Perfect Timing
Perfect Timing…Late have I loved you Augustine once said, Yet Love replied “late, I would not say” Today is just right, no better time, There is no early, there is no late. You say late, as if you have now … Continue reading
Change
Roll the drums! Bring them Forward! The day is new; our culture arises From the capital suppression We bring our hearts String the beads of tradition Color our skin with aesthetic beauty Paint our faces white like snow Sophistication was … Continue reading
I Exist.
In the wake of the new Presidential elections and Executive moves regarding immigration, it is important to remember that the “immigration issue” deals with the lives of humans that exist here and now, in the same way that we exist. … Continue reading
Becoming an Agent of Change: Words and Wisdom by Mark Vallen
Interview by Zena Andreani Mark Vallen is a Los Angeles based Chicano activist, artists, and blogger. He has created images for publications such as L.A. Weekly, Mother Jones, The Progressive, South End Press, L.A. Reader, and California Magazine. Vallen also runs … Continue reading
We Walked
There are things that we forget in our constantly busy lives: the people around us that love us and that we love, and the vibrant, alive world that has been our playground since childhood. We walked along a dirt road, … Continue reading
Original Song by Aidan Kelly.
For the Politically Angry and Comedic Followers: Don’t Miss Aidan Kelly’s demo, Frequent Flyer. Happy Memorial Day! Frequent Flyer
Concrete Slab Musn’t Limit Our Freedom of Expression
A Wall-Painted Animation
Transnational Adoption
I was adopted at birth by a wonderfully loving family from Los Angeles. In 2010 I traveled to El Salvador, the land of my heritage and biological family. This piece was written during my time, and with a great sensitivity to the feelings I was having about returning to my “motherland.” Continue reading
They Taught Me How
All this was a long time ago, I remember, And I would do it again, but set down This set down This: were we led all that way for Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly, We had evidence … Continue reading
Beloved
Did you know that I am becoming? Look in the wave of my hip The fluttering reeds of my lashes and the dark, long, rings from my crown Look deeper— See me becoming. _ The one within Behind the rich … Continue reading