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desirewritten: Idea for tat? Hmmm … #beauty #blacklove

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:58:31 -0500

Idea for tat? Hmmm … #beauty #blacklove

misspostalot: #wedding #love #blacklove #happy #marriage...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:39:30 -0500

#wedding #love #blacklove #happy #marriage #flowers #weddingdress #lipsy #braids #gambia #blackwedding #africa #africanwedding

afro-art-chick: #Visitors, I wanted to write this open letter...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:07:11 -0500

afro-art-chick:

#Visitors,

I wanted to write this open letter to connect with u all on a personal level. I recently put together a body of work called, The Visitors Collection EP that features “Free Bird,” a song originally recorded by Southern American Rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd.

I fell in love with the lyrics and thought it would be a great song to cover. When I discovered the band’s previous connection with the confederate flag, I was even more compelled to re-record this song and give new life to it.

Music is so powerful, it’s important for artists such as myself to use our platform to make a positive impact on the world. When I first heard the lyrics in this song, I could relate to its overall message, as I too have the desire to be a “Free Bird.”

The beautiful and most riveting thing about Art is that it speaks to the individual and everyone gets something different from it.

To me, the overall message in “Free Bird” is LOVE!
Something the world needs more of!
Something we ourselves need more of!
LOVE is accepting and understanding…
It’s healing; amongst many other powerful things…essentially, it’s FREEDOM!

Through my expression of “Free Bird,” I wanted to send a visual message to break the chains of negative stereotypes, racism, poverty, war, sexism, self hatred, etc. that hold us back as a people, as a nation.

I decided to release this visual during President Barack Obama’s inauguration because the significance of this historic moment aligns with the overall theme of the song. As an artist I’ve always had a perspective and a voice and its important to me that I always be authentic to not only my fans, but myself in my expression.

We are living in perilous times and it is my strong belief that we should use our voices or whatever talents we have to be a source of inspiration…to plant strong seeds of Love and positive change and nurture those seeds so that our garden might one day be the change we all truly hope for!!!

“Free Bird” will be on my upcoming Visitors Collection EP, which is still in the works. I want to thank all my Visitors/fans for being patient with me, while encouraging and supporting this movement. You are adored and loved. I’m putting the finishing touches on my EP; I can’t wait to share it with you!

Music is a universal source of inspiration and I am truly grateful for the gift of song and the blessing I’ve been given to visit and touch all of you! From my soul to yours…

All of my love,
V
a.k.a The Visitor

Jamaica Run Tings you get me!

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:06:24 -0500

Jamaica Run Tings you get me!

grupaok: David Hammons, Flag for Universal Negro Improvement...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:04:12 -0500

grupaok:

David Hammons, Flag for Universal Negro Improvement Association, 1990 (hung outside P.S. 1, New York)

ataui

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:59:57 -0500

ataui

apri 2013 in movies → Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino). ,

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:53:18 -0500

apri

2013 in movies → Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino).

Solange 29/1/13

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:50:13 -0500

Solange 29/1/13

Solo

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:47:51 -0500

Solo

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Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:55:00 -0500

publicdescription: Love this…

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:53:15 -0500

publicdescription:

Love this…

blackpoemusic: “I would like you to know, I am a doctor of...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:50:27 -0500

blackpoemusic:

“I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.” By The Perfect Nina Simone

theeducatedfieldnegro: blackpoemusic: Sonia Sanchez book...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:49:42 -0500

theeducatedfieldnegro:

blackpoemusic:

Sonia Sanchez book jacket, 1970.

divalocity: The Beautiful Nala Diagouraga

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:48:36 -0500

divalocity:

The Beautiful Nala Diagouraga

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Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:42:58 -0500

charlestoncitypaper: Released 20 years ago, Julie Dash’s...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:39:26 -0500

charlestoncitypaper:

Released 20 years ago, Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust is a film about a Gullah-Geechee family at the turn of the 20th century. It’s also a story about women, and a story about American and human history. Dash is in town this week to celebrate the anniversary of the film, and the Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston is hosting a two-day symposium with panels, lectures, and a screening of Daughters at Hampton Park.

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Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:09:19 -0500

Pariah (Movie)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:27:44 -0500

Pariah (Movie)

SUS Starring Clint Dyer Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes Powerful,...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:20:08 -0500

SUS

Starring Clint Dyer

Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

Powerful, claustrophobic drama adaptated from the taut Barrie Keeffe play.

It is election night, 1979. After his wife has been found dead, Delroy is brought in for what he believes will be casual police questioning. However, the racist DS Karn and his violent colleague DC Whilby carry out a rough and highly confrontational interrogation in which they try to force Delroy to confess to the crime.

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Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:16:48 -0500