#allen memorial art museum

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Michiel Sweerts (1618-1664) "Self-portrait" (c. 1654) Oil on canvas Baroque Located in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio, United States

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Hendrick Ter Brugghen - der heilige Sebastian - 1625

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1635 Giovanna Garzoni - Portrait of Zaga Christ (Ṣägga Krǝstos)

(Allen Memorial Art Museum)

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 – 1938) • Self-Portrait as a Soldier • 1915 • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.

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Resources for Cuban and Caribbean Folk Magic 🇨🇺

Disclaimer: Cubans are not a monolith so when we say ‘Cuban Folk Magic’ its like saying ‘American Folk Magic’ in the sense that it is a BROAD term that includes multiple different cultural threads and traditions. Start by researching your ancestors and where they were from as a jumping off point.

Also, many of these resources are not Cuban themselves, but they either share the same practices or are academic or general sources. I have made it clear when a source isn’t Cuban. For this reason, I have expanded it to be the Cuban AND Caribbean Folk Magic List.

The List

Creators:

Irka Mateo - Taino - Insta 🇩🇴

Religion.Ancestral.Taino - Insta 🇵🇷

Sancista Brujo Luis - Espiritismo/Taino-Youtube | Blog 🇵🇷

OkaniLuna - Brujería/Taino - Youtube🇩🇴

Juliet Diaz - Brujería/Taino/Author - Instagram 🇨🇺

Sancista 7 Espadas - Espiritismo - Insta 🇵🇷

Odofemi - Regla de Ocha - Tumblr 🇺🇸

Eve the Medium - ATR/Espiritismo - Youtube 🇩🇴

Yeyeo Botanica - ATR/Espiritismo- youtube 🇺🇸

Botanica Candles & More - Great Podcast!! - youtube 🇨🇺 🇺🇸

Connecting w/ Guides and Goals by Adunola - youtube 🇺🇸

Hatuey Museum of Archaeology, Baracoa, Cuba - Taíno archaeologists photos and blog - Link

Florida Memory - Photos and Articles on Folk History of Florida and surrounding areas - Link

Articles

San Lazaro - Wikipedia - Novena - Yeyeo Botanica

Caridad del Cobre - Wikipedia

Orisha and Palo Herbs Directory- Website

Ewe (Herbs) Photo Guide - Website

Pueblo Originario Taino Section - Website

Taino and Agua Dulce essay by Jorge Estevez - Link

Memoir of Florida’s Indigenous People by Hernando Escalante de Fontaneda - Link

Tacachale: Essays on Indigenous Floridians by Milanich and Proctor - Link

Huellas Indigenas en Cuba - Taino Spirituality in Cuban Folk Magic Article - Link

Juracán: The Sacred Meteorology of Swamp and Storm by Jazmin Calderon Torres

Books:

Taino Library* - Amazing resource for books of all kinds, many books about Taino and Caribbean Spiritualities, Folklores and Songs! Multiple books on Cuban Myths and Folktales! Highly recommend - Website 🇵🇷

Espiritismo by Hector Silva🇩🇴

A Year in White by C Lynn Carr

The Modern Art of Brujería by Lou Florez(VERY BASIC just as a general introduction to what alot of modern Folk Practices look like)

American Brujeria by J. Allen Cross 🇲🇽🇺🇸

El Monte by Lydia Carbera 🇨🇺

Palmetto Country by Stetson Kennedy - Link

Movies and Videos:

Cecilia (1982) - Youtube

Las Profecias de Amanda - Youtube

Susie Jim Billie, Medicine Woman Interview - Link

Proyecto Cuba Indigena - Link

Miguel Sague, Taíno Spirituality - Link

**This list will grow as I find more resources that are reliable enough to share. If you have recommendations or would like to be added, please reach out.

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(I also have included a Research Guide below the Cut!)

Guide to researching based on your ancestry:

If your family has African roots, you can seek Ocha/Lukumi, Palo, Arara, Cuban Vodou and other African Traditional Religions and Practices. Please approach elders within these respective practices to further your connection to them, rather than using books to create a practice for yourself. These are ancient, community based and are lifelong commitments, not just trendy powerful spells for you to get what you want.

