speak soon, say lucky.

resilientkate:

softgore:

“This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in which she told viewers she would not move for six hours no matter what they did to her. She placed 72 objects one could use in pleasing or destructive ways, ranging from flowers and a feather boa to a knife and a loaded pistol, on a table near her and invited the viewers to use them on her however they wanted.
Initially, Abramović said, viewers were peaceful and timid, but it escalated to violence quickly. “The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”
This piece revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to what Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment or Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiment, both of which also proved how readily people will harm one another under unusual circumstances.”
This performance showed just how easy it is to dehumanize a person who doesn’t fight back, and is particularly powerful because it defies what we think we know about ourselves. I’m certain the no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.”

this is why performance art is important

ooksaidlibrarian:

Meer-Mönch - Sea-Monk
Menschheit und Weltall, 1904

A revolution is going to happen in this country in the next few years or decades. I hope to god this bloated, tired and decaying American two party system is destroyed. Government is blatantly corrupt, thieving and manipulating to take away civil rights. And it goes on unchecked. I want the American people to stand the fuck up and break something. Crush big banks. Complete insurance and medical reform. Taking millions of Americans up out of poverty. Fucking get up and take all that really belongs to you back and more. I will be next to you, screaming all night long.

scinerds:

Blood Clot
NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

grimyboy:

procrastination is like driving on the highway and feeling like you’re in control then it comes time to take your exit but you realize you don’t have a steering wheel because you are a piece of shit

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partyshoggoth:

Oh No That Was Probably A Really Weird Thing To Say Wasnt It: A Memoir

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