The scene of Banga pushing Vamola into the teleportation device made me cry. Vamola calling for her mama, and Banga finally crying and showing her maternal instincts made me cry lmao
...That were made from the darkest parts of the sky...
Due to some magic and tech wizardry, Idia gave Yuu the ability to connect to her music and her playlist on her phone back in her world. And during an event where Yuu invited the boys and Sam over for a crawfish boil...a song came on that had Yuu pausing before a smile appeared on her face.
"Yuu, what is this?" Trey asked as he looks at the speakers.
"I love black folk. Black look like a revolution. Look like a family reunion in the park." Yuu spoke as she spun around with a flourish. "Black look like it's a different world. Sound like a crawfish boil in New Orleans. Black folk joke around like Martin."
A smile broke on Sam's face as he watched his pseudo-sister speak along to the lyrics. Everyone else was quiet as Yuu danced around in a joyous nature.
"It's called Spoken Word, Trey." Vil responds as he crosses his legs.
Yuu continues on and the boys can feel the pride leak out of her voice as she does.
"I love me some black folk. For they are the people that were made from the darkest parts of the sky."
As the beat continued, Yuu danced and hummed along. Leona wordlessly got up and joined her, spinning her around with a chuckle. Sam, while he didn't join in, had a large smile on his face as he clapped along. Kalim jumped up and grabbed Jamil's hand, who reluctantly joined them as they danced to the lyrics echoing in the background.
Tarriona "Tank" Ball of Tank and the Bangas attends the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Getty Images.
Anna Laza "Metaphysical Body Landscapes No1" (2019) // Katy Kirby "Redemption Arc" (2024) // Adrienne Elise Tarver "Seeker" and "Seer" (2022) // Waxahatchee "Breathless" (2015) // Gian Lorenzo Bernini "Apollo and Daphne" (1622-25) // Tank and the Bangas "Colors Change" (2019) // Jean-Michel Bihorel "Flower Figures #4" (2016) // Neko Case "Hell - On" (2018) // Hélène Delmaire "Portrait de la jeune fille en feu" (2019)
While Edouard Manet once called still lifes "the touchstones of painting," a recent study notes that this pictorial tradition also gives valuable insight into how fruits and vegetables have changed over the years.
"Plant-based food is lavishly depicted by thousands of artists throughout the ages and offers a vast and unique insight into the stunning evolution in shapes and colors of our modern-day groceries. Capturing this information can demonstrate when and where particular varieties emerged, how common they were, and what correlation existed between food habits, trade routes, and newly conquered lands," they wrote in their study, which was published in the journal Trends in Plant Science.
While Dutch agronomer Otto Banga once believed that the modern orange carrot found its origin in the Netherlands in the late 16th century, De Smet and Vergauwen have affirmed that the vegetable appeared in drawings dating from the Byzantine Empire.
Similarly, historical paintings suggest that the modern cultivated strawberry emerged only 250 years ago, although archaeological evidence indicates that this fruit has been consumed by humans since the Stone Age.