Namako Studios

YOUR PHOTO

a haiku

what is she doing?
time is passing, and still no
sign of progress-- yet.

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    6 hours ago

    "I guess I never caught that bug where you’re only supposed to care about your own country or your own local area. To me, 49 decapitated Mexicans is just as bad as 49 decapitated Americans and I know if there were 49 decapitated Americans in the street anywhere in the country, it would be like 9/11 all over again. It would be the largest news story for years - if it just happened once - but it happens time and time again in Mexico… and I guess as long as Americans aren’t getting decapitated, apparently the rest of the country, and especially our media, couldn’t give a damn and that’s part of what’s sick and wrong with this country’s media. And so, we march on as if nothing is wrong, as if everything is hunky dory, as if the war on drugs makes sense and hasn’t created these grotesque gangs that grow larger and more grotesque by the day - and it’s not because of the drugs. It’s because the drugs are illegal."

    Cenk Uygur commenting on the 49 bodies that were recently found decapitated in Mexico and on the continued War on Drugs, which has claimed over 62,000 lives since just 2006 (via mohandasgandhi)

    (via fuckyeahdrugpolicy)

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    1 day ago

    swimmiesofdoom:

    this is a wonderful short documentary about an artist person who is very tall and puts dots on things! 


    _________

    Waits pronounces the word “biennele”, or whatever, exactly the same way I do!  Ha!

    You get that pronounciation, by the way, when you are an American who is conscious of how exceedingly pretentious the word sounds when you are saying it.  As it is leaving your mouth, your American mind is mocking it, and you end up with the best and most accurate rendering of the word.

    That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

    john baldessari

    tom waits

    mini documentary

    this ROCKS!

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    1 day ago

    Holy crap this is awesome.  Gives a whole new meaning to “hey, lookit the tomatoes on THAT one!”

    Holy crap this is awesome.  Gives a whole new meaning to “hey, lookit the tomatoes on THAT one!”

    (Source: moleskinelovers)

    love!

    submission

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    2 days ago

    villacollezione: why the camo turtle? vintagevillacollezione.com villacollezioneboutique.com

    villacollezione:

    why the camo turtle?

    vintagevillacollezione.com

    villacollezioneboutique.com

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    3 days ago

    SIGNAL BOOST: MEDIA IGNORE THEFT OF PHOTOGRAPHER’S WORK DOCUMENTING BLACK LESBIAN LIVES

    thegang:

    An award winning photographer who has devoted her working life to documenting the lives of black lesbians has had five years worth of her work stolen.

     Zanele Muholi, described by the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa as “one of the country’s foremost artists”, had more than 20 external hard drives stolen from her flat in Vredehoek, Cape Town on April 20.

    The hard drives contain stills and video footage, including photos from the funerals of victims of homophobic hate crimes. It is thought that the burglars were targeting Muholi’s work, as little else was taken from her flat, and back up hard drives were also taken.

    Muholi’s partner Liesl Theron, with whom she shares the flat, said that her possessions were left untouched, except for a laptop which was stolen, further fuelling belief that Muholi was the intended target of the crime.

    The work taken had been captured across South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Malawi, according to the Cape Times. Also stolen was work due to be shown at an exhibition in July, which Muholi believes she will now have to cancel.

    Despite the volume of work stolen and the imminence of the planned exhibition, Muholi’s plight has been largely ignored by the media. It is believed that the lack of publicity is due to the nature of her work, which shows a different side to the black lesbian community than that usually represented in the mainstream media.

    “I’m not myself. I can’t even sleep at night since I’ve heard about the burglary,” the devastated Muholi told DIVA. She has appealed for anyone who knows the whereabouts of the hard drives to return them.

    Queer photographer Del LaGrace Volcano said of the theft; “Zanele’s work is, in my not so humble opinion, some of the most important work being produced, not just in Africa, but anywhere. I consider her a dear friend and mourn the loss of her archive as if it were my own.”

    Zanele’s supporters are fundraising to help her replace the stolen equipment. Donations can be made online at IndieGoGo.

    The investigation into the burglary is ongoing, according to a police spokesperson.

    (via sweatbtwn)

    (Source: navigatethestream)

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    4 days ago

    think-progress: Things that are LOWER today than when President Obama took office:  Spending  Taxes The deficit

    think-progress:

    Things that are LOWER today than when President Obama took office: 

    1. Spending 
    2. Taxes
    3. The deficit

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    5 days ago

    motherjones: The Charts TED Doesn’t Want to Publicize: Why wouldn’t TED Talks post these income inequality charts and the video of a TED presentation about how the American middle class has been left behind?

    motherjones:

    The Charts TED Doesn’t Want to Publicize:

    Why wouldn’t TED Talks post these income inequality charts and the video of a TED presentation about how the American middle class has been left behind?

    one reason I take TED with a grain of salt

    but then I take all information and opinion with a grain of salt

    cuz salt makes things tasty.

