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Life can not be told, I've already said, life is lived, and while the living is already lost, ran away.
by Antonio Tabucchi
Концерты + фестивали, где было по несколько групп — они расставлены именно в том порядке в каком понравились,
открытия года: шведка Anna von Hausswolff 🔥, исландцы Auðn, норвежцы Mysticum, москвичи Manunkind и возвращение The Radio Dept., At the Drive-In и Franz Ferdinand,
epic fail года: забыл про Kælan Mikla в Fish, но их уже позвали на Roadburn 2018, надеюсь там мы и встретимся. 💟
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The Best Concerts of 2017 @ deepskyobject
01. Anna von Hausswolff & Kristof Hahn (Swans), Fennesz & Lillevan, Maarja Nuut & Hendrik Kaljujärv, Dollkraut, Fogh Depot, Anika, Rosemary Loves A Blackberry, Громыка, VHK @ SKIF, St Petersburg, RU, 30.09.2017
02. Auðn, True Widow, Amenra, Chelsea Wolfe, Magma, Oathbreaker, Subrosa (Subdued), Naðra, Perturbator, Zhrine, Telepathy @ Roadburn, Tilburg, NL, 21.04.2017
03. Ulver, Emma Ruth Rundle, Come To Grief, Inter Arma, Radar Men From The Moon, Jaye Jayle, Les Discrets, Oxbow, Pillorian (Agalloch) @ Roadburn, Tilburg, NL, 23.04.2017
04. The Radio Dept., Chelsea Wolfe, Kairon; IRSE!, Death Hawks, Röyksopp feat Jonna Lee, The Coathangers, Ilpo Väisänen & Jimi Tenor: Mika Vainio-tribuutti, Dinosaur Jr., Sanni @ Sideways, Helsinki, FI, 10.06.2017
05. Oranssi Pazuzu, Mysticum, Wolvennest, Aluk Todolo, The Bug vs Dylan Carlson of Earth, Trans Am, Misþyrming, My Dying Bride, Disfear @ Roadburn, Tilburg, NL, 22.04.2017
06. Clock DVA, Actress, Dopplereffekt @ PPF Artplay, St Petersburg, RU, 28.07.2017
07. The Thurston Moore Group, Huoratron, Kaleidobolt, Kynnet, Editors, Mikko Joensuu: Amen 3, Demdike Stare, DJ Shadow, Tommy Cash, Iisa @ Sideways, Helsinki, FI, 09.06.2017
08. At the Drive-In, Franz Ferdinand, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Black Lips, Allah-Las, MØ @ Rock En Seine, Paris, FR, 25.08.2017
09. Slowdive, Ty Segall, Clara Luciaini, Arnaud Rebotini, The Lemon Twigs, The xx, George Ezra @ Rock En Seine, Paris, FR, 27.08.2017
10. Римский-Корсаков - Снегурочка @ Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, RU, 29.01.2017
11. The Jesus & Mary Chain, Cold Cave @ Tavastia, Helsinki, FI 10.10.2017
12. PJ Harvey, Frustration, Ulrika Spacek, Lysistrata, Fakear, Girls In Hawaii, Karoline Rose @ Rock En Seine, Paris, FR, 26.08.2017
13. Daniel Avery, Silver Apples, Unit Moebius, Das Ding, Love Cult, Juju & Jordash, Planetary Assault Systems, Simple Symmetry, Module Werk, Утро, Kausto, Inga Mauer @ PPF, St Petersburg, RU, 29.07.2017
14. Esben and The Witch, Deafheaven, Coven, Subrosa, Suma, Rome, Wolves In The Throne Room, Lycus, Alaric, Bongzilla @ Roadburn, Tilburg, NL, 20.04.2017
15. Legowelt, Silent Servant, Inga Mauer @ Artplay, St Petersburg, RU, 23.02.2017
16. Wardruna, Forndom, Nytt Land @ Kosmonavt, St Petersburg, Russia, 05.02.2017
17. Cigarettes After Sex @ Hi-Hat, St Petersburg, RU, 12.07.2017
18. Blankenberge, Wreck and Reference @ Les Villa, St Petersburg, RU, 21.07.2017
19. Oscar Powell, Alessandro Adriani, David Vunk, An-I (Douglas Lee), DJ Haus (Rupert Cogan), Module Werk, Nocow @ Artplay, St Petersburg, Russia, 23.09.2017
20. Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Teksti-TV 666, K-X-P, Sonic Death, Сплин, Uncle @ Stereoleto, St Petersburg, RU, 09.07.2017
21. Depeche Mode @ SKK, St Petersburg, RU, 13.07.2017
22. Manunkind, DIT108, tmtnsft @ Les Villa, St Petersburg, RU, 01.07.2017
23. Melt-Banana @ Mod, St Petersburg, RU, 18.11.2017
24. Sobranie 8 18, Abyss X @ Hook, St Petersburg, RU, 23.02.2017
25. London Grammar @ New Holland, St Petersburg, RU, 20.07.2017
26. The Jesus & Mary Chain @ Paradiso, Amsterdam, 19.04.2017
