Inese

“The alternative to appropriation is a world in which artists only reference their own cultures."

"That's an oversimplification of the issue."

"The alternative to appropriation is a world where white European people make art about white European people with only white European references in it. Swap African or Asian or Latin or whatever culture you want for European. A world where everyone is blind and deaf to any culture or experience that is not their own. I hate that world don't you? I'm terrified of that world and I don't want to live in a that world, and as a mixed race person, I literally don't exist in it. My dad, who I barely knew, was Jewish. My mom was an American-born Korean. I was raised by Korean immigrant grandparents in Korea Town Los Angeles and as any mixed race person will tell you-- to be half of two things is to be whole of nothing.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“Ir jābūt tādai vietai, kurā tu atnāc rūpju pilns un pēkšņi - sirds iesāpas no skaistuma...”
― Imants Ziedonis

“Es tevi gribu
Cik labi, ar tevi var neizlikties,
Es tikai ar tevi gribu tikties,
Es gribu, lai tikai tu manī skaties, -
Kad tu manī skaties, es esmu patiess.
Kad tu manī skaties, es esmu patiess,
Mūsu dzīvē vēl simtiem vilcienu aties
Un tūkstošiem jūdžu būs jāiet vēl kājām
Un varbūt bez ūdens, bez sāls un bez mājām.
Bez ceļa, bez ūdens, bez sāls un bez mājām
Man liekas, mēs tūkstošiem jūdžu jau gājām.
Tavs skatiens bij traks, un tavs skatiens bij prātīgs,
Tavs augums kā rudzu maize bij sātīgs.
Tavs augums kā rudzu maize ir sātīgs,
Ta zeme, ko min tavas kājas, man patiks,
Pat sviedriem un asinīm saindēta
Tā zeme, ko min tavas kājas, būs svēta.
Šī zeme, ko min tavas kājas būs svēta.
Balti ķirši un sarkanas rozes zied sētā.
Kā laiku un telpu, un bezgalību
Es tevi gribu.”
― Imants Ziedonis, Kā laiku un telpu, un bezgalību..

“Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.”
― Graham Greene