Tag Archives: photography
a museum
A friend once said, “Black people’s first experience with a museum is their Grandmother’s living room wall.” – Alana Marie Wow, that resonates deeply. Our grandmother’s walls were like galleries of love, history, and survival—family portraits, newspaper clippings, church fans, … Continue reading
Queens: Portraits of Black Women and their Fabulous Hair
Queens: Portraits of Black Women and their Fabulous Hair (2005, nonfiction, 199 pages) Michael Cunningham (Photographer), George Alexander. I would categorize this as a coffee table book. It is a collection of black and white photographs and narratives of Black women and … Continue reading
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks: No Excuses written by Ann Parr (2006, nonfiction, 32 pages). The book falls into the children’s book genre (in my home it falls into the coffee table book category). Parr’s book is a brief introduction into how Gord Parks became … Continue reading
Present
You were prescribed and then presented to this world exactly as God arranged it. Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new … Continue reading
Create
Instead of pressuring yourself to create something new, revisit past workthat made you feel truly alive. Remember how you came up with it, remember the joy you felt in creating it, and allow yourself to feel that progress. An easy … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 