27. Pinkshinyultrablast @ New Holland, St Petersburg, RU, 18.08.2017
28. Enslaved @ Zal, St Petersburg, RU, 16.12.2017
29. Блааӂь, Архитектурный Оркестр Благодетели, Сумеречный сад, Юлия Накарякова @ Kapkan, St Petersburg, RU, 28.12.2017
30. Sylvaine, Trna @ Zoccolo 2.0, St Petersburg, RU, 16.03.2017
31. Angelic Milk, Луна, Буерак, FM Belfast @ Stereoleto, St Petersburg, RU, 08.07.2017
32. Bananafish, Atariame @ The Place, St Petersburg, RU, 14.05.2017
33. Theodor Bastard @ Hi-Hat, St Petersburg, RU, 11.06.2017
34. High-Functioning Flesh @ Masts, St Petersburg, RU, 02.06.2017
35. Kedr Livanskiy @ Union, St Petersburg, RU, 07.07.2017
36. Mototrama @ New Holland, St Petersburg, RU, 14.07.2017
37. Электрофорез @ Masts, St Petersburg, RU, 01.07.2017
38. Родион Щедрин - Не только любовь @ Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, RU, 08.03.2017
39. Lee Scratch Perry @ Hi-Hat, St Petersburg, RU, 08.06.2017
40. A.Borisov, K.Rekk @ Folly, St Petersburg, RU, 14.09.2017
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Sifu Kate Hobbs in Process
February 2011
paint pen, oil pastel, spray enamel, on Non Woven Media.
When I painted, I used the collaborative coloring as starting points and a framework for the palette. I made sure to leave notes from others who colored, or areas of dynamic use of the pastel. When you look at this up close, there are countless personal stories. From far away the variety of marks gives the image an energetic texture. I tried to honor the many contributions of color and form and at the same time reflect the spirit of the person in the portrait.
Sifu Kate Hobbs holds the rank of fifth degree Black Belt in the Gaylord Method of Kajukenbo Kung Fu. She currently studies Chi Gung, Tai Chi, and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu under Sifu Michelle Dwyer. She has spent much of her time as a Black Belt focusing on how martial arts can help young people face the violence and injustice they encounter with power and intelligence. She has worked on curriculum for community-based and school-based programs that teach specific tools for conflict resolution, violence prevention and community building for youth aged three to eighteen. She was cofounder of Oakland’s famous Destiny Arts Center, and the national youth play organization Sports for Kids (now known as Playworks). www.oaklandkajukenbo.com/
Reflections of Healing is a multi-faceted process of community building that
includes the collaborative development of 24 large-scale public works featuring Bay Area residents – who through practice or legacy demonstrate healing. The project culminates with temporary and permanent installation of the works across the city of Oakland, CA in 2010-2013
Reflections comes from my evolving conception of collaboration and art making as a framework for transformation that includes social relevance and localized solutions. To this end, it celebrates community healers who reflect the immediate location of the work’s installation while providing a public, non-commercial venue showcasing participatory projects. As an artist who has worked extensively in educational settings, the selection of prominent Oakland models pictured at 15 years of age emphasizes the collective potential of youth in the creation of loving community.
The public installations, both temporary and permanent, will celebrate and document significant Oakland residents and their practice or legacy of healing. Located in neighborhoods of Oakland, the installations will include a variety of media and materials documenting the ethnographic, pedagogical, and creative processes of building loving community and healing through the social collaboration that is Reflections of Healing.
