Tales from Jackson
a tagline when I moved to
Mississippi in 2016.
Some work, some writing, some visuals.
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Tales from Jackson
a tagline when I moved to
Mississippi in 2016.
Some work, some writing, some visuals.
The man, the work, the intellect, the joy and curiosity that changed my life.
Thank you Larry, on the date before your birth. I miss you everyday.
"The presence of evil was something to be first recognized, then dealt with, survived, outwitted, triumphed over."
Title might change. Cheap lazy steal from the documentary title ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot.’
I can't be a pessimist, because I'm alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I'm forced to be an optimist. I'm forced to believe that we can survive whatever we must survive.
A film that started out to be a 10 minute short became a 44 minute documentary classic.
Full movie can be found at folkstreams.net/films/its-grits
Jacob Lawrence, "Brownstones," detail, gouache on board, 31.5" x 73.25", 1958. Clark Atlanta University Art Museum; Gift of Chauncey and Catherine Waddell, WC45. © 2018 Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society, New York.
“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.”
Or, cracks. Or, catches. Or, when hot tears well-up from rage and frustration.
Charlotte Capers led the Mississippi Department of Archives and history from 1955 to 1969. The Ladies’ Room in the photo is steps away from the Director’s Office. I’d argue, another indication of gendered space design as the Director was a woman when the structure was built.
Annie travels to Palm Springs to say good-bye to her mother, Catherine.
Carmen battles New Orleans’s Road Home program.