Pause.Cause.Effect.
Student @ UW-Seattle
MEChISTA
Muxerista.
Artist.
Poet.
Frida Kahlo Obsessed.
Xicana del Pacific NW!
”My Flowers will not come to an end,
my songs will not come to an end,
I, the singer, raise them up;
they are scattered, they are bestowed.”
~Nezahualcoyotl (Fasting Coyote), Aztec Poet
“In xochitl, in cuitcatl,” (Nahuatl: Our Flowers, Our Songs) are artistic expressions in the form of poetry, songs, and paintings of spiritual truths, connecting us, the earthly, with the divine.
“The idiomatic expression, in xochitl, in cuicatl, which literally means ‘flower and song’, has a metaphorical sense of poem, poetry, artistic expression, in a word, symbolism. Poetry and art, ‘flowers and songs’, are for ‘those-who-know’ [wise woman/man] an occult and veiled term that may sweep man off on the wings of symbol and metaphor, stammering, may project him beyond himself, thus perhaps in a mysterious manner bringing him nearer to his origins. ‘Flower and song’ seem to affirm that true poetry implies a peculiar way of knowledge, the fruit of an authentic interior experience…..”-Mexican scholar, Miguel Leon Portilla.
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“Que no sepa tu izquierda lo que hace tu derecha”, nuestros abuelos decían: Voltea la tortilla con las dos manos.
(Source: cazadordementes, via florxdexrebeldiax)
Nakba Day 2013: Palestinians mark 65th year of 1948 displacement
Palestine Libre <3
(Source: merosezah)
Strong Families is a home for the 4 out of 5 people living in the US who do not live behind the picket fence—whose lives fall outside outdated notions of family, with a mom at home and a dad at work. While that life has never been the reality for most of our families, too many of the policies that affect us are based on this fantasy. From a lack of affordable childcare and afterschool programs, to immigration policy and marriage equality, the way we make policy and allocate resources needs to catch up to the way we live.
We see the trend of families defining themselves beyond the picket fence—across generation, race, gender, immigration status, and sexuality—as a powerful and promising development for the US, and we want to help policy makers catch up.
Our vision is that every family have the rights, recognition and resources it needs to thrive. We are engaging hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals in our work to get there.
love fo the mommas!
(via rebeccaliliana)