In addition, the works will be used in the set for Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s full-evening performance work “red, black and GREEN: a blues”, which will premier at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (SF) in October 2011, and will be presented at the Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis), The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts (Houston), and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Reflections of Healing is anchored in LIFE is LIVING (LiL), a national initiative that establishes a new model for partnerships between diverse and under-resourced communities, green action agencies, and the contemporary arts world. LIL has carried out audience development through the lens that combines a focus on community development, and a celebratory promotion of life in urban communities.
I'm slowly (really slowly) uploading my shots from the Estria Battle/Life is Living festival.
I stopped to tell these girls how awesome they looked, and they told me I looked great, too! That was so sweet and so unnecessary, but I knew they'd let me take their picture. They made sure to tell me (as did a mom present) that they were performers. They had already done one set and were going to do another. Unfortunately, I missed both.
Another awesome part of the event!
Reflections of Healing Gallery Installation
With Bobby Hutton Quote/Black Panther Party point No. 10 in Amharic, Vietnamese, Spanish, Korean, Arabic, and Chinese
Healing Community Monuments (in clay), Healing Encyclopedia, and Community Healing Map
2930 Telegraph, Oakland CA, May 6, 2011
Reflections of Healing is a multi-faceted process of community building that includes the collaborative development of large-scale public works featuring Bay Area residents pictured as adolescents – who through practice or legacy demonstrate healing. The project reflects new definitions of youth identity while producing an Oakland-wide installation that celebrates past, present, and future models of healing.
The eight portraits were started in October 2010 when they were colored by hundreds of hands at Lil' Bobby Hutton Park (deFremery Park) in West Oakland as part of the LIFE is LIVING (LiL) Festival. LiL is a national initiative that establishes a new model for partnerships between diverse and under-resourced communities, green action agencies, and the contemporary arts world.
Reflections of Healing includes 8 portraits of Oakland healers installed May - September 2011 at Oakland Public Library Branches and at 2930 Telegraph. Their locations are:
Lil’ Bobby Hutton – 2930 Telegraph, 2930 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, Ca
Sifu Kate Hobbs - Rockridge Branch, 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, Ca
Favianna Rodriguez - Cesar E. Chavez Branch, 3301 E. 12th Street #271, Oakland, Ca
Bryant Terry - West Oakland Branch, 1801 Adeline Street #1, Oakland, Ca
Nicole Lee and John Santos - 81st Avenue Branch, 1021 81st Avenue, Oakland, Ca
Chinaka Hodge and Larry Yang - Eastmont Branch, Eastmont Town Center, 7200 Bancroft Ave #211, Oakland
Spent a long time with this girl talking about her new (old) camera, and showing her how to use it. It was her first day out with it, and she was pretty pumped. She is a writer, also, and had brought her black book along to the battle, like any smart artist.
Reflections of Healing Gallery Installation
Kate Hobbs,Chinaka Hodge, and Favianna Rodriguez before they are temporarily installed in Oakland library branches for summer 2011.
2930 Telegraph, Oakland CA, May 6, 2011
Reflections of Healing is a multi-faceted process of community building that includes the collaborative development of large-scale public works featuring Bay Area residents pictured as adolescents – who through practice or legacy demonstrate healing. The project reflects new definitions of youth identity while producing an Oakland-wide installation that celebrates past, present, and future models of healing.
The eight portraits were started in October 2010 when they were colored by hundreds of hands at Lil' Bobby Hutton Park (deFremery Park) in West Oakland as part of the LIFE is LIVING (LiL) Festival. LiL is a national initiative that establishes a new model for partnerships between diverse and under-resourced communities, green action agencies, and the contemporary arts world.
