gently featuring UFO Fev. #akrockefeller #biginf #ufofev #djbiginf #newindustry #strikegently #hiphop #hiphopmusic #hiphopbeats #rap #rapmusic #rappers #rapper #edm #electronicmusic #bassmusic #trap #trapmusic #remix #nyc #bronx #nyhiphop #bronxhiphop #newyorkcity #spotify #spotifyplaylist #playlist #musicto #jellyfish https://www.instagram.com/p/BqwTP0eATtC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1536kvoslln32

New Review of invisible-i-am!

‘invisible-i-am’ is a book in the form of a teenage girl’s journal, a personal testimony that illustrates, with piercing clarity and uncanny empathy, the destructive effects of bullying on a young person’s psyche.

The book itself is the centerpiece of a larger multimedia enterprise that spans and inhabits the now very familiar social media spaces (a tumblr blog, a twitteraccount, a youtube channel, a facebook page) which have become the mechanism by which the kind of bullying attacks its protagonist is subjected to are carried out.

It’s a masterful modern take on a classic, and quintessentially American, coming-of-age teenage drama.

Through the 16-year-old Gregg Davis’ eyes we journey through the ugly side of teenage American life, exploring those facets that all too often are happily overlooked – unless being exploited, for the shits and giggles of the ravenous, gawking, finger-pointing and pop-culture-obsessed mob we have gleefully become – from public humiliation & personal betrayal to self-loathing & sexual violence, the confused inner life of a confused American teenage girl – in the (very public) fight of/for her very young life – is transformed, by the words and art of Harriet Showman, into stepping stones to secure a radical-scopic vantage of our society’s greater betrayals & humiliations – the big ones that make the littler personal ones even possible – namely, the racial & class discriminations & divisions feeding into historical systems of oppression and informing every aspect of our current way of life and limiting our integrity, well-being and potential, collectively and as individuals.

Showman’s portrayal of protagonist Gregg Davis’ – warts-and-all – life and opinions is fully-realized and utterly convincing. Anyone who lived life as an American teenager in the late-20th/early-21st century will instantly recognize themselves in it. This is what it’s like. To paraphrase poet Wallace Stevens, “invisible-i-am” is Not Ideas About the Thing but the Thing Itself.

- AK Rockefeller