If your family has indigenous roots, research Taino spirituality and modern practices , but also know that there were other tribes in the western and centeral parts of Cuba, with their own languages and traditions you can still learn about like the Guanahatabey. You may also consider joining a Yukayeke, but this isn’t required. Reconnecting and decolonizing is a separate and important topic that is not inherently witchcraft or folk magick-y… HOWEVER, researching and informing yourself with these practices can help you to see their influence within modern folk practices.

If your family has Asian roots, research the buddhist cults and folk practices throughout Cuba! Believe it or not, we also have people of Middle Eastern descent in Cuba who brought with them their own Hindu and Arabic Folk Traditions, which can be found throughout Cuba and the Caribbean as a whole.

If your family has Spanish roots, research some open practices like Espiritismo and Folk Catholicism! Look into the Patron Saints of Cuba, La Virgen de La Caridad del Cobre and San Lazaro. These also tie in to many of the other cultures who were forced to adopt certain elements to ensure survival of their traditions! You can also look into Brujería. Much like modern witchcraft, modern brujería has been commodified to hell and back, but there is still some great knowledge and power to be found there.

The fact of the matter is, that most of us can fit ourselves into two or more of these categories, and this crossover is where Folk Magic is often born. Its also important to note, in alot of these traditions you shouldn’t learn or share certain things at certain times, so some sources who share too much about Ocha and other ATRs should be avoided. Also, I can’t stress how important it is to talk to your family! Ask them about folklore or legends and stories! Also research history and folkore of the specific areas in Cuba your family is from. A-lot of folk magic is incorporated into stories.

Bendiciones, good luck on your Journey!🦎🐊

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DENISE SCOTT BROWN THE IRONIC COLUMN, 1977 Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio Image © Matt Wargo

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Christ Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple

Artist: Franz von Rohden (German, 1817-1903)

Genre: Religious Art

Date: 1860's

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA

Christ disputing with the Doctors in the Temple

This is one of the few events from Christ's childhood which is described in the Bible (Luke 2: 41-51).

When he was twelve, he went with his mother and father to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, but on their return to Nazareth they discovered that he had not returned with them. After asking the friends who had travelled with them and failing to find him, they returned to Jerusalem, where they found him in the Temple, disputing with the learned men, who were astonished at his knowledge.

When rebuked by his mother, he replied that they should have known he would be in his Father's house. Thereafter he went back to Nazareth with them and obeyed them.

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Hendrick ter Brugghen, St Sebastian Tended by Irene and her Maid, 1625, oil on canvas, 149 x 119.4 cm, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio

Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Whumpy Art History, Part 2: Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene

Artist: Hendrick ter Brugghen Year: 1625 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 149 cm × 119.4 cm (49 in × 16 in) Location: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin Style: Dutch Baroque

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Hendrick ter Brugghen, St. Sebastian Tended by St. Irene, 1625, oil/canvas (Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin)

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University/City AU (DGM)

Going off of this post, I’m now thinking of what some DGM characters would study in general in a university/city AU setting (maybe taking place somewhere like NYC?). These ideas are mostly just for fun and I’m not actively thinking of writing anything with it, but I figured I’d share what’s on my mind. :3

Alma Karma — Starting with him because I’m biased and he is a favorite, but he’s majoring in fashion and textile design! Alma loves playing with different colors and fabrics to create vibrant outfits. He definitely doesn’t ascribe to certain gender norms, either, and likes to have a lot of freedom with his designs. (He also loves making clothes for his friends, and always wants to recruit them for modeling. XD) He’s also pursuing a minor in photography.

Lenalee Lee — She’s majoring in fashion design like Alma, but specifically, she’s focusing on shoes! She’s probably in a lot of classes with Alma, and they tend to partner up for projects and photo collaborations. Lenalee is probably also focused on accessories like handbags, and is working toward an internship with Anita (who is a well-known fashion designer in this AU >.>). Lenalee also likely minors in business, since she’s the type to want to know how to manage things. 