Reflections of Healing includes 8 portraits of Oakland healers installed May - September 2011 at Oakland Public Library Branches and at 2930 Telegraph. Their locations are:
Lil’ Bobby Hutton – 2930 Telegraph, 2930 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, Ca
Sifu Kate Hobbs - Rockridge Branch, 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, Ca
Favianna Rodriguez - Cesar E. Chavez Branch, 3301 E. 12th Street #271, Oakland, Ca
Bryant Terry - West Oakland Branch, 1801 Adeline Street #1, Oakland, Ca
Nicole Lee and John Santos - 81st Avenue Branch, 1021 81st Avenue, Oakland, Ca
Chinaka Hodge and Larry Yang - Eastmont Branch, Eastmont Town Center, 7200 Bancroft Ave #211, Oakland
Kate Hobbs portrait detail, Reflections of Healing
Spray Enamel, paint pen, gold acrylic on Non Woven Media 2011
Sifu Kate Hobbs holds the rank of fifth degree Black Belt in the Gaylord Method of Kajukenbo Kung Fu. She currently studies Chi Gung, Tai Chi, and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu under Sifu Michelle Dwyer. She has spent much of her time as a Black Belt focusing on how martial arts can help young people face the violence and injustice they encounter with power and intelligence. She has worked on curriculum for community-based and school-based programs that teach specific tools for conflict resolution, violence prevention and community building for youth aged three to eighteen. She was cofounder of Oakland’s famous Destiny Arts Center, and the national youth play organization Sports for Kids (now known as Playworks). www.oaklandkajukenbo.com/
Reflections of Healing is a multi-faceted process of community building that
includes the collaborative development of 24 large-scale public works featuring Bay Area residents – who through practice or legacy demonstrate healing. The project culminates with temporary and permanent installation of the works across the city of Oakland, CA in 2010-2013
Reflections comes from my evolving conception of collaboration and art making as a framework for transformation that includes social relevance and localized solutions. To this end, it celebrates community healers who reflect the immediate location of the work’s installation while providing a public, non-commercial venue showcasing participatory projects. As an artist who has worked extensively in educational settings, the selection of prominent Oakland models pictured at 15 years of age emphasizes the collective potential of youth in the creation of loving community.
The public installations, both temporary and permanent, will celebrate and document significant Oakland residents and their practice or legacy of healing. Located in neighborhoods of Oakland, the installations will include a variety of media and materials documenting the ethnographic, pedagogical, and creative processes of building loving community and healing through the social collaboration that is Reflections of Healing.
In addition, the works will be used in the set for Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s full-evening performance work “red, black and GREEN: a blues”, which will premier at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (SF) in October 2011, and will be presented at the Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis), The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts (Houston), and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Reflections of Healing is anchored in LIFE is LIVING (LiL), a national initiative that establishes a new model for partnerships between diverse and under-resourced communities, green action agencies, and the contemporary arts world. LIL has carried out audience development through the lens that combines a focus on community development, and a celebratory promotion of life in urban communities.
Laibach 🇸🇮 @ Opera club, St Petersburg, Russia, 09.10.2018
Предыдущие визиты Лайбах я успешно пропустил — в РФ они приезжали ещё в ДК Горбунова, зимой 1994 — в рамках Occupied Europe NATO Tour 1994-95, в СПб начали с ЛДМ в 1997, с переосмысления рок-оперы Jesus Christ Superstar @ Andrew Lloyd Webber, потом два раза был Порт: 2005 с каверами и 2007 с гимнами — наслышан об этих выступлениях, далее Главклуб 2011, с программой из раннего творчества и наконец саунтдтрек к sci-fi опусу Iron Sky в Авроре 2013, в туре We Come in Peace.
В 2018 ожидаемый аншлаг в Опере, где «все тоже дико круто угорели, например» под #electro #martial #industrial с #avant переходами была представлена новая пластинка — The Sound of Music, 2018 с их версией саундтрека одноимённого муз фильма 1965 года, с хитом So Long, Farewell (получившего 5 Оскаров и снятого по бродвейскому мюзиклу, в основе которого книга — The Story of the Trapp Family Singers) — ведь когда дискография насчитывает >20 разноплановых альбомов, начало которой затеряно во Вселенной 80-х, то играть уже можно всё что угодно.
Интересно было бы услышать 32-х минутную версию Macbeth (1990), но исполнять её они конечно не стали, Across The Universe голосом клавишницы (ранее известной как Mina Špiler, сейчас там кажется кто-то другой, но это не точно) тоже не помешала бы, как и God Is God (приходите в другой раз) — совсем скоро вы узнаете что вас ждёт в Москве, а в СПб после Rossiya отцы спели на бис Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones, 1968) и финишировали вторым бисом с Leben heißt Leben — индустриальным кавером на мегахит австрийской группы Opus — Live Is Life (1985), так что не только лишь все оказались в экстазе и так.
