#10002 and counting

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10000 posts!

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Fanfic - Landoscar - Take me home, to the place I belong

Take me home, to the place I belong (10002 words) by Aeris444 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Formula 1 RPF Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lando Norris/Oscar Piastri, Oscar Piastri/Lily Zneimer, Ann Neal/Mark Webber Characters: Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Lily Zneimer, Ann Neal, Mark Webber, Logan Sargeant Additional Tags: Getting Together, Break Up, (not between Lando and Oscar), Happy Ending, Self-Discovery, Coming Out, Teen Crush, Flirting, Not Actually Unrequited Love Summary: Mai 2019 Oscar likes the post. It’s nothing really special, just Lando walking in the paddock in Monaco. And still, he spends way too much time looking at him. He envies Lando and wishes that he’ll be able to walk around the paddock as an F1 driver, too, one day. Soon. April 2020 Lando becomes like a long-distance friend… Just that it’s mostly one-sided. Oscar even ends up answering his tweets… Lando never acknowledges him, though. And that should probably not be as disappointing as it is. 2022 His dream finally comes true on the 2nd of August. A phone call from Zak, another one from Mark, lots of emails, and a hastily recorded message with Lily holding the camera and making gestures for him to smile more. It’s a blur, it’s not how he imagined it but it’s the result that counts. He will be a Formula 1 driver… *** Oscar and Lando's paths are parallel… Until they collide.

[msb-lair]

Clutch #3758 - Vida/Savir

Mated On: 2024-11-08 # of eggs: 5 Hatched On: 2024-11-13

Progeny:

Hatchling 9998 - Aberration Female, Slate Falcon/Spring Safari/Twilight Mucous, Uncommon

Hatchling 9999 - Aberration Male, Ginger Falcon/Radioactive Safari/Banana Mucous, Dark

Hatchling 10000 - Aberration Male, Stone Savannah/Radioactive Peregrine/Cerulean Polypore, Common

Hatchling 10001 - Aberration Female, Beige Falcon/Chartreuse Safari/Cyan Mucous, Dark

Hatchling 10002 - Aberration Male, Tarnish Savannah/Spring Safari/Amethyst Polypore, Uncommon

Comments: My 10,000th dragon hatchling! Allowing for 10+ years of mistakes in the numbering, anyway, some of which I caught and fixed, and possibly others of which I missed. Does include guest clutches (other people's in my lair, and mine in other lairs) but does not count opening eggs from events, Galore, and gathering.

Probably keeping him and, given the new breed just out, turning him into an Everlux.

May discontinue doing daily clutches moving forward, and switch over to "start a nest only when I feel like it"; 10+ years is a long time to play a game.

[somescenecatholic]

ALL TUMBLR PPL PLEASE REPOST THIS ANYWHERE U CAN! THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE PROTESTS ABT THIS BC IT'S PRIDE! This can't go on for any longer. TW: p0l1c3, h0m0ph0b14, tr4nsph0b14

Qween Jean, a Black and Trans community leader was arrested at a PEACEFUL march for Trans Liberation on May 31st, 2023. AS SOON AS THEY GOT THERE there was lots of police and they arrested Qween Jean. I'm not sure if she's out yet as I can't find info on tht. On instagram it says to bail support at 7th precinct 191/2 Pitt St, New York, NY, 10002

This can't keep happening, there needs to be nationwide peaceful protests abt this!! Demonstrations need to be everywhere!!!! IT HAS BEEN 53 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST PRIDE PROTEST! I say protest bc PRIDE STARTED AS A PROTEST! It can ONLY be a parade when we truly get our rights. We can't celebrate until we see our victory. Like, our victory is in the bag bc good ALWAYS wins but we need to take ACTION!

