Paris Chanel

nyc | fine-art 📷. bookworm. writer. violinist. cinephile | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

[sarahs-delights]

[smokefalls]

Hold fast to your oars, hoist the sails to the wind, read the pictures in the stars, look beyond the horizon to that which you can’t see but dimly sense in your future: the curving inlet, the sandy beach. Know that even those calm waters may harbor boulders, craggy rocks intent on rending the bottom of your boat; that when you land, you may find your legs too weak to walk well, still shaky from the sea, and that the soil may have its own perils. But know that this is life. And also know that the fruit on the trees is sweet, and warm to the mouth, as is life as well. Persist. Be patient. Be well.

Jesmyn Ward, Navigate Your Stars

[moneeb0930]

What an awesome photo of actresses Lynn Whitfield, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Vanessa Williams and Jasmine Guy from the movie, Stompin' at the Savoy.

[leahgardner-art]

Snow and traffic on Chicago’s Lakeshore Drive

[ilydlls]

[yamakucci]

Crooklyn (Spike Lee, 1994)

[daddiesprettygirrl]

My favorite movie 🍿

[writingwithfolklore]

It's Okay Your Writing Isn't Like So-and-So's

Here's five reasons why:

1. Published work has teams of people behind it

Traditional (and even lots of indie) published work has not just the writer’s drafts behind it, but drafts that have been through professional editors, agents, beta readers, etc. etc. etc. They say writing is a solitary career, but there are tons of people behind every published work to make it better.

2. Every style is different and valid

Yours might not look exactly like other people’s work. That’s because everyone has their own voice in writing, and that’s what makes every writer individual, and every story worth reading.

3. You’re the only person who can write your story

Style, your ideas, your characters, and every other detail in your story is built off your all your little life experiences and interests. It will look different for every person even if you all tried writing the same idea.

4. Everyone has different skills and experience levels

You may be really great at dialogue, while someone else may be really good at action. Everyone has different skills and areas they’re better or worse at. It’s okay.

5. People will love it anyway

You’ve probably heard of the cake saying? Someone else makes a beautiful cake, you make a just okay cake, but the person that comes along to eat them is just excited there’s two cakes.

                People just want more content. They will read the same content over and over again. They will love it anyway.

Anyone have anything to add?

[perfectquote]

“Be the love you never received.”

— Rune Cazuli

[just-your-average-shiz-student]

Ease On Down the Road!

[scorpionlafemme]

[04k96]

[mahoganymamii]

[enjooy-liife]

[positive-pumpkin]

If this is the sign you're looking for, please

stay alive

stay safe

Drink some water

eat something

get back into the things you love

Unclench your jaw

do some self-care

Take a shower or bath

Take your med(s)

[thechanelmuse]

The Old West - 1 in 4 cowboys were Black in the 1800s. 

White men referred to themselves as cattlemen, whereas Black men (and Black women) solely were called cowboys, which was a derogatory word. Hence “boy” instead of “man,” and other negative things they grouped with it for the formerly enslaved in the United States.

A cattleman is a person who owns cattle while a cowboy is a person who herds and tends to the damn cattle. The epitome of a hard worker…which is why that shit was bulldozed and scooped up for their initial signature imagery in Hollywood.

Then Black Americans just vibing out, unknowingly made yet another new style of music later referred to as country music, which blended Negro spirituals, the blues and jazz paired with the banjo, and white men decided to merge the two as their own: cowboys + country music. That’s another topic.

Our cowboy/cowboy tradition is solidified in Black American culture all across the country where we exist, regardless if we’re finally heavily depicted as such in pop culture or not. That ain’t never letting up.

Some in the photoset ranging from the late-1800s to the early 1900s: Bill Pickett, Stagecoach Mary, Jesse Stahl, Bass Reeves, Nat Love, Isom Dart, James Beckwourth

[1gmoney]

Wherever you’re headed I hope u get there safe

[likemonalisa]

Sade, 1992