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The Estria Graffiti Battle Finals last week were combined with the Life Is Living Festival, and it was amazing. This little guy was part of a group, Young Gifted and Black, and they were- he was.
He sang a short piece by himself, and I think the whole crew watching was bawling. He was incredibly poised, incredibly moving, and such a huge soul in such a tiny body. Days like October 8th give me hope for Oakland. More to come.
Chinaka Hodge, Larry Yang, Reflections of Healing Process Banner and list of interview questions
Oakland Public Library Eastmont Branch
Eastmont Town Center, Oakland CA, May – September 2011
2 of 7 of the portraits temporarily installed from May - September 2011 at five Oakland Public Library branches as part of the library’s teen Summer Passport Program and Youth Speaks’ 15 year anniversary.
Each installation included a variety of media and materials documenting the ethnographic, pedagogical, and creative processes of building loving community and healing through the social collaboration that is Reflections of Healing. The process banner documents the story of the creation of the portraits up to the point of installation.
Kate Hobbs in process at Life Is Living, DeFremery Oakland
Dimension Variable
paint pen, oil pastel, on Non Woven Media.
October 2010
The innovative use of an array of materials in Reflections of Healing process by participants of all abilities reflects a complex conceptual architecture. The selection of diverse models redirects portraiture’s conventional habits of highlighting pedigreed subjects. The fact that the artworks were made by thousands of participants enhances the objects into something gem-like, illuminating, and brimming with narrative possibilities.
Sifu Kate Hobbs holds the rank of fifth degree Black Belt in the Gaylord Method of Kajukenbo Kung Fu. She currently studies Chi Gung, Tai Chi, and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu under Sifu Michelle Dwyer. She has spent much of her time as a Black Belt focusing on how martial arts can help young people face the violence and injustice they encounter with power and intelligence. She has worked on curriculum for community-based and school-based programs that teach specific tools for conflict resolution, violence prevention and community building for youth aged three to eighteen. She was cofounder of Oakland’s famous Destiny Arts Center, and the national youth play organization Sports for Kids (now known as Playworks). www.oaklandkajukenbo.com/
Reflections of Healing is a multi-faceted process of community building that
includes the collaborative development of 24 large-scale public works featuring Bay Area residents – who through practice or legacy demonstrate healing. The project culminates with temporary and permanent installation of the works across the city of Oakland, CA in 2010-2013
Reflections comes from my evolving conception of collaboration and art making as a framework for transformation that includes social relevance and localized solutions. To this end, it celebrates community healers who reflect the immediate location of the work’s installation while providing a public, non-commercial venue showcasing participatory projects. As an artist who has worked extensively in educational settings, the selection of prominent Oakland models pictured at 15 years of age emphasizes the collective potential of youth in the creation of loving community.
The public installations, both temporary and permanent, will celebrate and document significant Oakland residents and their practice or legacy of healing. Located in neighborhoods of Oakland, the installations will include a variety of media and materials documenting the ethnographic, pedagogical, and creative processes of building loving community and healing through the social collaboration that is Reflections of Healing.
In addition, the works will be used in the set for Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s full-evening performance work “red, black and GREEN: a blues”, which will premier at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (SF) in October 2011, and will be presented at the Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis), The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts (Houston), and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Reflections of Healing is anchored in LIFE is LIVING (LiL), a national initiative that establishes a new model for partnerships between diverse and under-resourced communities, green action agencies, and the contemporary arts world. LIL has carried out audience development through the lens that combines a focus on community development, and a celebratory promotion of life in urban communities.
Full Installation view - John Santos, Interview Questions, Larry Yang, Favianna Rodriguez, Sifu Kate Hobbs, Bryant Terry, Nicole Lee, Warrior's Code, Chinaka Hodge.
Oakland Public Library Rockridge Branch
Oakland CA, May – September 2011
Each temporary library installation is coordinated by Teen Services to highlight the creativity and vision of OPL's new multi-year partnership with Youth Speaks and Life is Living.
The installations included a variety of media and materials documenting the ethnographic, pedagogical, and creative processes of building loving community and healing through the social collaboration that is Reflections of Healing.
Kate Hobbs After collaborative coloring
Oakland Studio/Practice Center
Reflections of Healing
2010-2011.