ALSO, ANOTHER THING! NOTE HOW WHEN THE NYPD GOT KICKED OUTTA PRIDE, THEY STARTED ARRESTING AND STUFF! If they actually cared they would let this go on. They would actually do smth and hold their own protests for police brutality and etc to stop. Ik there are good police out there who are actually helping out the communities but lets be honest, the system is screwed up. There is far too much corruption. You KNOW it's bad when even little kids are scared of the police! No, not bc they may look intimidating. But because they are literally scared for their life. Same thing with guns. I was walking home from the bus stop when I was in like 6th or 7th (i forgot) and I thought I saw a gun in someone's car tht was parked in front of me and I was scared to the bone. Thankfully it wasn't a gun, it was smth else.

Anyways I'm getting kinda off topic. But yk what I mean right? (if u got any questions, do ask, my dm's and comments are always open! ^w^)

I'm just so sick tht the stuff tht should be in HISTORY BOOKS is happening right in front of my eyes. Like there have been sm protests and stuff against this for FAR, FAR longer than I have been alive!!! (Ik im only 16 but still this is a srs outrage)

It srsly sucks that this is the world I gotta grow up in.

SO THAT'S WHY WE GOTTA CHANGE IT!

Any action u do can help the world change fod the better. Never miss an opportunity to do good! (big or "small")

SOOO! If u can, go to a local protest! Try to put ur community first, yk? Also, reblog this post and spread awareness about these kinda issues. I'd love to go to a protest buttt I do not have supportive parents and I don't have a car. ALSO, remember tht every act of kindness counts. And dont just keep it to ur friends. Support good local businesses, give compliments to everyone u meet, cheer ppl up, listen to others, donate to GOOD, TRUSTWORTHY charities, do NOT give canned food to food banks bc they need actual food, so give them money, and give homeless ppl money too yk? Ppl are like "WHAT IF THEY SPEND IT ON DRUGS AND STUFF?" Well ofc yea tht's a possibility but who says they won't spend it on what they need? Yk? Basically be a good person, support queer ppl and poc ppl, etc. The world needs sm more kindness. People say "HAH friendship, love, and kindness is such a simple concept tht's not needed". The fact tht it's simple says everything. If we had more of tht, all these issues would cease to exist.

Also, another thing:

PROTEST SAFETY RULES!!

Take water and stay hydrated! If someone doesn't have water and u have some to spare, waterfall it.

Keep face masks and switch your phone to airplane mode. This is a surveillance country. They know how to find you. And if u take pics, make sure tht ur location is extremely hard to pinpoint.

If a police officer arrests u, know ur miranda rights and STAY SILENT AND BE CALM! They will use what they can to take it against u. You have to think a stairway ahead of them. They can't say anything if u don't say anything! And justice will be served so dw, God's with you. Also, yes u can say ur manners like thank you and excuse me.

Again, please repost this everywhere u can.

Remember,God loves u ALL, no ifs ands or buts. ACAB and love is love. Trans rights are HUMAN RIGHTS!!!!!

You matter and the right to speak and protest is a human right. This is our world and we have the power to change it!

(also please tell me if I got anything wrong in this post)

[soopersara]

NaNoWriMo 2023

Day 6: Words written: 3021 (13725 total) Goal: 1667 (10002 total)

Milestones: Finished drafting Chapter 25 of I&S!

Sneak peek below the cut:

“When did all of this happen?” Aang asked, sounding almost frantic as Sokka fiddled with the lock. There didn’t appear to be any keys hidden in the guard’s pockets, and while Katara could certainly use what little water she had to cut through the lock, it would probably be both faster and quieter if Sokka could manage to pick it open instead.

“The steel cells?” Bumi said. “Oh, I think that was done long before our time, Aang. I’ve heard that my ancestors used wood to insulate against any unwanted earthbending, but the trouble with wood is that anyone with a stick and enough determination can start a fire. Not to mention the mold when we get an especially rainy year.”

“No, I mean when did the Fire Nation take over Omashu? And how did they do it? You’re the best earthbender in the world. I’m sure you could have stopped them.”

