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“Only appearances signify in visual art. At least this is what I am told, that the painter's work is an invention in the boundless space that begins at the edges of his picture.The surface, the paper or the canvas, is not the work of art, but where the work lives, a place to keep the picture, the aint, the idea But a chair, a chair is its space is its own canvas, occupies space properly. The canvas occupies spaces and the picture occupies canvas, while the chairs a work, fills space the space itself”
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“guilt made for poor cologne”
― Erasure
― Erasure
“if a new beginning is really new. it will be like a crisis. Any real change should make you feel, at first, afraid. if you are not afraid of it, then it’s not real change.”
― The Nix
― The Nix
“Nothing Joins a man to the earth more completely than an umbilical arc of jot yellow urine. For a Short while there is only that single sensation of letting go, until it's time to shake off the drops. "
The Promise
Damon Galgut”
― The Promise
The Promise
Damon Galgut”
― The Promise
“All these words from the seller, but not one word from the sold. The Kings and Captains whose words moved ships. But not one word from the cargo. The thoughts of the “black ivory,” the “coin of Africa,” had no market value. Africa’s ambassadors to the New World have come and worked and died, and left their spoor, but no recorded thought.”
― Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
― Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Diversity in All Forms!
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This book club will engage participants on a variety of culturally relevant topics that have included (but are not limited to): ethnicity/race, countr ...more
Latin America
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For those interested in Latin American history and current affairs
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