“Sometimes goldfinches one by one will drop From low hung branches; little space they stop; But sip, and twitter, and their feathers sleek; Then off at once, as in a wanton freak: Or perhaps, to show their black, and golden wings Pausing upon their yellow flutterings.” LittlesSometimesShowsBlackSpaceLowsWingsGoldenBranchesYellowFreakHungFeathersWantonFlutteringPausingGoldfinches Book:Poetry Manuscripts at Harvard Source: Poetry Manuscripts at Harvard
“Have you ever hung a piece of black velvet behind you and looked at yourself in the mirror? We are each of us quite alone, and that's what I try to paint.” TryingBlackBehindsPiecesMirrorsPaintHungBehind YouVelvet Author:Thomas S. Buechner
“I personally have never trusted museums. ... It is because museums, broadly speaking, live off of the art and artifacts of others, often art and artifacts that have been obtained by dubious means. But they also manipulate whatever it is they present to the public; hence, until Judy Chicago, in the 1970s ... few women artists were hung in any major museum. Indian artists? Artifacts only, please. Black artists? Something musical, maybe? And so forth.” MeanHas BeensArtArtistBlackPleaseMajorsMusicalIndianMuseumsChicagoTrustedHungManipulateNever TrustDubiousArtifactsWoman Artist Author:Alice Walker
“We are each of us like our little blue planet, hung in black space, upheld by nothing but our mutual reassurances, our loving lies.” LittlesLyingBlackSpacePlanetsBlueMutualHungReassuranceBlue Planet Book:Rabbit at Rest Source: Rabbit at Rest
“I don't want to know about the constitution of the rapist--I want to kill him! I don't care if he is white or black, if he is middle-class or poor, if his mother hung him from the clothesline by his balls: I only want to kill him! Any woman who has been raped will agree.” IfsKnowsWantHas BeensCareMotherBlackWhitePoorClassMiddleBallsConstitutionAgreeDon't CareI Don't CareMiddle ClassHungClotheslines Author:Diamanda Galas
“In families children tend to take on stock roles, as if there were hats hung up in some secret place, visible only to the children. Each succeeding child selects a hat and takes on that role: the good child, the black sheep, the clown, and so forth.” IfsChildrenBlackSecretRolesSucceedVisibleHatsSheepHungClownSecret PlacesBlack Sheep Book:Between generations: the six stages of parenthood Source: Between generations: the six stages of parenthood
“You know I'm not hung up on this liberating myself from the "black" man - I'm not going to try that thing.” KnowsMenTryingBlackHungLiberating Author:Fannie Lou Hamer