about me: afro-global. afrique c’est chic. current location: here & on the verge. about this blog: for all the things that give me pause in this fast moving world. electronic mail: tosind at gmail dot com.Tumblr (3.0; @flummoxedbird)http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmxsxoFTo1qa33buo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jiyuujin.tumblr.com/post/256278975/sade-to-release-soldier-of-love-on-8th-february" target="_blank">jiyuujin</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><b>Sade To Release Soldier of Love on 8th February, 2010<br/></b></p> <!--- blog body ---> <p>The wait is now over. RCA Label Group are pleased to announce the release of Soldier of Love, the highly anticipated new body of work from Sade. <br/><br/>Soldier of Love will be released worldwide on 8th February, 2010 and is Sade’s first official studio album since the multi-platinum release of Lovers Rock in 2000.</p> <p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sade" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sade" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/sade</a></a></p> </blockquote> <p>(Source: <a href="http://funkadelicer.tumblr.com/post/256107000/sade-to-release-soldier-of-love-on-8th-february" target="_blank">funkadelicer</a>).</p> </blockquote>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/256968368http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/256968368Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:44:19 -0500<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktbt172hzw1qz9rrio1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/255841981http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/255841981Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:55:45 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/249910037/tumblr_ktdgcjJtxE1qz9rri&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>jay-z “feelin’ it”</p> <p><i>even if it aint sunny..hey, i aint complainin’…..</i></p>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/249910037http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/249910037Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:48:36 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdg5zQf7c1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote>while the influence of african art on modern painting and sculpture has been explored, m<i>an ray, african art and the modernist lens</i> examines a parallel history, the role of photography in shaping international understanding of african objects as art, in the 1920s and 1930s. the exhibition reveals photography’s complex engagement with african art by exploring african art in the context of american modernism and the harlem renaissance, surrealism, and the worlds of high fashion and popular culture, at the same time as it investigates issues of race, gender, and colonialism during the modernist era. <p>man ray (emmanuel radnitsky, 1890–1976) was an artist in many mediums, but he is best known as an avant-garde photographer. his noire et blanche (1926), showing a white model with a black mask, is an icon of modern photography</p> </blockquote> <b>man ray, african art and the modernist lens</b><br/>october 10, 2009-january 10, 2009<br/>the phillips collection<br/>1600 21st street, nw<br/><p>washington, dc 20009</p> <p><b>click: </b><a href="http://www.phillipscollection.org/exhibitions/current/index.aspx" target="_blank">for more info</a></p> <p><b>click:</b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Ray" target="_blank">man ray</a></p>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/249906919http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/249906919Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:44:47 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksyibtRiKu1qz6jvco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tariqrahman.tumblr.com/post/240512731/unfamiliar-scenes-from-havana-the-big" target="_blank">tariqrahman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://unfamiliar.ca/post/240485039/scenes-from-havana-the-big-picture" target="_blank">unfamiliar</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/scenes_from_havana.html" target="_blank">Scenes from Havana - The Big Picture</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Interesting article on the recent “opening” of Cuba via <a title="BBC" href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120274039&ft=1&f=1001" target="_blank">BBC</a></p> </blockquote>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/248655884http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/248655884Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:14:39 -0500“it seems that the more places i see & experience, the bigger i realize the world to be. the more i become aware of, the more i realize how relatively little i know of it, how many places i have still to go, how much more there is to learn. maybe that’s enlightenment enough - to know that there is no final resting place of the mind, no moment of smug clarity. perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small i am, & unwise, and how far i have yet to go.”<br/><br/> - <em>anthony bourdain (via <a href="http://dreamnoises.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">dreamnoises</a>) (via <a href="http://laeticia.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">laeticia</a>)</em>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/247573481http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/247573481Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:14:07 -0500<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/1DPefIrd9owza04lw6QVskTIo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/wallexhibits/body/bodyalterations/bodyalterations.html#Scar" target="_blank">via</a></p>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/247488382http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/247488382Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:31:00 -0500“Even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the other.”<br/><br/> - <em>Thornton Wilder. (via <a href="http://jiyuujin.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">jiyuujin</a>)</em>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/247487694http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/247487694Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:30:18 -0500<p>hosted by dandies and quaintrelles—-“redemption through style”——for the Arts for the Aging (AFTA)</p> <p>sunday, november 15th from 11am - 2pm</p> <p><b>click:</b> <a href="http://dandiesandquaintrelles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">dandies and quaintrelles</a></p>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245597628http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245597628Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:17:31 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6odwyX5Y1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245576955http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245576955Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:58:44 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6obro1KZ1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245575446http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245575446Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:57:27 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6oappCCS1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245574740http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245574740Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:56:49 -0500<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6nqc7czK1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245560224http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245560224Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:44:36 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6noqisHw1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245559101http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245559101Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:43:38 -0500<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6nkuYUTH1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245556342http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245556342Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:41:18 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6nig4crg1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245554623http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245554623Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:39:52 -0500<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6ndvXeuK1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245551562http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245551562Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:37:07 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6ncxz4HC1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245550876http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245550876Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:36:33 -0500<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6nc7FQyR1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245550441http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245550441Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:36:07 -0500<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6nan5Rey1qz9rrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245549364http://flummoxedbird.tumblr.com/post/245549364Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:35:11 -0500