January 2012
Nikon N80
Yesterday, I bought a Nikon N80 for $42. Can’t wait to play with film again.
WatchTED Talks // Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself
Stills // "BEND" →
Select stills from the film “BEND” © Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Footnotes →
Footnote I, II, and III
© Kameelah Janan Rasheed
December 2011
how to fly without leaving the ground: Things... →
:) — you beat me to making a list!
caitsmeissner:
If you’re going to have an audience in your head, it best be one that challenges you.
Brooklyn may not be as cool as they say, after all.
If you are folks like us, New Years is best spent with a book or a dear friend setting intentions.
Marriage is not just for old folks, as the Nina Simone…
10 Ways to Love Others →
caitsmeissner:
thelittlesea:
Some guidelines for loving:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them.
2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real relationship. Ask your real questions. Share your real beliefs. Go for your real dreams. Tell your truth.
3. Don’t...
We Have No Secrets: Call For Submissions →
Call For Submissions
Please spread this note far and wide to educators you know and love!
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Call for Submissions
Well&Often seeks poems and prose by educators for new book anthology.
Description
Well&Often, a Brooklyn-based press, seeks poetry and prose submissions for a new anthology that explores the relationship between writing and teaching. Using this specific lens, we...
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.” — Anaïs Nin
The Economist: How Luther went viral Five...
via The Economist
IT IS a familiar-sounding tale: after decades of simmering discontent a new form of media gives opponents of an authoritarian regime a way to express their views, register their solidarity and co-ordinate their actions. The protesters’ message spreads virally through social networks, making it impossible to suppress and highlighting the extent of public support for...
Tinariwen - Ya Messinagh (Album Tassili, 2011) →
Follow the Money
via Social Design Notes
The tents have been cleared from the park, but the currency of ideas still circulate. Occupy George is a lovely Occupy Wall Street intervention that visually describes disparities in U.S. wealth on a bit of the wealth itself. It’s infographics in your pocket!
If I Were A Poor Black Kid →
microaggressions:
Forbes writer Gene Marks, a white man, attempts to put himself in the shoes of lower class black youth. Check out the satirical responses by Scientific American, WNYC, and others.
The Future of This Blog is in (Your?) Hands!
wellandoftenpress:
Dear reader,
A small note to say thank you for staying in tune with us! We are currently gathering original content from amazing writers for 2012. No fear, tumblerees, we’ll continue to hit the reblog button when moved to, but we are also excited to bring you brand new content that the interweb has never seen before. If you are interested in being one of these authors to...
DEC. 20: Deadline for Submissions to Mambu Badu
We are seeking work for our second annual publication. Our first issue, Memory, garnered positive reviews for the photographers featured: Nikita Gale, Sheree Swann, Tonika Johnson, Jen Everett, Yodith Dammlash and Nkechi Ebubedike.
We are officially a year old and we invite you to submit your work for our second publication. There is no planned theme for this issue; we’re looking for collage,...
“Miss, the 9th graders took an informal poll and we have decided that your history class is the best class. You give a lot a work, but somehow it’s fun.” Thanks, E. This has been a good month of teaching. The devoured Plutarch’s “Lycurgus” in class today. Can’t wait for tomorrow’s discussion. They are already asking some spot on questions about...
Finally, I am back in the grove of creating work. Now, I’ve forgotten to eat.
Surplus, 2011 © Kameelah Janan Rasheed
I have not picked up my camera in a while, but I’ve fallen in love with my Litton Imperial typewriter. More to come.
Interview with Rion Scott
Specter Magazine: Interview with Rion Scott (Read more here)
by Kameelah Rasheed
As Rion Amilcar Scott writes in his blog’s bio, “if you happen to Google me: Yes, I did write that shitty poem and no I DID NOT write a fantasy novel called, Brigantia of the Iceni…Leave it to the internet to find someone else named Rion Scott. And leave it to the internet to make him a writer. No offense to my...