Allen Walker — Originally, Allen likely planned to pursue a degree in criminal justice. His altruistic nature makes him want to do good and make things better for others, but I can see him getting disenchanted with that field. So, he likely switches to political science to given him a broader scope of things to work with. (He lands on wanting to do youth outreach, which I think suits him. :3) He hasn’t decided to pursue a minor, but tends to get busy helping his friends with their own projects. (He loves to taste test whatever Link bakes. XD)

Lavi Bookman — Double major in library sciences and history! Lavi comes from a background of library and museum archivists, so he’s one to follow that path. He’s super fascinated with book collections and history (especially with the broad scope it covers), and is working toward an internship at a large, well-known library in the city everyone lives in. (Since he’s double majoring, he’s not planning to get a minor at the moment — but he probably has some English literature classes he opts into. He’s a fast reader with an eidetic memory.)

Kanda Yuu — He’s majoring in botany and minoring in photography! Kanda isn’t exactly a science-oriented person, but he likes working with plants and gardens in his free time. He doesn’t like to admit it, but he does have an artistic eye for floral arrangements (he’s very particular about organizing things), and likes to take photos of them. Because of this, he works part-time as a florist when he’s not overloaded with classes. (Since he’s minoring in photography, he also shares some classes with Alma.)

Howard Link — His family likely expected him to go into law (and he considered it), but Link ended up doing a culinary arts program! Specifically for baking and pastry making. While it has always been a hobby of his, he’s ended up taking it very seriously and wants to eventually open his own bakery shop one day. With that in mind, he’s double majoring in the culinary program and business (and probably shares some classes with Lenalee).

Johnny Gill —Biochemistry! Johnny has always been interested in the sciences, and decides to pursue biochemistry. He’s likely contemplating pursuing biotechnology (specifically industrial as opposed to medicinal) in the long run, and is really interested in innovation and improving things in day-to-day life for people. A lot of his classes cross over with Kanda’s, actually, so they interact a lot. (For whatever reason, in this AU I imagine he’s Kanda’s roommate. XD)

That’s all I have for now! I might add more if others are interested about this AU, but wanted to get this out of my system while it’s fresh on my mind. ^^

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ab. 1470 Vrancke van der Stockt - Kneeling Donor with St. John the Baptist

(Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College)

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FLP CHAPBOOK OF THE DAY: eyes that look with sun but see with moon by Jack Greene

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eyes that look with sun but see with moon moves the reader through rooms of Vermeer to atomic fall out shelters to dioramas of taxidermied deer, finally arriving where it started: in light. The experience of the #poems is an intimate, internal gallery, one that merges words and images and light into a new gravitational pull, each in and of its own frame, and all a part of this #life, this planet.

Jack Greene is a poet and photographer. His poetry has been published in the Liliput Review, not enough night, Bombay Gin, Mungo vs. Ranger, Rattapallax, and the Sextant Review. He holds a MFA in Writing and Poetics from Naropa University, as well as BA in English Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a past recipient of a Colorado Council on the Arts Poetry Fellowship and served as a poet-in-residence for the Colorado Council on the Arts. He has taught poetry and creative writing workshops and courses in the Front Range. His photography has been exhibited at Naropa University, the Boulder Jewish Community Center, and the University of Colorado, Boulder, and can be viewed at jackgreenephotography.picfair.com. He lives in Longmont, Colorado with the writer and performer Lisa Trank.

PRAISE FOR eyes that look with sun but see with moon by Jack Greene

Jack Greene brings the master photographer’s eye for the instant to language. Allen Ginsberg’s first teaching to me was “it’s easier than you think: look out your eye like looking through a window.” Easier said than done. It takes time to master the moment. You love the poets you love to think with. That’s the extent of it. All the rest is valentines. I’ll be reading Jack for a long time.

–Steven Taylor

Jack Greene is a poet of condensed lyric irony, light (sun and moon) and tender memory. The child’s fear of “trees sprouting out of rocks” leaps out, as does the “simulacrum” deer behind museum glass, suddenly alive, nose moist from “a drop of shellac.” Animation reminiscent of Williams Carlos Williams’s glittering green glass shard in the dirt behind the hospital, animated by light and by noticing what’s tangible is always celebratory.“Vermeer’s Aquarium” is a gem, as well, where we sit “like pilgrims at a shrine” and witness depictions of art-mind, as with Proust and Joseph Cornell who continue in their hermetic practice as wars come and go. There are quiet poems honoring family, a hypnagogic cinematic image of a mother’s wedding veil unraveling in a light beam and the “father’s foot/a constant/song” which is the rhythm and a glow that remains with you in the reading of these singular poems. Kudos for this poet’s truth.