Bumi chuckled. “Best in the world. Aang, you flatter me, but I haven’t had that kind of ego since I was ninety. Most experienced, sure. But once you run out of fingers and toes to count your own great-grandchildren and their children, it’s hard to consider yourself the best at anything at all.” Though his face could barely poke out of the little grated window, he managed to cock his head slightly to the side as though in thought. “I think they’ve been here about a month. Very friendly people, most of them.”

“And how?”

“And how,” Bumi agreed, then after a few moments of silence, he chuckled again. “Oh! That was a question, wasn’t it?”

“Yes, Bumi. I want to know how they took over the city.”

Again, Bumi paused, apparently deep in thought. “Well, I let them, of course. But who’s really in charge when one person hands over power to another?”

[kyliafanfiction]

Word Count 11-6-22

3618 words. More than two NaNo days. Would have liked more, but I finished a whole chapter today, so I’ll take it. 

[anthony-rubio]

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Artist News | December Part II

In this holiday season, treat yourself with works by NYFA Affiliated Artists!

Whether you'll be enjoying the snow in New York or the sun in Florida, you can count on NYFA Affiliated Artists to provide you with an end of year full of art. Will you be attending any of the exhibitions, performances, or screenings listed below? Make sure to tag us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using the handle @nyfacurrent.

Things to do & see in NYC:

Liliana Porter (Fellow in Graphics ’85, Film ’99) Ana Tiscornia (Fellow in Photography ’04) Accomplices features a rare collection of collaborative works by Porter and Tiscornia. When: Now through December 22, 2017 Where: Johannes Vogt Gallery, 55 Chrystie Street, Suite 202,  New York, NY 10002

Debi Cornwall (Sponsored Project) Debi Cornwall’s solo exhibition on Guantanamo and its global diaspora, Debi Cornwall: Welcome to Camp America, is now on view at Steven Kasher Gallery. When: Now through December 22, 2017 Where: Steven Kasher Gallery, 515 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001

Amy Brener (Fellow in Crafts/Sculpture ’14) Come see Bener’s sculptures in the two-person show at 315 Gallery. When: Now through December 22, 2017 Where: 315 Gallery, 312 Livingston Street, Second Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Sharon Lawless (Fellow in Painting ’90) Reusable is a solo exhibition of mixed-media collages and sculptures composed of both found and purchased materials. When: Now through December 22, 2017 Where: Robert Henry Contemporary, 56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Michele Brody (Fellow in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ’00) Esperanza Cortes (Fellow in Sculpture ’95) Shaun Leonardo (Fellow in Painting ’08) Jessica Segall (Fellow in Crafts/Sculpture ’14) Seldon Yuan (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work ’15) There is still time to see the group show, Uproot, which presents the work of artists who have been urgently engaging with the current state of affairs since the 2016 presidential election. When: Now through December 31, 2017 Where: Smack Mellon, 92 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Dread Scott (Fellow in Sculpture ’01, Performance ’05, Interdisciplinary ’12) You can still see Scott’s work in Amplify: Advancing the Front Lines of Social Justice, a public art and design initiative partnering artists and designers. When: Now through January 7, 2018 Where: Museum of Arts and Design, Jerome and Simona Chazen Building, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019

Leigh Davis (Sponsored Project) Leigh Davis: Inquiry Into the ELE will be on view at BRIC House. Working in a variety of media, Davis creates an archive of End-of-life Experiences (or ELEs) and accumulates assemblage of images and oral and written accounts that bridge the mystical gap between the earthly realm and that of the spiritual. When: Now through January 7, 2018 Where: Project Room at BRIC House, 647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Elia Alba (Fellow in Crafts ’01, Photography ’08) One more month to see Alba’s The Supper Club, a solo exhibition centered on racial politics and visual culture. When: Now through January 12, 2018 Where: The 8th Floor, 17 West 17th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10011

Lori Nix (Fellow in Photography ’04, ’10) Empire features nine new photographs created by Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber, exploring different aspects of our ever-changing landscape. When: Now through January 27, 2018 Where: ClampArt, 247 West 29th Street, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10001

