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The rise of photography in the mid-late 19th-century began the move away from an oral and literary tradition towards one based on image. A photograph can describe a moment in time more viscerally than the written word. Think of that picture of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. A million words have been written … Continue reading "The Astonishing Cinematic Autochrome Photography of Heinrich Kühn"

The rise of photography in the mid-late 19th-century began the move away from an oral and literary tradition towards one based on image. A photograph can describe a moment in time more viscerally than the written word. Think of that picture of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. A million words have been written … Continue reading "The Astonishing Cinematic Autochrome Photography of Heinrich Kühn"

Have you ever woken up one day, and wondered where all the sun, warmth and possible of your childhood have gone? While you’re sipping your morning coffee, full of melancholy and perhaps dejection, you are pondering about our society, seemingly driven by nihilism, isolation and a growing pleasure in destruction. And you’re wondering: how did it happen? How did you lose the innocence, the dreams and the magic you could swear were true when you were a child? You’re asking yourself how all adults could have lost sight of the beauty and positive strength inside of them, and now either turning their back on nature, or, even worst, trying to destroy it, in order to fuel their everlasting anger against their own void. You’re sad, and you’re bitter too. But, there is still a dab

The rise of photography in the mid-late 19th-century began the move away from an oral and literary tradition towards one based on image. A photograph can describe a moment in time more viscerally than the written word. Think of that picture of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. A million words have been written … Continue reading "The Astonishing Cinematic Autochrome Photography of Heinrich Kühn"

The rise of photography in the mid-late 19th-century began the move away from an oral and literary tradition towards one based on image. A photograph can describe a moment in time more viscerally than the written word. Think of that picture of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. A million words have been written … Continue reading "The Astonishing Cinematic Autochrome Photography of Heinrich Kühn"

The rise of photography in the mid-late 19th-century began the move away from an oral and literary tradition towards one based on image. A photograph can describe a moment in time more viscerally than the written word. Think of that picture of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. A million words have been written … Continue reading "The Astonishing Cinematic Autochrome Photography of Heinrich Kühn"

