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On suffering

theodorelawrence — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:35:56 +0000

“…I do not mean to be sentimental about suffering – enough is certainly as good as a feast – but people who cannot suffer can never grow up, can never discover who they are. That man who is forced each day to snatch his manhood, his identity, out of the fire of human cruelty that rages to destroy it knows, if he survives his effort, and even if he does not survive it, something about himself and human life that no school on earth – and, indeed, no church – can teach. He achieves his own authority, and that is unshakable. This is because, in order to save his life, he is forced to look beneath appearances, to take nothing for granted, to hear the meaning behind the words. If one is continually surviving the worst that life can bring, one eventually ceases to be controlled by a fear of what life can bring; whatever it brings must be borne. And at this level of experience one’s bitterness begins to be palatable, and hatred becomes too heavy a sack to carry… It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.”

James Baldwin, “The Fire Next Time”

from berlin

theodorelawrence — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:04:26 +0000

oh how i miss riding my velo.

via street art utopia

affirmative action bake sale, you say? hari says #*&@ you

theodorelawrence — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:16 +0000

everything

theodorelawrence — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:58:42 +0000

history via gif

theodorelawrence — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:51:32 +0000

from mikeamoe via a daily riot.

brothers

theodorelawrence — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:56:21 +0000

hilarity

theodorelawrence — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:13:30 +0000

Liveblog from the McGill occupation/sit-in/dance party/revolution

here

suspended together, by manal al dowayan

theodorelawrence — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:25:38 +0000

from the artist’s statement:

“…each dove carries on its body a permission document that allows a Saudi woman to travel. Notwithstanding their circumstances, all Saudi women are required to have this document, issued by their appointed male guardian.

The artist reached out to a large group of leading women from Saudi Arabia to donate their permission documents for inclusion in this artwork. “Suspended Together” carries the documents of award-winning scientists, educators, journalists, engineers, artists and leaders with groundbreaking achievements that gave back to their society. The youngest contributor is six months old and the oldest is 60 years old. In the artist’s words, “regardless of age and achievement, when it comes to travel, all these women are treated like a flock of suspended doves.”

via colossal

left behind but not forgotten

theodorelawrence — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:17:26 +0000

this is nice

poster by josh macphee

ciel ecchymose | sky ecchymosis

theodorelawrence — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:17:51 +0000

this exhibition at la centrale looks like it will be cool

SKY ECCHYMOSIS

as part of the series WOMEN OF THE ARCTIC

NINGEOKULUK TEEVEE, cape dorset

SHUVINAI ASHOONA, cape dorset

commissaire: stéphanie chabot, montréal

Exhibition february 10 to march 18, 2012
Opening friday, february 10, 7pm
Artist talk with Shuvinai Ashoona and screening of Ghost Noise
by Marcia Connolly saturday february 11, 3pm