SPLASH MOUNTAIN: INSENSITIVE FUN, Read and see this short film on the Curd Williams-Hertz blog, Unique Realms. As it happens, the entry includes a reference to a photograph of which I own a copy, and just finished hanging in the bathroom of my new apartment. It would seem an odd choice to those who don’t know me well, as other artwork in the room is a Miro poster supporting Human Rights, a copy of a child’s drawing where stick figures overthrow a military tank to end War. Though I do believe that access to clean water for bathing is a human right, this was a light-hearted way of making the point in my bathroom. However — the blog entry on Unique Realms, “Splash Mountain: Insensitive Fun” takes the Human Rights, including the eradication of racism dialog to the next step.. it shows honestly how lights go on in people’s heads that facilitate change that is often for the better. And when Disney reopens with the new Splash Mountain, and maybe you’ll see Curd there commenting on changes for a more just society.
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September Williams Author is a member of the Post11Nine Collective Which supports 'Still They Persist: Protest Art of The 2017 Women's Marches'
Last year at this time it was my honor to mark the sad first anniversary in Chicago with a group of brilliant creative people — who refused to allow the gravity of the date 11/9 pass without notice. The Group was a collective of creative people brought together by the collectives founders and particularly artist Curator Asya Abdrahman — in a show of multimedia art and literature (https://www.post11nine.com/who/ )In keeping with that spirit Post11Nine has become a partner of the exhibit at Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland called “They Still Persist: The Protest Art of the 2017 Women’s Marches.” Opening this Friday in Oakland and running through November 30th — the Art show again mark the resistance shown particularly by the Women’s marches.
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