Lina Puerta (Fellow in Crafts/Sculpture ’17) It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Gothic Influence in Contemporary Art is a group exhibition featuring Puerta’s work. When: Now through February 10, 2018 Where: The Lehman College Art Gallery, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Fine Arts Building, Bronx, NY 10468

Alan Berliner (Fellow in Film ’85, ’91, ’99) Allan Wexler (Fellow in Architecture ’85, ’90) See Yourself E(x)ist is a group exhibition, featuring eighteen artists working in different mediums, all considering the future of humans and nature. When: Now through February 17, 2018 Where: Pratt Manhattan Gallery, 144 West 14th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10011

Walter Dundervill (Finalist in Choreography ’16) Arena Triptych is a video/audio installation created by Iki Nakagawa and inspired by Dundervill’s choreographic piece Arena. When: December 15 - December 17, 2017 Where: Harvestworks, 596 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10012

Lovid (Fellows in Interdisciplinary Work ’09, Digital/Electronic Arts ’17) Lovid will be performing live audio/video compositions with their handmade analog synthesizers as a part of The Curated Wall: A Holiday Event showcase. RSVP at RSVP@lmakgallery.com. When: December 15, 2017, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Where: LMAKbooks+design, 298 Grand Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10002

Bill Young (Fellow in Choreography ’10) Loft Into Theater presents new performances by several artists, including Bill Young. Reserve your seat online here. Admission is $10. When: December 15 & 16, 2017, 8:00 PM Where: Loft Into Theater, 100 Grand Street, New York, NY 10013

Janelle Iglesias (Fellow in Sculpture ’11) Lisa Iglesias (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ’09) Mark your calendars for Fire Sale, a one day sale in which the entire gallery will be stocked with artwork from 30+ artists, all at a holiday friendly price point. When: December 17, 2017, 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM Where: Present Company, 254 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Adrianne Wortzel (Fellow in Fiction ’15) Wortzel will be participating in NY LASER Talks, a series of lectures and presentations on art and science projects. Register online. When: December 17, 2017, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Where: Levy Studios, 40 East 19th Street, Apartment 3, New York, NY 10003

Kyle Abraham (Fellow in Choreography ’10) Ping Chong (Fellow in Choreography ’88, Playwriting/Screenwriting ’98, Performance Art ’03, Interdisciplinary Work ’12) Elizabeth Diller (Fellow in Architecture ’85, ’89, ’98) Reggie Gray (Fellow in Choreography ’16) Craig Harris (Fellow in Music Composition ’92) Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Fellow in Playwriting/Screenwriting ’10) David Lang (Fellow in Music Composition ’86) Shirin Neshat (Fellow in Photography ’96) Lynn Nottage (Fellow in Playwriting/Screenwriting ’94, ’00) Carl Hancock Rux (Fellow in Playwriting/Screenwriting ’02) Carmelita Tropicana (Fellow in Performance ’87, Playwriting/Screenwriting ’06) Hank Willis Thomas (Fellow in Photography ’06) Basil Twist (Fellow in Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Art ’03) These Fellows and more will be participating in The Shape of Things, a conclusion to Carrie Mae Weem’s year-long artist residency with the Park Avenue Armory. Buy tickets online. When: December 17, 2017, 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM Where: Thompson Arts Center, Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065

Jayson Smith (Fellow in Poetry ’17) Smith will be a guest panelist at Reparations, Live! With Morgan Parker, an event where panelists present ideas around mending injustices and speaking out about what America owes them. RSVP online. When: December 18, 2017, 9:00 PM Where: Liberty Hall, Ace Hotel New York, 20 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10001

Shamel Pitts & Mirelle Martin (Sponsored Project) Black Velvet, an original multidisciplinary performance artwork that has been performed internationally, will also be exhibited in New York at 14 Street Y. Advanced tickets are $20. When: January 11 - January 14, 2018, 8:00 PM Where: 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003

Get out of town to see:

