Today's Haiku with Picture 289
On the bank of the river
Ripe black fruit
Who is the parent?
河原にて
実る黒い実
親はだれ?
Bad -egg plant?
(2022.12.05)
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Point of View, charcoal on paper by nickbleb
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light feminine habits
1. speak with kindness. don’t speak harshly to yourself. speak with compassion and tenderness. you’re not dumb or stupid, you’re learning. also, be mindful of your loved ones feelings when you speak.
2. slow down. drop the plans and go with the flow. meditate. plan a getaway. take a nap.
3. let yourself feel. when you feel like crying, cry. when you feel like laughing, laugh. when you feel like screaming, scream.
4. be playful. not everything needs to be taken so seriously. spend time around babies and animals. watch cartoons and fairytale movies.
5. learn. be open. ask questions. be curious without commitment.
6. build a connection to nature. take a walk in the park. smell the flowers. cloud gaze. listen to the birds. walk barefoot in the grass. sunbathe. have. a picnic.
7. decorate. surround yourself with things that makes you feel happy. look on pinterest for creative ideas. hang pictures up in your wall. buy cute trinkets. make your space aesthetically pleasing.
8. make yourself a nourishing meal. cook/bake. learn new recipes. eat tasty foods.
9. play soothing music. listen to calming sounds or music that can put your mind at ease.
10. let stuff go. seek for a harmonious environment. stop arguing. stop worrying and let universe handle it.
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Charles Ethan Porter (1847-1923)
"Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)" (c. 1890)
Oil on canvas
Located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, United States
Porter was among the first African American artists to exhibit his work nationally and the only one to specialize in still lifes. The painting's subject—originally an African gourd brought to the New World by seventeenth-century Spaniards and cultivated by colonists—is significant. Porter chose to paint a watermelon, an earlier symbol of American abundance—and during the Civil War period one particularly associated with free Blacks—when it was increasingly defined by virulent stereotyping. By reclaiming the subject in artistic terms, Porter challenged a contemporary racist trope.
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