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by J. Otis Powell‽ (with interrobang)

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calligraphy by: Kel C Ann Johnston 

http://cargocollective.com/officeofjohnston

"It is forgetfulness that makes life possible.” Romare Bearden 

 Cliché

We escape dogma

Cannons

Textbook realities

Founding father visions

Museums

Zoos

Prisons

And plantations that hold stories

Made from brutal his-stories like

Drapetomaniacs

Forgetting captivity

Commodifica...

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Wednesday 6th June 2012 12:11 am

avant-garde players   Drapetomaniac   escape   habit breakers   improviXing freedom   Kel-c-Ann

Voices of the Andoumboulou

by J. Otis Powell‽ (with interrobang)

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Voices of the Andoumboulou

photo credit: George Roberts

Excerpted this from a Disease called Freedom: Whether or not to run was never an option but to run toward or to run from is the constant critical dilemma. What? I asked is there to get inside of and what is there to shed like snake back rainbows? A narrative of questions justifies my stunningly unusual plight and helps me feel more c...

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Saturday 1st October 2011 8:11 am

Andoumboulou   Disease   Drapetomaniac

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