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    5 days ago

    swimmiesofdoom: gabcollab: “Thumbelina Washes Her Hair” (Prismacolor pencil on paper with The Blob of the Week) My rule was only the pencils that happened to be in my top desk drawer could be used.  I was surprised at how many pencils have found their way into my top desk drawer. namakostudios.tumblr.com ********* reblogging both for our piroFriend, and also because everyone should go to the gabcollab tumblr and try out this cool art project!  yay!

    swimmiesofdoom:

    gabcollab:

    “Thumbelina Washes Her Hair”

    (Prismacolor pencil on paper with The Blob of the Week)

    My rule was only the pencils that happened to be in my top desk drawer could be used.  I was surprised at how many pencils have found their way into my top desk drawer.

    namakostudios.tumblr.com


    *********

    reblogging both for our piroFriend, and also because everyone should go to the gabcollab tumblr and try out this cool art project!  yay!

    gabcollab

    art

    thanks fishies!

    submission

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    5 days ago

    Apparently I’m going to have to get someone I follow to reblog the gabcollab art blobs so I can post my contributions to my own tumblr.  Which is weird.  But okay.

    gabcollab

    art

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    6 days ago

    swimmiesofdoom: holy carp!  the daves all whistled!  the mermaids all stopped dead in their wakes!  the yellow fin tuna girls started wildly jotting down sketches and plotting how to crochet without needles or opposable thumbs or beautiful green cotton! can’t you see this on a belly dancer?  oooh la laaaa. click to see!

    swimmiesofdoom:

    holy carp!  the daves all whistled!  the mermaids all stopped dead in their wakes!  the yellow fin tuna girls started wildly jotting down sketches and plotting how to crochet without needles or opposable thumbs or beautiful green cotton!

    can’t you see this on a belly dancer?  oooh la laaaa.

    click to see!

    OOooh.

    Imamakemeoneathose!

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    1 week ago

    Problems with the Queue

    support:

    Hi, all. If you’re a Queue user then you may have noticed that Queued posts haven’t been publishing reliably over the weekend. Our engineers are aware of this issue and are working as quickly as they can to get it fixed. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.

    *********

    I feel better now.  Reblogging so my business partner and the fishies can see, since both have been complaining about this.

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    1 week ago

    motherjones: braiker: well played flavorpill: Yes. “I really wanted to like this sign, but…” ********* This reaction to lame reviews works for me.  I plan to use this online in my Storenvy shop if I see so much as a single shred of doubt in my products/skillz in the comments.  I’ll work the hell out of it.

    motherjones:

    braiker:

    well played

    flavorpill:

    Yes.

    “I really wanted to like this sign, but…”

    *********

    This reaction to lame reviews works for me.  I plan to use this online in my Storenvy shop if I see so much as a single shred of doubt in my products/skillz in the comments.  I’ll work the hell out of it.

    I plan to use this idea in my online shop

    I am absolutely Not Joking

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    1 week ago

    gabcollab: It’s Thursday, and thus time to update the watercolor painting that YOU draw on! Thanks so much for collaborating with me. Spread the word! Submit here when you’re done. __________ Cool, the new blob is here! 

    gabcollab:

    It’s Thursday, and thus time to update the watercolor painting that YOU draw on! Thanks so much for collaborating with me. Spread the word! Submit here when you’re done.

    __________

    Cool, the new blob is here! 

  14. 1 week ago

    Apparently if I link a picture from another tumblr site (the magnificent gabcollab) to my own, I can’t reblog that post.  Which seems like a kind of weird phenomenom, but then I’m endlessly aghast at the strange and unweildly and disorganized aspects of tumblr, which otherwise works so very well. So well, in fact, that if I can ever manage to build a following here I might just do all my selling directly from this blog, or a combination of this blog and Storenvy.  I like tumblr, but man, they need themselves some new servers, a librarian or two to straighten out their organization issues, and… I don’t know.  A way of sorting my faves? Dang, I sound like I’m back on Etsy again.

    Apparently if I link a picture from another tumblr site (the magnificent gabcollab) to my own, I can’t reblog that post.  Which seems like a kind of weird phenomenom, but then I’m endlessly aghast at the strange and unweildly and disorganized aspects of tumblr, which otherwise works so very well.

    So well, in fact, that if I can ever manage to build a following here I might just do all my selling directly from this blog, or a combination of this blog and Storenvy.  I like tumblr, but man, they need themselves some new servers, a librarian or two to straighten out their organization issues, and… I don’t know.  A way of sorting my faves?

    Dang, I sound like I’m back on Etsy again.

    gabcollab

    my own contribution to the last blob

    liking the looks of the new blob

    I'll figure out a better method of identifying my work

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    1 week ago

    I’ve seen about fifty different covers of this Gotye song, which I am totally obsessed with, I admit it.  This is my favorite.  I mean, seriously.  BASSOONS.  Women with BASSOONS.  In a hallway, on a staircase, in classy dresses.

    I don’t think it gets much more bitchin than this.

    somebody that I used to know

    cover

    BASSOONS Y'ALL!

    CHICKS WITH BASSOONS!