“But don't lose heart, dear ones - don't lose heart. Don't let it make you bitter. Try to understand. Try to understand, the world is already bitter enough. We’ve got to be better than the world.”

- James Baldwin

dead man jim jarmusch 1995

first take (1969) roberta flack

poison ivy katt shea 1992

corner of living room 35mm

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self portrait in dark bathroom 35mm

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Ojai Rancho Inn

ojai rancho inn 35mm

“Cool Summer” 1962, Helen Frankenthaler

cool summer helen frankenthaler 1962

“Under the most rigid conventionality there is often an individual, a human being, with original thoughts or inventive fantasy- which he does not dare to expose for fear of ridicule. This is what the writer and artist are willing to do for us. They are the guides and the map makers to great sincerity.They are useful, in fact indispensable, to the community. They keep before our eyes the variations which make human beings so interesting.”

- Anaïs Nin

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Adrian Piper, Catalysis III, 1970
Catalysis IV, 1971

catalysis III 1970 & catalysis IV 1971 adrian piper

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original drawing by Dinah Parker

original drawing dinah parker