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Thu, 16 May 2013 10:19:17 -0400

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Thu, 16 May 2013 10:15:10 -0400

blissed: Marina Abramović, Rhythm 0, 1974 “This piece was...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:19:24 -0400

Marina Abramović, Rhythm 0, 1974

“This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in which she told viewers she would not move for six hours no matter what they did to her. She placed 72 objects one could use in pleasing or destructive ways, ranging from flowers and a feather boa to a knife and a loaded pistol, on a table near her and invited the viewers to use them on her however they wanted.

Initially, Abramović said, viewers were peaceful and timid, but it escalated to violence quickly. “The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”

This piece revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to what Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment or Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiment, both of which also proved how readily people will harm one another under unusual circumstances.”

This performance showed just how easy it is to dehumanize a person who doesn’t fight back, and is particularly powerful because it defies what we think we know about ourselves. I’m certain the no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.”

"I’m going to tell you what a demon once told me: It is okay to want your own happiness. It’s okay to..."

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:14:52 -0400

“I’m going to tell you what a demon once told me: It is okay to want your own happiness. It’s okay to care about yourself the most. It’s okay to do what’s healthy for you. When someone hits you, it’s okay to hit back and then ask them what the hell they expected. It’s okay. You are not obligated to sit there and smile and swallow every bit of shit everyone heaps on you. You are more than furniture, you’re more than window dressing, you’re not their shiny toy. You’re human, and you have the right to say ‘That was shitty of you’. You have a right to say ‘Let me feed that back to you; tell me, how does it taste?’ You have a right to protest your own mistreatment and set boundaries for respectful interactions. The rest of the world doesn’t realize you have this right, and they will act offended and appalled when you exercise it, but it is yours.”

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Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:34:48 -0400

"People may not tell you how they feel about you, but they always show you. Pay attention."

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:33:56 -0400

“People may not tell you how they feel about you, but they always show you. Pay attention.”

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Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:17:33 -0400

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Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:08:21 -0400

"Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things—they save you."

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:00:12 -0400

“Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things—they save you.”

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Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:15:43 -0500

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Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:14:50 -0500

"I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship."

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:02:52 -0500

“I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.”

- Michelle Williams (via lunaoki)

leilockheart: by Mary Lou Kownacki

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:33:16 -0500

leilockheart:

by Mary Lou Kownacki

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Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:28:19 -0500

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Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:27:29 -0500

"She had a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach, like when you’re swimming and you want to put..."

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:26:49 -0500

“She had a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach, like when you’re swimming and you want to put your feet down on something solid, but the water’s deeper than you think and there’s nothing there.”

- Julia Gregson, East of the Sun (via ckgarden)