Hank Willis Thomas
Branded Head, 2003
Lambda photograph
40 x 30 inches 

(Source: tobia)

CLOTH was recently featured on one of our favorite blogs, Fly Girls. Check it out here. 

So cool! (via afrochicgist www.scarlettlion.com)

8daysawk tobia:

Photograph by Bjoern Obst, for National Geographic.
“A beautiful room of yellow in the shrine of Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco.”

via theworldwelivein.

This is beautiful. Love it. 

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candance:

Only a few of the Freedom Scarves are still available. Grab yours at the CLOTH sale for only $35, use the code “TUMBLR” for an extra 10% off your order at checkout! Go. Go. Go. 

onceuponapoet:

This is an interpretation of Goddess Oya by Francisco Santos.

Oya is Lady of storms, one of the most powerful African Orishas. She’s the sister-wife of the God Shango and most of her power is rooted in the natural world. She’s the Goddess of thunder, lightning, tornadoes, winds, rainstorms and hurricanes.

Loved and feared. The Savage Warrior, the Protective Mother. She will only accept, act upon, and speak the truth, even when it is hard to bear.

Oya is the protectress of women. Passionate, fearless, sensual and independent. She is the guardian of the realm between life and death.

“Oya is not a Goddess to be invoked lightly and must be treated with respect and care. While She will toss you in Her storms of change, and shelter you in Her caring embrace, She will also strike you down with Her lightning should the need arise. However, do not let that dissuade you from working with Oya, for She is the Strong Woman, the Bringer of Change and Seeker of Truth, who can be a most powerful ally.”

I work in ways deep ever present always moving…

I know I’m a little late, but I finally got around to watching Food Inc. yesterday. I thought it was amazing, not as controversial as it could have been but just enough so that might get people to change the way they look at food. Over the past few weeks I’ve been seriously evaluating and changing what I put in my body.

Growing up Oona and I were surround by organic farms and other farmers that still had a connection to and control over their land. After hunting season friends would drop off venison that lasted the entire winter and overall we at well and locally. Since moving to Chicago all of that has changed for me. For many reasons my diet changed drastically and I’m beginning to feel the effects of those choices, needless to say I’m not happy. 

For me Food Inc was that finally nudge I needed to jump into a healthy lifestyle completely. This means shopping at the farmers market whenever possible, quitting processed food, saying no to hormones and corn-fed animals and eating organic whenever possible. I know it sounds like a lot and it is. Its more expensive and time consuming but when I think of all the health problems and diseases that have been caused by multinational food companies that put profit before human life, I know its the right thing to do.

xoCandance

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