Foragers (2022, Jumana Manna 🇵🇸)
Za’atar and akkoub are popular herbs in Palestinian culture and cuisine. In 1977, however, Ariel Sharon declared za’atar a ‘protected plant’, rendering its foraging, possession or trade a criminal offense. Akkoub suffered a similar fate when it was labelled protected in 2005. Those who pick za’atar and akkoub subsequently became lawbreakers and in many cases were indicted and convicted. The picking of za’atar and akkoub, nonetheless, continues while many regard it as an act of resistance. (src)
Even after all the pain and hardships endured, I’ll never give up on love. Love is and has always been the point of life. We are made in the image and likeness of love.
una fuerza loca by lena laguna diel, 2023, cyanotype, cotton fabric & wood, 24 x 33 centimeters
My alone time is for everyone’s safety
“Mythos, in Greek,” said Borges, “is not a story that is false. It is a story that is more than true. Myth is a tear in the fabric of reality, and immense energies pour through these holy fissures. Our stories, our poems, are rips in this fabric as well, however slight.”
Jorge Luis Borges, quoted by Jay Parini in Borges and Me
I love :D and :3 and :/ and :) and :( and D: and :c and c: and :|
but rather we are
the small animals
we have always been—
—Donika Kelly, excerpt of “Dear-”, in Bestiary: Poems