Mid-Week Libation: That Which is Good, That Which is Beautiful and That Which is Love
Uncork a bottle of Basque Rosé with our funk playlist in honor of Betty Davis, the dazzling glass art of Tim Tate, a pensive poem by Hazel Hall & a birthday tribute to Sasha Colby!
“I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love.” — Lorraine Hansberry [Source: Quotefancy]
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Tim Tate on Instagram: “A Century Of Longing Blown & Cast Glass / electronics, original video 16 x 7 x 7 The top finial is of a cast glass hand holding a Victorian bouquet. Inside there is a film projector and a stack of film. The video is an 1896 sound test by Edison. In it, two men dance for the first time in film history. A century has passed, and not only has the definitions of “New Media” changed (it begins with Edison’s films), but the way we perceive the 2 men dancing has changed as well. Edison was testing whether or not he could sync sound and motion at the time. These men have been dead for 50 years....but they dance on, oblivious that this 3 minutes would be remembered as iconic to a population they couldn’t have imagined. It was probably thought of as amusing back then, or convenient......but the way we perceive these 2 men has evolved so much over time that now it seems touching and sweet to think of them dancing for eternity together.#queerglass#queerart#queersofinstagram#queerartists”
Tim Tate on Instagram: “Once again, I am posting my piece about gun violence in America. The Endless Cycle 36 x 36 x 4 Glass, Aluminum, Poly-Vitro, electronics For every man shown here, 1000 people died last year because of gun violence. For every gun shown here, a child dies every day. A hard lesson we have had to learn again and again. Only by joining together can we hope to curtail these deaths…but it seems it may never happen.”
Tim Tate on Instagram: “The Silent Ode Cast and Blown Glass, Electronics, Video 26 x 10 x 10 The top finial is a cast glass bust of Beethoven. Below, a large dome is surrounded by over one hundreds hands using sign language to spell out the words to Beethoven’s “Ode To Joy” Inside, a video of a man’s mouth, singing the Ode To Joy…..but in silence. This is an artistic interpretation of how Beethoven may have experienced the Ode To Joy….since he was completely deaf when he wrote it.”
Poem of the Week: “Hours” by Hazel Hall (1886-1924)
Hours
by Hazel Hall
I have known hours built like cities,
House on grey house, with streets between
That lead to straggling roads and trail off,
Forgotten in a field of green;
Hours made like mountains lifting
White crests out of the fog and rain,
And woven of forbidden music—
Hours eternal in their pain.
Life is a tapestry of hours
Forever mellowing in tone,
Where all things blend, even the longing
For hours I have never known.
Drag Performer of the Week: Happy Birthday to Sasha Colby! (born July 26, 1984)
