The Mekons - “Only Darkness Has The Power”

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georgia o’keeffe up top

georgia o’keeffe up top

postcards of local courthouses i found. Dallas, Dallas, and Denton respectively.

postcards of local courthouses i found. Dallas, Dallas, and Denton respectively.

John Berger reading an extract from “Mural” by Mahmoud Darwish

still my favorite youtube video.

I See my Ghost
Coming from a Distance
Mahmoud Darwish


I look out like a balcony on what I want
I look out on my friends carrying the evening mail
wine and bread
novels and records…

I look out on a sea gull and on the trucks of soldiers
changing the trees of this place

I look out on the dog of my neighbor who emigrated
from Canada a year and a half ago…

I look out on the name Abu al-Tayyib al-Mutanabbi
who traveled from Tiberius to Egypt
on the horse of song

I look out on the Persian rose that rises up
over the iron fence

I look out like a balcony on what I want

I look out on the trees that guard the night from itself
and guard the sleep of those who want me dead…

I look out on the wind searching for its homeland
in itself…

I look out on a woman sunbathing within herself…

I look out over the procession of ancient prophets 
climbing barefoot to Jerusalem
I ask: Is there a new prophet
for this new time?

I look out like a balcony on what I want

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Woody Guthrie - “Mean Talking Blues”

Woody Guthrie, from Woody Guthrie Artworks

Woody Guthrie, from Woody Guthrie Artworks

Woody Guthrie, from Woody Guthrie Artworks

Woody Guthrie, from Woody Guthrie Artworks

Woody Guthrie, from Woody Guthrie Artworks

Woody Guthrie, from Woody Guthrie Artworks

Woody Guthrie, from Woody Guthrie Artworks

Woody Guthrie, from Woody Guthrie Artworks

Woody Guthrie, from Woody Guthrie Artworks

Woody Guthrie, from Woody Guthrie Artworks

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clippings i found in an old book of picasso prints

clippings i found in an old book of picasso prints