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thegodmolecule: here is a tribe in Africa where the birth date...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:35:46 -0700

here is a tribe in Africa where the birth date of a child is counted not from when they were born, nor from when they are conceived but from the day that the child was a thought in its mother’s mind. And when a woman decides that she will have a child, she goes off and sits under a tree, by herself, and she listens until she can hear the song of the child that wants to come. And after she’s heard the song of this child, she comes back to the man who will be the child’s father, and teaches it to him. And then, when they make love to physically conceive the child, some of that time they sing the song of the child, as a way to invite it.

And then, when the mother is pregnant, the mother teaches that child’s song to the midwives and the old women of the village, so that when the child is born, the old women and the people around her sing the child’s song to welcome it. And then, as the child grows up, the other villagers are taught the child’s song. If the child falls, or hurts its knee, someone picks it up and sings its song to it. Or perhaps the child does something wonderful, or goes through the rites of puberty, then as a way of honoring this person, the people of the village sing his or her song.

In the African tribe there is one other occasion upon which the villagers sing to the child. If at any time during his or her life, the person commits a crime or aberrant social act, the individual is called to the center of the village and the people in the community form a circle around them. Then they sing their song to them.

The tribe recognizes that the correction for antisocial behavior is not punishment; it is love and the remembrance of identity. When you recognize your own song, you have no desire or need to do anything that would hurt another.

And it goes this way through their life. In marriage, the songs are sung, together. And finally, when this child is lying in bed, ready to die, all the villagers know his or her song, and they sing—for the last time—the song to that person.

You may not have grown up in an African tribe that sings your song to you at crucial life transitions, but life is always reminding you when you are in tune with yourself and when you are not. When you feel good, what you are doing matches your song, and when you feel awful, it doesn’t. In the end, we shall all recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home.

(via .@juxtapozlatino | Mañana abre OBITUARY de @hbaglione en...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:25:02 -0700

(via .@juxtapozlatino | Mañana abre OBITUARY de @hbaglione en @fifty24mx. “Death” )

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Fri, 17 May 2013 13:03:49 -0700

"Words tend to fill the mind, pictures tend to clear it."

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:40:41 -0700

“Words tend to fill the mind, pictures tend to clear it.”

- Magnificent Ruin (via nevver)

thejapanesewoodblock: Ito SHINSUI (1898-1972) Washing the Hair...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:17:50 -0700

thejapanesewoodblock:

Ito SHINSUI (1898-1972)

Washing the Hair ( aka Tresses ). (49.3 x 35 cms; 19.5 x 13.75 inches),1953

Sunny & The Sunliners \ Should I Take You Home Yes...

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:21:02 -0700

Sunny & The Sunliners \ Should I Take You Home

Yes please, can i have more…

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Thu, 16 May 2013 14:10:36 -0700

"You’re not like the others. I’ve seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:58:33 -0700

“You’re not like the others. I’ve seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon, last night. The others would never do that. The others would walk off and leave me talking. No one has time anymore for anyone else. You’re one of the few who put up with me.”

- Ray Bradbury (via kza)

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Tue, 14 May 2013 20:51:48 -0700

omg. she’s beautiful

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:37:12 -0700

omg. she’s beautiful

夢中

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:02:56 -0700

markpowellartist: Bic biro drawing on a collection of antique...

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:02:22 -0700

markpowellartist:

Bic biro drawing on a collection of antique Japanese envelopes.

JU-AR \ \ EVERYWHERE

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:58:07 -0700

JU-AR \ \ EVERYWHERE

Grap’s Beat…

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:14:47 -0700

Grap’s Beat…

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Tue, 14 May 2013 13:50:15 -0700

kimnovaks: Marlon Brando in a screen test for “Rebel without a...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:30:19 -0700

kimnovaks:

Marlon Brando in a screen test for “Rebel without a cause”

cosmic-diaspora: perrrplexed: Pure cannabis cigars, consisting...

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:23:22 -0700

cosmic-diaspora:

perrrplexed:

Pure cannabis cigars, consisting of marajuana bud soaked in THC oil, then rolled in broad cannabis topleaf. The best

good GOD

The DREEEEAAMM

Hi-C \ FEAT. TONY A. \ SITTING IN THE PARK

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:55:40 -0700

Hi-C \ FEAT. TONY A. \ SITTING IN THE PARK

dntty: mothers day project feliz dia de la madre

Sun, 12 May 2013 01:42:55 -0700

dntty:

mothers day project

feliz dia de la madre

"The right man will love all the things about you that the wrong man was intimidated by."

Sun, 12 May 2013 01:22:10 -0700

“The right man will love all the things about you that the wrong man was intimidated by.”

- (via ventilated)