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Recently, a young man who frequents this Blog and goes by the name/handle 'Kevin', left a suggestion in the comment section of my last post. He basically said, he and I should do some research on ancient Black people who were here before the 'native american Indians' and Cristobal Colon...I mean Christopher Columbus--Note: Cristobal Colon, the man renamed Christopher Columbus, actually had spanish origins; not italian. And he was given this name to represent the secret society he belonged to. The name Columbus is well used in white supremacist freemasonic circles. One of the incarnations of the sir-name Columbus is the name/word Columbia, and this word is especially famous in those circles. And we see it all the time in every walk of life, ala 'CBS'--Columbia Broadcasting Station, Columbia Records, Washington D.C. (D.C.=District of Columbia), Columbia University, etc. This word is used to identify the presence of these fraternities wherever it might appear; thus, Cristobal Colon, again, was given the name Christopher Columbus to identify the secret society he belonged to. Kevin was saying how he thinks there's a rich history of our people in america before the 'native american indians' and/or there might be a shared bloodline we have with them; especially the way some of us claim to have 'indian in our family', which might explain how some of us have straighter hair and more european looking features. So I said, before either one of us do any research he should give me a chance to expound on what I already know regarding this topic. Firstly, Kev, yes there were Black people in america centuries before the 'native american indains'. And one of the better known Black native american tribes was called the 'Washitaw Muurs (Moors)', who white scientests have identified as the oldest tribe in this country, meaning they predated every other type of ethnic group on this continent. It's also said the Washitaws were kin to the Olmecs, who were a powerful tribe of ancient Black people who first inhabited south america. Check out the 'Olmec head' statue at the top left, note the powerfully broad, wide nose and the full, luscious lips...if this don't look like a brotha to you, I don't know what does. But more importantly Kev, if you consider yourself a Black Nationalist, its imperative you know how this is not only the case for the 'americas', but the entire planet. One term I love pertaining to how our people were here first, globally, speaks to Black people being this world's 'truly indigenous' inhabitants. Meaning it was Black men and women who again, populated this entire planet, and it was us who were on every continent of this earth before anyone else. And Kevin, notice I never used the word 'aboriginal' in reference to Black people's indigenous status; that's 'cause this is one of the inbred's favorite word games, falling under the auspices of what I call the white elite's 'low-down linquistics' campaign. If we really look at this word, you'll see the first two letters are 'ab', and this usually makes one think of the word 'abnormal'. So its already got a negative connotation. But if we look at two more letters of the word we get 'abor', like abhor or abhorrent...ya' dig? Then the tail end of the word, of course, is 'original'. So with this under, or 'overstanding' of the word, it breaks down to 'abhorring...or hating, the original'. And who do you automatically think of when you hear the term 'aboriginal'? You think of Australia's 'Aborigines', i.e. the australian tribe predating every other tribe on their continent. Check out the high-grade melenated australian brotha (Aborigines) to the left. If you don't think he's descended from 'pure-bred' Black people, then you're just in denial. Moreover, look at his deeply dark, rich, lovely and exquisitely dope skin tone! Man I wish I had skin that color...and this is just me having another bout of melanin envy Kev, so just let me indulge a little bit (LOL!). If I could find a sista with this shade of skin, it'd be ON! And truthfully, any Black man calling himself a Black Nationalist, should exclusively date highly melanated women so we could produce more 'pure-bred' Black children for the future. But I'll talk about that on another post. Also Kev, this is a good segue way into another topic I was planning to write about. I remember being told all my life how celestial 'Black holes' were the 'ending' of existence; essentially, I was told by every white science teacher how light and matter couldn't escape its clutches. Basically making them seem extremely insidious. But now after doing some research, I've found out and white scientists have verified, how Black holes are the 'beginning' of every form of life, not the ending. And I say white scientists have verified this, 'cause sadly, for the majority of our people a white man's word is still gospel. Out of celestial Black holes comes planets, stars, suns, galaxies, etc. I did some more research and found out that EVERY LIVING THING COMES OUT OF DARK MATTER; OR THE UNIVERSAL DARKNESS...MEANING AGAIN, CREATION ITSELF, COMES FROM THE DARKNESS! Even the light is created by universal darkness. Don't take my word for this Kev, go look this fact up! Now, one of the universal laws of religion is the saying 'As above, so below' (Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven); so creation itself comes out of the darkness, or dark matter; and this explains how the whole of the human race came out of, or through the BLACK WOM(B)AN! So understand, when anyone speaks of the 'truly indigenous', they are speaking about Black people who populated this ENTIRE PLANET. Again, we are the 'truly indigenous' people of this world to the exclusion of everyone else. Now, speaking again of religion, the above theory is evidenced by the pope and the papacy giving the world a pale-skinned lord and savior named jesus christ to worship. But who the pope(s), current and past are worshipping, at least as their most exalted deity, is not jesus christ, but the Black madonna and child (pictured left). Now, the conspiracy theorist/CIA agent David Icke, says their worshiping of the Black madonna and child has nothing to do with ethnicity...THAT'S B.S.! The pope is but one religious leader who's a member of a secret society, i.e. the illuminati; and they know the Black woman gave birth to the entire human race, but don't want us to know this for fear we'll escape the white supremacist mind-set that's got us thinking whites are the 'be all-end all' of existence. So this says what? This says, if what ultimately gave birth to creation itself is represented in the color Black (also, think of the color of the earth, i.e. the soil that gives life to grass and vegetation, which is the same color as a Black person's skin) then the religious concept of celestial heavens, or heaven itself, where 'God' lives and operates from, according to what nature is telling us, has to be BLACK...NOT WHITE! And if God is the only one who can give life, and again, it's proven that every living thing comes from the exquisite universal BLACKNESS, THEN WHAT COLOR MUST GOD BE? Does this disturb you? If it does, think about who gave you a 'fear of the dark', or who told you how everything negative has a dark connotation to it; i.e. a 'dark' day, my 'darkest' hour, it's always 'darkest' before the dawn, etc. It was the same white supremacists that have conditioned you to hate yourself. And if you notice the color white, not only rarely happens in nature, but is usually a sign of a substance that is man-made, fake, and is in most cases 'harmful to the body'. Don't believe me? Think about the effects of white sugar, bread, rice, pasta, flour, etc. on the human body...also, if you look at cancer cells under a microscope, they are pure white; don't take my word for this, go look this up! So the image of a white heaven, 'pearly' white gates, white angels, a white throne and such, is all a propaganda campaign to hide what color God and heaven truly are. Now Kev, I hope you feel me on this...and if you do, tell me how could you not love yourself more or know how being born Black is a blessing instead of a burden? So I'll leave you with this, LOVE AND TREASURE YOURSELF KEV! 'CAUSE YOU AND I, AND EVERYONE WHO LOOKS LIKE US, ARE THE TRUEST REPRESENTATION OF GOD ON THIS EARTH! AGAIN, I LOVE BEING A BLACK MAN! Sorry if I was a bit long-winded on my answer to your question Kev, but this I had to get out. Let me know what you think bruh. KEM WESIR!! MontUHURU Mimia

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