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What do you think? I posted this a week or so ago, but I find myself feeling conflicted about this project and squeezing in creativity in general. Le sigh.

#art for a future #political art #art #drawing #illustration #hand lettering #creativity

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I missed International Womens Day but there were red ukuleles and spider visitors next to red glasses and Liz Phair singing 'Wind and the Mountain' and it all seemed fitting.

#art for a future #liz phair #ps i'm tired #international women's day

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I second that emotion.

#art for a future #arts administration #board meetings #day job #resolutions

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I never said I was perfect.

#art for a future #abrupt #criticism #art critique

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I think they should name the 7 new planets after the 7 cats featured in Kedi, the documentary about the stray cats of Istanbul. Not to wax philosophical about the movie too much but I haven’t been terribly inspired by politics or the resistance this past week. What the artist featured in the film says about Istanbul figuring out a way to cohabitate with cats (solving the “problem” of the stray cats) while reclaiming our sense of humor and joy in life really moved me and that is something that’s been really hard to do over the past couple of months.

#art for a future #kedi film #kedi #kedifilm #cats #planets #politics

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It’s been a helluva week.

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On January 20, 2017, the day I began this project, the day President Trump took office, I learned via Maria Popova of Brainpickings that Gray Wolf Press was giving away copies of Elizabeth Alexander's poem for Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009. I emailed them, thanked them for such a generous gesture, and Tuesday got my own chapbook! Spirits lifted again that day as it was one month earlier.

#art for a future #maria popova #brain pickings #gray wolf press #elizabeth alexander #barack obama #obama #praise song for the day #poetry #art #power of love

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In honor of what happened last Friday night in Sweden, I compiled a little something about the past month using only Abba song titles.

#art for a future #sweden #last night in sweden #je suis ikea #abba

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After watching ‘Sound of Music’ I though of a comeback to California Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s warning to the state to “play nice” with Trump.

#art for a future #sound of music #governor moonbeam #moonbeam #california #california politics #kevin mccarthy

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Beware resistance fatigues.

#art for a future #fainting goats #resistance fatigue #resistance #resist #friday feels

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Do you suppose Robert Harward is a Spinal Tap fan?

#art for a future #robert harward #spinal tap #Donald Trump #shit sandwich

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The first to fall.

#art for a future #flynn resigns #michael t flynn #Donald Trump #valentines #conversation hearts

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Tough to find something to focus on today but we did see the Lego Batman movie.

#art for a future #lego batman #lego movie #batwoman

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Trump insists he can bring the cost of his silly wall "way down". I have one idea.

#art for a future #no wall #Donald Trump

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Getting my public school child to hold this still was ridiculously difficult. I wonder if private school would have better prepared him for participating in mom's silly project?

#art for a future #betsy devos #devos #block devos #public school #education

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TRUMP WAS RIGHT, THAT *WAS* AN EASY DECISION!

#art for a future #immigration #checks and balances #democracy

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By trying to silence Senator Elizabeth Warren the GOP amplified her message.

#art for a future #elizabeth warren #senator warren #gop #republican party #let liz speak #nevertheless she persisted #she persisted #corretta scott king