#Cesar A Cruz

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[taylor14firefly]

"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." —attributed to Cesar A. Cruz, from a 1997 poem

[hannahhook7744]

Cesare Madrigal outfit or moodboard?

Outfit Board:

Moodboard:

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¡Viva La Huelga! ¡Viva Los Campesinos!

Celebrating the life and work of Cesar Chavez, 2024.

[ahungrycat]

"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable" - Cesar A. Cruz

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Source for below.

“I feel like I have been seeing a lot of takes similar to this like "why are these two grown men fighting can they get over themselves and do something productive...rap game is dying out etc etc" I feel like I get where they are coming from in that both drake and kendrick lamar could be doing something productive like donating to funds for social justice causes. But I don't get why folks is saying hip hop and rap is dead. I'm just not sure what they mean by that. When folks say that do yall think they are speaking on the creator side or the fan side? I don't get it if it is the latter cuz I just started bumping mr morale and I like it a lot lol would not have thought to listen to it had it not been for all of this. I don't think it makes sense from the creator pov either cause didn't we just have hundreds of musicians put out their own versions of BBL Drizzy over the last couple of days?” - @nashira

This take from Questlove feels so…incredibly nihilistic.

Kendrick used his ability to call out a horrific individual in the music industry. Hip hop isn’t dead, in fact it has more meaning in directing power to folks.

Why does hip hop as a genre and culture have to die? When there are also other roots of the issue.

For example

Unsure if YouTube also censored this one by putting it under 18+ toggle but I hope not since it’s only the audio.

Our culture in hip hop has the power to give power from corporate to the people. Heck it has the power to unify and enlighten as the extra “noise” is not the focus. It’s the lyricism.

This is literally why I wrote songs and poetry. Why so many of my works have song inspirations. The time brings the delivery and flow of the words. But it’s the lyrics that bring finality and comfort.

“To ME... the point of music any genre is to put out something that is meaningful to you and something others can find meaning in. Also agree there are other roots to the issues we are facing rn with misogynoir and sexism in general, that doesn't start when a Black artist walks into the booth it starts in our homes. This whole "i get bitches u don't" one-up rappers put in every other song stems from black women as property in a sense. This is also why I feel uncomfortable when people single out rap as a misogynystic genre. It is definitely but when it's singled out I'm like hmm... hair metal??? Reggae???” - Nashira

This is literally why I wrote songs and poetry. Why so many of my works have song inspirations. The time brings the delivery and flow of the words. But it’s the lyrics that bring finality and comfort.

"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable", said the Mexican poet and academic, Cesar A. Cruz

And

“Poets, prophets and reformers are all picture-makers -- and this ability is the secret of their power and of their achievements. They see what ought to be by the reflection of what is, and endeavor to remove the contradiction.” - Frederick Douglass

These are what the arts, and in this context rap, feels to me.

Milo Rossi (Miniminuteman) made a good point about archaeology that also applies to any of the arts.

“The archaeology field needs differences of viewpoints and opinions so we can together seek the true facts and story of everything long lost. Therefore, upgrading the field of knowledge.”

Paraphrased of course from this video.

“The second-to-last-part of questlove's post makes sense to me, how blood will soon spill and then everybody gon be like rip drake 🙏🏽 or whatever but that comes from fans acting crazy that always seems to happen and my heart goes out to all victims, i hate to see musicians get killed over music.

Also I guess from some pov you could describe this whole moment we're having as mudslinging in a sense because it's a lot of rappers on the tl hopping on metros beat rapping about CSA because it's an easy rhyme. They put Millie in their songs like ammo. No substance behind it whatsoever.

Actually a lot of these BBL drizzy remixes perpetuate the same message we're clowning drake over.” - Nashira

I actually misinterpreted that part incorrectly and it felt nihilistic, but this is why it’s more brains than one. Because I actually didn’t realize it as it also falls on a creator standpoint.

You may not be able to control your audience, however you can make intent clear in every way you can. Wield that power wisely.

“Yeah agreed, I think you guys covered everything I was thinking but I think people who say usually the entire genre is dead aren't looking hard enough. Or in Questlove's case, he's probably jaded cause he literally is a rapper and producer on the more underground side so he definitely personally knows a gazillion other creators that are keeping the genre alive. But I think old heads tend to be like "everything the younger generation does is ruining this genre." - Jules

“There were a few episodes where boondocks briefly tackled rap beef and Huey talked about how it’s never long before someone gets hurt or gets shot bc of some stupid ish” - Phoenix

Boondocks episodes

Source.

