While working on a cartoon for this blog about an HIV “vaccine” I felt a little déjà vu — like I had drawn something like this long ago. Digging through some old folders (this is why it’s good to keep journals, diaries and notebooks) I discovered a little cartoon that I had done in high school, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘culture’
In science news …
Posted in american, culture, line art, miscellaneous, new, writing, tagged AIDS vaccine, atheism, atheist cartoon, Brooklyn Tech Survey, Brooklyn Technical High School, culture, culture as conquest, HIV, HIV vaccine, political art, political cartoon, religion in american culture, science education, science news, science vs superstition on October 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
a meme
Posted in american, culture, drawing, line art, miscellaneous, poetry, strange, writing, tagged cartoon, cultural ideas, culture, humor, memes, sociology, spread of ideas, thinking against the crowd on September 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Shaping the sands
Posted in american, culture, latino, new, poetry, writing, tagged civilization, culture, ozymandias, parthenon, poem, poems about the self, poetry, poetry about religion on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Looking at
a postcard
of the Parthenon
I remember that
we have scuttled
along the
sand enough
to leave a
line like
a desperate crab
dancing in
the momentary
sunlight.
Knowing that
the waves
are coming back
does not deter us
from the stories
that we carry
like our shell,
protecting us
from being
homeless
or [...]
Let’s agree to this
Posted in american, latino, poetry, writing, tagged culture, electronic culture, life poetry, poem, poetry, truth poem, writing on May 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Now that we are all connected
can we declare once and for all
and forever ever that
what works best for me
may not be right for everyone else?
And that the same is true of you (plural)
and all your beliefs (super plural)
That maybe you’re part exotic cactus
that grows only on the rocky coasts of Aruba
and I am half [...]
the internet pervert
Posted in american, drawing, latino, line art, new, strange, tagged art, culture, culture as conquest, drawing, electronic culture, line art, line drawing, modern myth glyphs, political art, the internet pervert on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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gang signs
Posted in american, culture, line art, new, strange, tagged african american, art, culture, digital art, frederick douglass, heroes, malcolm x, marcus garvey, martin luther king jr., political art, thurghood marshall on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »