Vanessa Daou

Artist, Researcher, Islandgyal. “Daou's mesmerizing, Billie Holiday-like vocals strike an exquisite balance between pop and jazz,” TIME

[Vanessa Daou @vanessadaou]

Many universities are now requiring Med students to take art classes as part of their training. Arts teach us empathy, improve observation, cognitive flexibility, reduce stress, alleviate pain, allow us to dream and imagine. The arts are essential to our survival. @LindseyBoylan

[hyperallergic @hyperallergic]

NYC Mayor Eric Adams slashes school funding by over $200 million, jeopardizing art departments across the city.
https://t.co/H2PqguMaXC

[Vanessa Daou @vanessadaou]

https://t.co/K9E7S1K42t

[Jennifer 🟥🔴🧙‍♀️🦉🐈‍⬛ 🦖 @babybeginner]

OOH!! I love this!! Watch these two hear The Chain by Fleetwood Mac for the first time!!

I’ve heard this song a million times and watching their reaction made it new for me all over again!!

I’m smiling from ear to ear!

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

John Coltrane’s handwritten outline for “A Love Supreme”

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) 🪬 @DoctorVive]

some of the best #climate writing I've ever read, by @ClimateHuman

please read it (link in first reply) and share it with everyone you know

[Kazuko M. @EstherHawdon]

"things just happen
things really just happen -
end of the year" Basho Matsuo

(images: Shunman Kubo/ Harunobu Suzuki)

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

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[Positive Side of 𝕏 @positivesideofx]

This little creature has been on Earth before 🤗

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Musician playing a saxophone he made from PVC pipes.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

The Ohio Players - Fire

Caution ⚠️
This is straight funk. Please warm up with lesser funk before watching…

[Ricky Davila @TheRickyDavila]

There goes Leader Hakeem Jeffries with another truth bomb. Couldn’t agree more.

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

What's moving in the public domain in the US on January 1? Check out this new list curated by Duke Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain!
👉 https://t.co/yWcTMbuJqE

And then ⬇️

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Niels Bohr on Quantum theory 💭

[Billie Holiday @BillieHolidayHQ]

Ring in the holiday season with classics by our beloved #LadyDay! Featuring tracks like “God Bless The Child” and “Ain’t Misbehavin,’” — queue up the playlist & listen to MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH BILLIE HOLIDAY now! ⬇️ https://t.co/IwEtqg1YfR

[Jacklena Bentley @JacklenaB]

Bullies.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Erykah Badu ❤️

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“The use of music is to remind us how short a time we have a body.”

Wonderful read on the power of song https://t.co/YyeLzJ0Ub3

[NOAA Climate.gov @NOAAClimate]

According to the Arctic Report Card, the Arctic tundra has shifted from a carbon sink, which it has been for a millennia, into a carbon dioxide source, while also remaining a methane source.

More: https://t.co/HcdYwIDLkS

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[DJ @TheRealDeejayyy]

I got a chance to interview Nikki Giovanni in 2020 and her words will last with me forever. Rest in Power 🙏🏽

[Nneka M. Okona 🇳🇬 @afrosypaella]

Nikki Giovanni's butter fried chicken via @nytimes in 2000.

[The Art Newspaper @TheArtNewspaper]

Art Institute of Chicago tackles Pan-African art’s nuances–A new exhibition explores the complexities of Pan-African identity and celebrates Black liberation movements

https://t.co/rTaUIfn2W6