Michelle Jaffé (Sponsored Project) Jaffé’s video and sound installation, Soul Junk, places the viewer inside a metaphoric mind at work. Mimicking synaptic circuitry firing in the brain, the installation explores raw emotions as conveyed and betrayed by the human voice and facial expressions. When: Now through January 6, 2018 Where: Milton Art Bank, 23 South Front Street, Milton, PA 17847

Joseph Osmundson (Fellow in Nonfiction Literature ’17) Osmundson will be having a launch party in Seattle as a part of the tour for his new book Inside/Out. When: December 22, 2017, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: University Bookstore, 4326 University Way North East, Seattle, WA 98105

Liliana Porter (Fellow in Graphics ’85, Film ’99) Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art presents Other Situations, a survey exhibition of object-based works, photography, prints, and two video pieces by Porter. When: Now through January 7, 2018 Where: Savannah College of Art and Design, 601 Turner Boulevard, Savannah, GA 31402

Ben Altman (Sponsored Project) Ben Altman’s photographic project, "The More That is Taken Away," is included in the exhibition Artificial Things at Art at the ARB at the University of Cambridge. When: Now through January 19, 2017 Where: Art at the ARB, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

Jennifer Karady (Sponsored Project) Karady’s photographs from "Soldiers’ Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan" is a part of the exhibition, Aftermath: The Fallout of War - America and the Middle East. When: Now through January 21, 2018 Where: The Ringling, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, FL 34243

Kambui Olujimi (Fellow in Crafts/Sculpture ’17) Sabbath: The 2017 Dorothy Saxe Invitational is a group show centered around works which comment on the Sabbath, the day of rest. When: Now through February 25, 2018 Where: The Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

New releases to enjoy at home:

Brenda Zlamany (Fellow in Painting ’94) Read a recent discussion between Zlamany and Leslie Wayne regarding her recent project with the Hebrew Home at the Derfner Judaica Museum. Where: Online at Artcritical

Doug Skinner (Fellow in Performance ’91) Le Scat Noir Encyclopedia features contributions by individuals from around the world, including work by Skinner, presenting rare facts, fictions, illustrations, and the like. Where: Buy it here

Young Jean Lee (Fellow in Playwriting/Screenwriting ’10) Read some recent news regarding Lee’s play Straight White Men, which will begin previews at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway Summer 2018. Where: Online at TheaterMania

NYFA congratulates:

Simone Leigh (Fellow in Sculpture ’09) Leigh is a Finalist for the 2018 Hugo Boss Prize! The Winner will be announced in 2018.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for more events with NYFA affiliated artists. Also, don’t forget to like us on Facebook to see what current fiscally sponsored projects are up to! To receive more artist news updates, sign up for our bi-weekly newsletter, NYFA News.

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program awards $7,000 grants to individual artists living and working in New York State. The 2018 award cycle is currently open, with applications being accepted through January 24, 2018. NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship enhances the fundraising capabilities of individual artists and emerging arts organizations. The next quarterly no-fee application deadline is December 31, 2017.

Image: Leigh Davis, Inquiry Into the ELE, 2017, Video Still

[abcnorio]

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But fear not! Like the phoenix rising from its own ashes, we will rise out of the debris and detritus of our crumbling building. But to complete our transformation, we need your support!

In July 2016, we vacated our beloved building at 156 Rivington Street and started the process of finally (finally!) building our new home. We've already taken apart our building, brick by brick, and we anticipate beginning construction in spring 2018.

Currently and throughout the construction of our new facility, ABC No Rio programs and operations are continuing "in exile" at other venues and in collaboration with other organizations. ABC No Rio in Exile requires a more expansive approach towards collaborative work that brings us back to our roots - ABC No Rio was founded as a project of the 1970s artist group Collaborative Projects. And even in "exile" No Rio retains its mission and enables people to continue sharing resources and ideas in an atmosphere of camaraderie and mutual support.

We’ve taken on an immensely difficult project, but we've met every challenge head-on, from overcoming bureaucratic complications and inertia to meeting successive funding shortfalls in an overheated construction market.

