June 2013
“They made us think that Africa was a land of jungles, a land of animals, a land of cannibals and savages…they were so successful in projecting this negative image of Africa, those of us here in the West of African ancestry, the Afro-American, we looked upon Africa as a hateful place…Why? Because those who oppress know that you can’t make a person hate the root without making them hate the tree. You can’t hate your own and not end up hating yourself. And since we all originated in Africa, you can’t make us hate Africa without making us hate ourselves…And what was the result? They ended up with 22 million Black people here in America who hated everything about us that was African.”
—Malcolm X (via 7lettersofglori)
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
—Jack London (via jannnnnet)
“So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (via ikilledjackjohnson)
“You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.”
—Joan Miró (via laflaneuse8)
Young and Beautiful [jazz version]
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful [jazz version]
I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS
La retenue
PAIN-NOIR
this is such a beautiful song
“I want to talk to everybody I can as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night.”
—Sylvia Plath (via perfect)
