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odditiesoflife:

Glass Beach, Northern California

From 1950 to 1967, residents of Fort Bragg, California chose to dispose of their waste by hurling it off the cliffs above a beach. No object was too toxic or too large such as household appliances, automobiles, and all matter of trash were tossed into the crashing waves below, eventually earning it the name The Dumps. Then in 1967, city leaders closed and reclaimed the beach. Various cleanup programs were undertaken.

Over the next several decades, the pounding waves cleaned the beach by breaking down everything but glass turning the sand into a sparkling, multicolored bed of smooth glass stones. The California Department of Parks and Recreation purchased the land and incorporated it into MacK­er­richer State Park in 2002.

Wow!

(via butterfly-journey)

womenwhokickass:

Lady Pink: Why she kicks ass
She is a graffiti artist, born in Ecuador and raised in NYC.
She began her art in 1979 and was well known as the one of only females competing with the men in the male dominated graffiti subculture.
While she was in highschool she began exhibiting her art in galleries and at 21 she had her first solo show, “Femmes-Fatales”.
She was a leader in the rise in popularity of graffiti based art, thus her canvases are in many well known art collections such as at the MET in NYC and the Groningen Museum of Holland.
She featured in the motion picture “Wild Style” (1982).
She donates public art in culturally neglected communities.
She still continues her art today and also shares her experience with teenagers by holding mural workshops and lecturing to college students. You can see more here.
Quote: “When I first started, women were still trying to prove themselves, through the 70’s that women could do everything guys could do. The feminist movement was growing very strong and as a teenager I think it affected me without me realising that I was a young feminist. The more guys said “you can’t do that”, the more I had to prove them wrong. I had to hold it up for all my sisters who looked up to me to be brave and courageous and to prove that I could do what guys could do. We defend our artworks with our fists and our crazy courage. When you have guys that disrespect you you’re gonna have to teach them a lesson, otherwise they are going to keep walking all over you. I’m sorry, but that’s the way it is out there, it’s not easy. But it also reflects what the art world in general is: 80% white males. So you have to fight tooth and nail, bitch and scream, be loud and be large to get respect.”

womenwhokickass:

Lady Pink: Why she kicks ass

  • She is a graffiti artist, born in Ecuador and raised in NYC.
  • She began her art in 1979 and was well known as the one of only females competing with the men in the male dominated graffiti subculture.
  • While she was in highschool she began exhibiting her art in galleries and at 21 she had her first solo show, “Femmes-Fatales”.
  • She was a leader in the rise in popularity of graffiti based art, thus her canvases are in many well known art collections such as at the MET in NYC and the Groningen Museum of Holland.
  • She featured in the motion picture “Wild Style” (1982).
  • She donates public art in culturally neglected communities.
  • She still continues her art today and also shares her experience with teenagers by holding mural workshops and lecturing to college students. You can see more here.

Quote: “When I first started, women were still trying to prove themselves, through the 70’s that women could do everything guys could do. The feminist movement was growing very strong and as a teenager I think it affected me without me realising that I was a young feminist. The more guys said “you can’t do that”, the more I had to prove them wrong. I had to hold it up for all my sisters who looked up to me to be brave and courageous and to prove that I could do what guys could do. We defend our artworks with our fists and our crazy courage. When you have guys that disrespect you you’re gonna have to teach them a lesson, otherwise they are going to keep walking all over you. I’m sorry, but that’s the way it is out there, it’s not easy. But it also reflects what the art world in general is: 80% white males. So you have to fight tooth and nail, bitch and scream, be loud and be large to get respect.”

(via earthmajesty)

thepoliticalnotebook:

Street graffiti in Cairo: Nefertiti in a gas mask. A tribute to the women of the revolution on Mohamed Mahmoud street by artist El Zeft.
[Via Ted Swedenburg]

thepoliticalnotebook:

Street graffiti in Cairo: Nefertiti in a gas mask. A tribute to the women of the revolution on Mohamed Mahmoud street by artist El Zeft.

[Via Ted Swedenburg]

(via earthmajesty)

This is on my fall baking list for sure :)

This is on my fall baking list for sure :)

(Source: octoberhaunt, via buddhainteriors)

Yes please

Yes please

(Source: buddhainteriors)

bohemianhomes:

Bohemian homes : Dream kitchen

Like she said, dream kitchen.

bohemianhomes:

Bohemian homes : Dream kitchen

Like she said, dream kitchen.

odditiesoflife:

Glass Beach, Northern California

From 1950 to 1967, residents of Fort Bragg, California chose to dispose of their waste by hurling it off the cliffs above a beach. No object was too toxic or too large such as household appliances, automobiles, and all matter of trash were tossed into the crashing waves below, eventually earning it the name The Dumps. Then in 1967, city leaders closed and reclaimed the beach. Various cleanup programs were undertaken.

