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...unite and distinguish the congregation. Instead they taught a way of life, deeply democratic, severe and simple, that could be sustained only through a faithful home and what they called a "guarded education." The goal was both to instruct and protect. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...know is called Mudman, a persona of the artist Kim Jones. In order to become Mudman, Jones coats his body in mud, pulls a thick nylon stocking over his head, puts on a foam headdress, and then straps to his back a large lattice structure made of wooden slats, tree branches, wax, wire, tape, sponge, and whatnot. Sometimes he also wears a glove on his left hand from which a number of long wooden spikes protrude all the way to the ground. The effect is visually and conceptually compelling, especially if you see him walking toward you in a city...
...country road. A tree. Evening.”Two men, dressed in tattered clothes, stand around, loitering, waiting. “Funny,” one says. “Nothing to be done.” Behind them glows an eerie light, the nighttime glare of the levee bordering the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. “How could we use the most enigmatic play of the 20th century to talk about what happened in Katrina?” video artist Paul Chan remembers asking himself on a trip to New Orleans in the fall...
...think that carries through to the pottery as well,” Hoy remarked at her presentation, entitled “Agulu: Form from Function.” Every element of the potting process, Hoy discovered, was sustainable and came directly from the land. From the hardened tree leaves used to sculpt and smooth the village’s clay to the braided grass impressed upon the pots to add texture, every material used was completely natural and close at hand. Although this pottery—which is primarily used for cooking and storing food—is threatened...
...pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...