"Folklore is of particular importance to minority groups...because their basic
sense of identity is expressed in a language with an 'unofficial' status,
different from the one used by the official culture..."

Americo Paredes

"I want to feel connected, I want to feel a passion other than seething anger or utter sorrow. I want to meet wet lips with my own and hold our faces close, so that I know I'm still breathing. I want to use every part of my body in bed so that I know my muscles haven't been paralyzed by fear. I want someone to lay their head on my chest ( Read more... )

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went for lunch with one of my mom's 4 bridesmaids (who she met her sophomore year of high school and apparently still keeps in touch with). we ate at a vegetarian/vegan gourmet restaurant and i had the most fucking amazing raspberry chocolate truffle lava cake, oh my was that ever lovely! then we went to asian art museum and toured every part of ( Read more... )

"Dance, when you're broken open.
Dance, if you've torn the bandage off.
Dance in the middle of the fighting.
Dance in your blood.
Dance, when you're perfectly free."

"love is the religion, the universe its book" --Rumi ( Read more... )

"What Will Go Unsaid ( Read more... )

in trying to figure out how much of dancing at clubs is overtly sexual & how much is self-expression and where and how the two overlap, i've found that i have more questions than answers and wanted to start a dialog. i posted this bulletin on myspace because i felt violated again after going out on thursday night ( Read more... )

i've been wearing granpa's brazilian leather sandals in the heat cuz they absorb the air-conditioning of work and keep my feet cool when out and about in the 108 degree heat that congeals my blood and slows my body down, glurg glurg ( Read more... )

sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.