I found this quote from the Notes from Nowhere collective ( Read more... )

The sheer number of people struggling to survice on the streets, in the washes, or in temporary shelters can be overwhelming: on any given night in Arizona, 21,993 people are estimated to be homeless; childern make up approximately 40% of the homeless; one third of Arizonans are poor or working poor. In the last four years, we have seen these ( Read more... )

this was the prose poem i found as a sophomore in high school that really woke up my poetic senses for the first time that i can remember ( Read more... )

what your arts educators have taught you and the kinds of art you've been exposed to outside of your formalized education. my parents were always bringing me around native american museums, pow wows, indian craft markets and buying art from natives so it makes sense to me that all my doodles that appear unconsciously on pads of paper and pant legs ( Read more... )

i've been thinking about the people i've talked to who've spent time in juvenile detention centers, jail and prison ( Read more... )

in regard to shock therapy treatment for schizophrenia sometime around 1950 ( Read more... )

1st draft ( Read more... )

When you say you love me a series of changes begin to occur. First there is a warmth. The warmth generates heat. The heat permeates the cold. The ice melts. Limbs and branches are thawed. Blood circulates. A feeling of comfort prevades ( Read more... )

i forget to tell tom he has to visit monte alban (with an accent over the second a) when he's in oaxaca because it was my favorite spot and this is why ( Read more... )

"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more ( Read more... )