Over the next several decades, the pounding waves cleaned the beach by breaking down everything but glass turning the sand into a sparkling, multicolored bed of smooth glass stones. The California Department of Parks and Recreation purchased the land and incorporated it into MacK­er­richer State Park in 2002.

Wow!

(via butterfly-journey)

bohemianhomes:

Bohemian Homes: 

Little Altars Everywhere

bohemianhomes:

Bohemian Homes: 

Little Altars Everywhere

womenwhokickass:

Lady Pink: Why she kicks ass
She is a graffiti artist, born in Ecuador and raised in NYC.
She began her art in 1979 and was well known as the one of only females competing with the men in the male dominated graffiti subculture.
While she was in highschool she began exhibiting her art in galleries and at 21 she had her first solo show, “Femmes-Fatales”.
She was a leader in the rise in popularity of graffiti based art, thus her canvases are in many well known art collections such as at the MET in NYC and the Groningen Museum of Holland.
She featured in the motion picture “Wild Style” (1982).
She donates public art in culturally neglected communities.
She still continues her art today and also shares her experience with teenagers by holding mural workshops and lecturing to college students. You can see more here.
Quote: “When I first started, women were still trying to prove themselves, through the 70’s that women could do everything guys could do. The feminist movement was growing very strong and as a teenager I think it affected me without me realising that I was a young feminist. The more guys said “you can’t do that”, the more I had to prove them wrong. I had to hold it up for all my sisters who looked up to me to be brave and courageous and to prove that I could do what guys could do. We defend our artworks with our fists and our crazy courage. When you have guys that disrespect you you’re gonna have to teach them a lesson, otherwise they are going to keep walking all over you. I’m sorry, but that’s the way it is out there, it’s not easy. But it also reflects what the art world in general is: 80% white males. So you have to fight tooth and nail, bitch and scream, be loud and be large to get respect.”

womenwhokickass:

Lady Pink: Why she kicks ass

  • She is a graffiti artist, born in Ecuador and raised in NYC.
  • She began her art in 1979 and was well known as the one of only females competing with the men in the male dominated graffiti subculture.
  • While she was in highschool she began exhibiting her art in galleries and at 21 she had her first solo show, “Femmes-Fatales”.
  • She was a leader in the rise in popularity of graffiti based art, thus her canvases are in many well known art collections such as at the MET in NYC and the Groningen Museum of Holland.
  • She featured in the motion picture “Wild Style” (1982).
  • She donates public art in culturally neglected communities.
  • She still continues her art today and also shares her experience with teenagers by holding mural workshops and lecturing to college students. You can see more here.

Quote: “When I first started, women were still trying to prove themselves, through the 70’s that women could do everything guys could do. The feminist movement was growing very strong and as a teenager I think it affected me without me realising that I was a young feminist. The more guys said “you can’t do that”, the more I had to prove them wrong. I had to hold it up for all my sisters who looked up to me to be brave and courageous and to prove that I could do what guys could do. We defend our artworks with our fists and our crazy courage. When you have guys that disrespect you you’re gonna have to teach them a lesson, otherwise they are going to keep walking all over you. I’m sorry, but that’s the way it is out there, it’s not easy. But it also reflects what the art world in general is: 80% white males. So you have to fight tooth and nail, bitch and scream, be loud and be large to get respect.”

(via earthmajesty)

thepoliticalnotebook:

Street graffiti in Cairo: Nefertiti in a gas mask. A tribute to the women of the revolution on Mohamed Mahmoud street by artist El Zeft.
[Via Ted Swedenburg]

thepoliticalnotebook:

Street graffiti in Cairo: Nefertiti in a gas mask. A tribute to the women of the revolution on Mohamed Mahmoud street by artist El Zeft.

[Via Ted Swedenburg]

(via earthmajesty)

This is on my fall baking list for sure :)

This is on my fall baking list for sure :)

(Source: octoberhaunt, via buddhainteriors)

Yes please

Yes please

(Source: buddhainteriors)

(Source: autumnd4y, via buddhainteriors)

bohemianhomes:

Bohemian homes : Dream kitchen

Like she said, dream kitchen.

bohemianhomes:

Bohemian homes : Dream kitchen

Like she said, dream kitchen.

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