Season 2: The Hunger Strike (unfortunately struck down by Sony Pictures in copyright)

Season 2, Episode 5: The Story of Thugnificent

Season 2, Episode 2: Tom, Sarah and Usher

Season 1, Episode 2: The Trial of Robert Kelly

Season 1, Episode 6: The Story of Gangstalicious

Thought this to be important to include with this reblog as well.

[citizenscreen]

Actors César Romero and Elena de La Cruz in Havana, Cuba, 1946.

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[thefeawl]

Back Row, left to right: Dave Collins, Paul Blair, Rick Auerbach, Tom Hume, Ray Knight, Doug Bair, Dan Driessen, Harry Spilman, Junior Kennedy, Vic Correll.

Middle Row: Doug Bureman, Traveling Secretary; Bernie Stowe, Equipment Manager; Cesar Geronimo, Dave Tomlin, Frank Pastore, Bill Bonham, Mike LaCoss, George Foster, Manny Sarmiento, Hector Cruz, Dave Doyle, Bat Boy; Larry Starr, Trainer.

Front Row: Tom Seaver, Joe Morgan, Dave Concepcion, Russ Nixon, Coach; Bill Fischer, Coach; John McNamara, Manager; Harry Dunlop, Coach; Ron Plaza, Coach; Fred Norman, Johnny Bench, Mario Soto, Absent; Ken Griffey

[randomrichards]

FRIDA (2024):

From her written word

She stood tall despite setbacks

Became an icon

[jaeger-soul]

i don't normally reblog things like this but this is important.

you know when you read about a character that's gone through something traumatic and all they want is a hug or someone to talk to or a safe space to let it all out?

that's you. you're that character. you seek out the darkness to make sense of it. to push through to the light. to have some form of media hold your hand and tell you that you are not alone.

it's really easy to demonize content that someone enjoys and call it out for being "problematic" or "glorifying violence" or for having "too realistic" depictions of actual life events. it's much more difficult to see content that touches that darkness in you and sit with it.

this life is hard. some of us have had really shitty cards dealt to us and we have no choice but to sit with it. we have no choice but to seek out the darkness and embrace it. to know that it's the only place where all the pain could possibly make sense. and to consume media that comforts us only to hear about all the ways it's wrong has gotten fucking soul crushing.

if a piece of media makes you angry, good. if it makes you feel sad, good. if it makes you feel like no one should be watching it, good. it's reached something in you. for the love of fuck, reach back.

tl;dr: media is supposed to make you feel things. don't demonize creators or their fans for peeling back the curtain on all the pain that exists in this fucked up world

[cristinabcn]

Tenerife en invierno

Tenerife in winter TERESA FERNANDEZ HERRERA. Periodista, Escritora. Prensa Especializada Cualquiera de las Islas Canarias, las Islas Afortunadas son un lugar maravilloso en invierno para los que venimos del frío.  For all seasons for everybody. Pero acabo de pasar una semana en Tenerife, que entre otras cosas me ha salvado del tremendo frío que hacía en Madrid por entonces. Pasar de los 4’C a…

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www.crazyrock.com.br

A música "A Woman Like You" d'A Chave do Sol está inclusa na edição 357 do programa "Só Brasuca", pelas ondas da Webradio Crazy Rock! Agradeço pelas inclusão da minha velha banda dos anos 1980. Entre os dias 18 e 24, nos seguintes horários:

Sábado, dia 18 - 14 horas Domingo, dia 19 - 20 horas Segunda, dia 20 - 10 horas Terça, dia 21 - 23 horas Quarta, dia 22 - 18 horas Quinta, dia 23 - 16 horas Sexta, dia 24 - 12 horas

[hannahhook7744]

"God, I have my father's eyes,

But my sister's when I cry."

-Family Line by Conan Gray.

Ngl this line makes me think of the Frollo siblings and the Ratcliffe siblings in my aus.

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César Cruz Rincón

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

Angels Adoring the Heart of Jesus - Vincent López Portaña (detail) // Elizabeth I as a Princess - attributed to William Scrots (detail) // The Relief of Genoa by the Marquis of Santa Cruz - Antonio de Pereda (detail) // Saint Cecilia - Cesare Dandini (detail) // King - Florence + the Machine