–Anne Waldman

In eyes that look with sun but see with moon, Jack Greene’s words come like meteors into the darkness. Behold our humanity, illuminated and elevated by these bright poem-lights streaking across the pages of this collection, precise in their economy of diction and style, but profound in their resonant permanence within the reader. While wholly new and of this time, Greene’s words arrive to further a tradition populated by the ancient Asian masters, Lorine Niedecker, Robert Creeley, Anselm Hollo, and many other greats. The poetry world has been improved by this gift.

–Matt Hohner

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Oh oh oh oh oh I found a WONDERFUL new source of Paul Gavarni prints: Oberlin College Allen Memorial Art Museum!

None of them seem to be in colour, but there is a lot of stuff I haven't seen in my usual places. You can search and filter/sort by date, too.

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Tag 35. 07.08.2023

Friedenspark-Museum. Heute standen wir später auf. Wilson erledigte noch ein paar Stockholm Admin-Themen und dann aßen wir Frühstück. Im Anschluss liefen wir in den Peace Memorial Park (Friedenspark) und stellten uns fürs Museum an. Nach ca. 20 Minuten durften wir rein, also liefen wir in die Ausstellung.

Die Ausstellung war berührend, anders kann man sie nicht beschreiben. Wir verbrachten 3.5h im Museum und lasen jeden einzelnen übersetzten Text. Unsere Emotionen und Gefühle können wir schwer beschreiben, wir saßen selbst daraufhin im Park in Stille. Die 140.000 Zivilisten, die hier starben, erlitten einen schrecklichen Tod, und auf einer Art und Weise, die NIE wiederholt werden darf. Babys, Schulkinder, immatrikulierte Studenten, Mütter, Väter, Großeltern - alle litten. Falls ihr die Möglichkeit habt nach Japan zu reisen, dann ist Hiroshima das Reiseziel schlechthin. Die Eindrücke, die wir sammeln konnten werden wir nie vergessen.

Wir liefen danach in ein Gyudon Restaurant, quasi japanischer Reis mit fein geschnittenem Rindfleisch und einem gekochten Ei. Eine billige und sättigende Mahlzeit. Der Shukkeien Garten hatte dann leider geschlossen, also liefen wir in ein 7-11 und holten uns Frühstück für morgen und Bier (sorry Mama). Gute Fahrt an die Leipziger in Schottland, viel Spaß den Hartmanns im Amiland und zu allen fleißig arbeitenden Stationären in Deutschland viele liebe Grüße! Ciao.

Day 35. August 7, 2023

Peace Park Museum. Today we got up later. Wilson took care of a few Stockholm administrative matters, and then we had breakfast. After that, we walked to the Peace Memorial Park and queued up for the museum. After about 20 minutes, we were allowed in, so we entered the exhibition.

The exhibition was moving, that's the only way to describe it. We spent 3.5 hours in the museum and read every single translated text. It's hard for us to describe our emotions and feelings; we sat in silence in the park afterward. The 140,000 civilians who died here suffered a terrible death, in a way that should NEVER be repeated. Babies, schoolchildren, enrolled students, mothers, fathers, grandparents - all suffered. If you have the opportunity to travel to Japan, then Hiroshima is the ultimate destination. The impressions we were able to gather will never be forgotten.

Afterward, we walked into a Gyudon restaurant, a kind of Japanese rice bowl with thinly sliced beef and a boiled egg. An affordable and filling meal. Unfortunately, the Shukkeien Garden was closed, so we went to a 7-11 and got breakfast for tomorrow and beer (sorry, Mum). Safe travels to the folks from Leipzig in Scotland, lots of fun to the Hartmanns in the States, and many warm regards to all the hardworking residents in Germany! Goodbye.