We believe that grassroots collectively-run organizations can implement large, complex, multi-million dollar projects. Our friends, supporters and comrades are the wind at our back. Your support remains crucial to us. You've helped us get this far. We hope that we can count on your contribution to ABC No Rio as the year comes to a close.

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Day 5 & 6

Wow, I completely didn’t notice that I missed yesterday. The good news is I wrote a lot yesterday! Today I was under the daily goal but I still made good progress.

Current Word Count: 6889 Ideal Word Count: 10002

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Last December, while in Miami, I took some boxes out of storage to locate and transfer VHS home videos onto my computer. I found nine videos. The first video I played, “1 Families Chrismas” had been recorded over in its entirety with random HBO movies from the nineties. Unremarkably flat ones that I’ve never heard of, commercials included. If I could describe what it feels like to be a first generation American, with parents from Puerto Rico and Cuba, it would be like this: HBO colonizing a VHS cassette recording of an immigrant family’s Chrismas in Hialeah, Florida.

It’s troublesome to search for pieces of your past and find no evidence of existence. National Geographic conducted a study, sampling DNA from different biogeographical regions. In Puerto Rico, they sampled some twenty thousand people and found that a large portion of their DNA consisted of Native American ancestry, likely to be Taíno or Ciboney. All of it was female. They were unable to find any traces of male Native American DNA in a single one of their subjects.1

I want my family’s history to play linearly like a film. I want my ancestors to be the characters in the beginning except no one gets enslaved or sold. Women don’t get stolen and raped and men are not erased. Violence is embedded in the Caribbean.2 It is embedded in me. I walk around with it and I don’t understand what aspect of that violence my body comprises. Did my blood inflict it or was my blood subjected to it? Erased and written upon, then erased again. My blood does not have memory. It has cultural amnesia. Like amnesia, it continues to flow unaware of where it’s been. It is a clock without hands. I don’t know how to be counted. I want to be the happy ending.3

The other reference DNA populations are primarily from their biogeographical region with a mix of surrounding areas. For example, the average British person’s DNA can be described as follows, 69% British and Irish, 12% Scandinavian, 9% Western and Central European, 5% Southern European, 2% Eastern European, and 2% of the Jewish Diaspora. In contrast to my own which, after reviewing the results I was sadly reminded of my violent imprint: 77% Southern European, 11% Western and Central African, 7% Native American, 2% Scandinavian, and 2% North African.4

The internal violence of colonialism can be heard through the sound of my voice. It is me feeling like I’ve perfected my American English accent but still having my Puerto Rican accent detected and exoticized in rural and smaller cities in the U.S., no matter how hard I’ve tried to neutralize it. It can also be heard each time I visit my family in Puerto Rico when they tease me and call me a gringa because they notice the slightest American in my Spanish. I am denied authentic acceptance from both sides. I feel like parts of me identify with Puerto Rican culture more than I do with American, but I also feel the opposite and neither. What I am today is contradictory.

Western history assumes that Taíno people are extinct. Taíno people say they aren’t but they won’t tell us anything else. It’s a power play. If they tell us, they know we’ll take them away. I am not Taíno even if I am a descendant. I’d be foolish to think I haven’t been coerced into the hesitant position of a colonizer, after all, most of my blood is colonial. By giving my feelings and experience a name I am allowing them to be taken from me. In making you aware of it I know your instinct tells you you can take it and make it work for you.5

With each pass, from vessel to vessel.6

1    We look to the numbers because we think them incapable of lying. This may be the case but only because numbers are correlatively incapable of telling the truth. They just are, like wind or metaphor. We are taught to ascribe greater objectivity to them, to see mathematical processes as irrefutable -- that each time, without fail, they can be proven or falsified with enough rigor. But sooner or later the house of Badiou’s claim that “math = ontology” will reveal itself as built on quicksand, and each proof will betray its own performative investments.

