Dream them dreams then man up and live them dreams, because a life without dreams is black and white, and the universe flows in technicolor and surround sound
BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇮🇱 Senator Tom Cotton has officially proposed a law that could merge Mossad and the CIA forever, with Section 622 of the Intelligence Authorization Bill making it illegal to suspend intelligence sharing with Israel.
Pre Columbian Basalt Sculpture of a Homosexual Copulating Couple (1000-1500 CE) - Costa Rica 🇨🇷
This unusual Costa Rican sculpture is of two naked males wearing flat headdresses engaging in a homosexual activity. Carved of basalt stone, the sculpture is highly stylized and created in a simple, minimal manner. The larger man stands behind, with his hands firmly holding the shoulders of the smaller man. Such pose generates the feeling of tension, more of a power play between the men than the sexual connotation. Although such scene of homosexual activity may have a certain connotation for people today, the people of Ancient Costa Rica had a quite different interpretation. Wearing little clothing was a symbol of high class for Ancient Costa Ricans because only people who worked in the fields had to wear clothing to protect their sensitive areas such as the genital area.
Costa Ricans also considered sex as the unpredictable force, which often leads to tension and destruction. Thus, sex was naturally analogized with beings of aggressive power, such as human males who were often warriors, the fighting force in their culture. Moreover, such activity had a ritualistic significance. During ceremonies, a strong, masculine warrior engaged in the sexual act with another warrior of lesser power to transfer his strength and virility.
The basalt sculpture, then, embodies more conception and symbolism than just sex itself. Looking at this sculpture, we realize that symbolism can be interpreted in a myriad of ways depending on the culture and context in question. It behooves us to look below the surface to understand the intricacies of symbol systems and their use within a given culture during a given period. It only expands our understanding of the beauty and complexity of the overall human experience and its infinite expressions.
Barakat Gallery, London
#archaeohistories
Anti-imperialist scholar and activist Walter Rodney was killed on this day in 1980.
"By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a slave master?"
This month is going so good and also so bad but I’ve had a lot of love surrounding me and that’s what’s kept me going. So if you see a stranger today, smile or wave on my behalf. They probably need it just as much as I did 🩵
SO FUCKING CRINGE 🇮🇱🤡
An Israeli diplomat completely lost it on live TV after accusing a journalist in India of wearing a dress resembling the Palestinian flag colours.
The journalist destroyed him.
Today we pay tribute to a great scholar and Pan African scholar Dr. Walter Rodney. He was assassinated June 13, 1980 in Georgetown Guyana.. There are many believe the government was behind it.. because there was afraid of him and his movement. His book how Europe on the develop of Africa must be read.
SPIDER-MAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (1994–1998). One of the defining superhero cartoons of the ’90s, and that intro still goes unbelievably hard. The theme song, the visuals, the energy, it immediately let you know Spider-Man was about to have a very bad day.
The other day somebody said Bobby Brown’s vocal peak was on the Home Again album. Listening to it again I have to agree.
As great as his career is, how much better could it have been?