Reflections of Healing is a multi-faceted process of community building that includes the collaborative development of 24 large-scale public works featuring Bay Area residents – who through practice or legacy demonstrate healing. The project culminates with temporary and permanent installation of the works across the city of Oakland, CA in 2010-2013
Pictured near 15 years old, each of the subjects of Reflections of Healing both reflect the message of collective potential of the age group that Youth Speaks serves and converse with the organization. Focusing on portraits of community champions when they were adolescents, the project reflects new definitions of youth identity while producing a city-wide installation that celebrates past, present, and future models of healing.
Sifu Kate Hobbs holds the rank of fifth degree Black Belt in the Gaylord Method of Kajukenbo Kung Fu. She currently studies Chi Gung, Tai Chi, and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu under Sifu Michelle Dwyer. She has spent much of her time as a Black Belt focusing on how martial arts can help young people face the violence and injustice they encounter with power and intelligence. She has worked on curriculum for community-based and school-based programs that teach specific tools for conflict resolution, violence prevention and community building for youth aged three to eighteen. She was cofounder of Oakland’s famous Destiny Arts Center, and the national youth play organization Sports for Kids (now known as Playworks). www.oaklandkajukenbo.com/
Reflections of Healing is anchored in LIFE is LIVING (LiL), a national initiative that establishes a new model for partnerships between diverse and under-resourced communities, green action agencies, and the contemporary arts world. LIL has carried out audience development through the lens that combines a focus on community development, and a celebratory promotion of life in urban communities.
Reflections of Healing Gallery Installation
With Bobby Hutton Quote/Black Panther Party point No. 10 in Amharic, Vietnamese, Spanish, Korean, Arabic, and Chinese
Healing Community Monuments (in clay), Healing Encyclopedia, and Community Healing Map
2930 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland CA, May 6, 2011
In May 2011 the first 8 portraits of the Reflections of Healing Project were the inaugural exhibition at 2930 Telegraph - a non-commercial storefront space in Downtown Oakland featuring collaborative projects. Co facilitated by Oakland artist/educator Evan Bissell and myself 2930 Telegraph Avenue is a continuation of the Reflections of Healing project as a venue to showcase multi-disciplinary work whose process supports personal and social transformation.
Miguel "Bounce" Perez Mural of the word "LIFE", during Estria's Living Word Graffiti Battle / red, black & GREEN environmental caucus & concert hosted by Living Word Festival 2008.
Photo by Sal Ibe.
salvador_ibe@yahoo.com
Oakland's Defremery Park has a special place in Oakland history because of the role it played in the late 60s to convene Oakland's black community in defense of Huey P. Newton when he was charged for the murder of a police officer. Town Park's history is relatively recent but the spirit of the Black Panthers struggles for equal protection and civic participation is not lost since the funds to build out Town Park were raised by and for the West Oakland community. Empowering projects like this are remarkable because they also empower those who both work on and benefit from opening public space.
Taken during one of Oakland's most meaningful, community driven festivals, Life Is Living, this set captures the dynamic energy and form. Beside the main stage, good food, and healthy, balanced living theme, I often visit to see the Extreme sports that go on in a section of Defremery Park known as Town Park. In true gonzo photography fashion, what the camera froze on frame shows that the lens is an active participant in the way subject's act and react in front of it. I went of my way to publish some of these because it was evident the young men in them went out of their way to give me fabulous shots. I was very appreciative of their "hard skating" and the way they tolerated an intruding eye as they glide and bust tricks on their magic carpets.
*** See more of my photography collection at www.oaklandphotojournal.com ***
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--JMG
John Santos and Nicole Lee with Reflections of Healing Process Banner and list of interview questions
Oakland Public Library 21st Avenue Branch,
81st Avenue, Oakland CA, May – September 2011
Participant interview questions:
What does healing have to do with social justice?
Why the emphasis on Healing?
Where does it hurt?
How do we learn to love ourselves so we can be channels of inner peace?
What lives would we live if our Freedom (and Happiness) were not dependent upon external circumstances?
What is the difference between healing and coping, and are we more prone to (or programmed for) one or the other and why?
When someone you trust inflicts pain upon you what are your strategies for self-healing?
How can we replace prevailing notions of aging with new ideas and images that imagine people becoming more whole and healthy as they get older?