2  The ostensible melancholy of the mestizo context -- the colonial imprint of southern european genes and values onto Caribbean and South American peoples and territories -- is such a revelation. Caught between the injunctions to honor our ancestors (all our ancestors, including the white ones) and absolve our roles in contemporary settler colonialism, mixed people find ourselves drawn to the veneer of concreteness and objectivity offered by such services as on-demand DNA tests. Surely the numbers will settle the unseen visions and heard silences, the touchless rememberings and unshowable reveries of the “mestizo experience,” validating the cultural bounty of Portuguese and Spaniard colonization while also divesting mestizaje from it. In a more specifically Caribbean context, these tests only play into the nationalist blood myth (“one-third Euro, one-third Afro, one-third Indio”) and its continuation of southern european cultural ideals. Blood myth logic serves to absolve the contemporary Caribbean of its participation in colonialism, when in fact the imperative political horizon for us is divestment from American governance by debt. Our convoluted racial imaginary only hinders this, and allows the continued oppression of Caribbean minorities (Afrocaribbeans, indigenous people, the rural poor) by arguing that ‘we are all the same.’

3  The situation looks different for each Caribbean Latin American nation. But the overall sense of displacement and melancholia felt by Caribbean mestizos , particularly in diaspora, resonates with many. The fantasy Brache describes -- “I want to be the happy ending” -- is exactly the catch-22 of mestizo melancholy and its desire to absolve itself from its own coloniality: how can one wish to continue existing as an embodiment of the past, while simultaneously wishing the past never happened? If colonialism never happened, there could be no Caribbean. This quixotic ontological conceit can often end up sublimating into imaginative identification with one’s ancestry. We see this in many neo-Taino and other pretend-native Caribbean organizations and individuals, who rely on the colonial narrative of complete Taino extinction in order to argue for themselves as its revivalists. This too is simply a micro-version of the blood myth.

4 In order to pursue this libidinal economy (which she both sincerely, abjectly felt and disinterestedly sought to dissect), Brache paid for a DNA test -- National Geographic’s Genogrƒaphic Project. Not coincidentally, the term “mestizo” has eugenic origins. Supremacist philosopher Jose Vasconcelos invented the term to describe a “cosmic race” an embodiment of the horizon of human development. Human mixing would allow an improvement on “the white race [which] has brought the world to a state in which all human types and cultures will be.able to fuse with each other,” organizing “the moral and material basis for the union of all men... the fruit of all the previous ones and amelioration of everything past.” Over time, “the uglier stocks will give way to the more handsome ... The Indian, by grafting onto the related race, would take the jump of millions of years that separate [him] from our times, and in a few decades of aesthetic eugenics, the black may disappear ...” (Vasconcelos 1925: 72)

5 The Caribbean blood myth is thus laid bare as a project to mold a mixed stock in the image of whiteness, prizing the whiter mestizo over the black and native. Mestizo melancholy in this light is but a species of white fragility, a hope for colorblindness in a contemporary Caribbean context where people with European descent hold the most power and have the most ties to America. In embodying and analyzing the phenomenon of mestizo melancholy, Brache speaks to the gutted identities of islands colonized twice over by southern Europe and the United States.

6 Brache presents works that speak to the coloniality of mestizx identity, with its simultaneous assimilatory striving and inexorable sense of loss: a maple domino table with colonial-style legs features porcelain Hoyle-clone playing cards instead of dominos on the raised playing area, which has been coated in the “flesh” tones of silicone. Dealt blackjack style, the cards all feature the same two images: Brache herself photoshopped as the queen and king of hearts. Oxeye daisies, classically peeled petal by petal by pining europeans for the “they love me, they love me not” roulette game, take the place of poker chips and hourglass sand. Interpellations of white feminine fragility and stereotyped nonwhite resistance leave a disturbing residue of semantic vertigo on the work in the show, with Brache exploring the affective investments of the twee abject and objecthood as imprint or cross-section of historical process. In lieu of providing answers or palatable, easily categorized discomfort, she seeks to embody Trinh T. Minh-Ha’s claim that “one can render the troubling complexities of a situation and still be very specific in one’s fight without being totalising.”

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