RACE/POLITICS

Weaponizing Antisemitism

  Oh, to be ‘anti-Jew’,      who of you  even operates like that? Trauma, historically induced paranoia, We feel for you, and dread repeats of the Holocaust…       We do, so much we now erect canopies of Protest for Palestine,            In tents…    Encampments          all around,      equipped with […]

ART/FASHION LITERATURE/TRAVEL

OSSWALD Parfumerie: A veritable Library of Aromatic Elixirs

“You’re a NOSE” “No you are!” To be complimented as such denotes Ability Proclivity Untimely Sensitivity to smell: the ability to compose and identify fragrances to the point of affecting Memory: A Universal Language Spanning the globe in terms of fragrance archives, so meticulously curated and shelved, it’s no wonder Osswald Perfumery invites exquisite photography, […]

ART/FASHION RACE/POLITICS

Wagging Tails & Stunning Gals: Funari’s Couture Pet Fashion Show

ChanceTV & FUNARI took over Central Park  with stunning fashions for humans & tail waggers alike. This unforgettable experience, combined unique pet fashions & incredibly adorable four-legged models.  FUNARI was started by designer & fashion consultant, Janelle Funari, when she could not find any stylish pet clothing to fit her curvy French Bulldog Maxine.  After […]

ART/FASHION

“Lumière” by Indira Cesarine: A Spiral-derived Digital Art Presentation

The multitalented Indira Cesarine relishes the spiral. Her newest series of animated photographic light paintings employing this ancient symbol constitute the “Lumière” Series.  Logarithmic and equiangular, the curve repeats scales and is thus considered fractal. I had the pleasure of witnessing the phygital  presentation (pairing digital artwork with physical works) at The Untitled Space gallery […]

ART/FASHION

Who’s On The Set of ChanceTV?

Playing by Haart’s Rules: Revolutionary Fashion Journey of Julia Haart Julia & Chance are genuine friends. How do I know? By the, “I know you’re full of it”, look she gave Chance more than once. When you hear, “exceptional creativity, innovative thinking, & promoting empowerment across television, beauty, fashion, & politics” you think Julia Haart, […]

RACE/POLITICS

A PLEA to the occupier

“Poetry and beauty are always making peace.  When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.”   — Mahmoud Darwish   Palestine Resistance has exposed Colonialism. Refusing to leave, and willing to die, we long proper burials in our own earth that you brutally deny…   Why strip us of this right to sanctify […]

LITERATURE/TRAVEL RACE/POLITICS

VAMIRIC ENMITY: War Poem

Hearts drained of red blood, Sheaths of warmth, love, and sanctity  torn viciously like the formal contracts        binding humanity.   Innocence bewails,  as mothers’ babies are stolen away, like the basic right to hydrate,       eat and dignity.   Crimson that ribboned Israel’s pleasant Saturday,  Anchors Palestinians every day,       in captivity   being […]