Joan Armatrading: ‘I was born to do this’

She was the first British female singer-songwriter to achieve international success. Hits such as “Love and Affection” and “Me Myself I” in the 70s made her a household name, but other songs like “Barefoot and Pregnant” now a feminist anthem, and “Rosie” about a transgender character have become cultural landmarks. As Joan Armatrading turns 70, she speaks to Eve Jackson about getting a CBE from the Queen and the UK’s Women of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award, being asked to write a song for Nelson Mandela and how she sees the future of the music industry after the pandemic.

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La vida me ha enseñado…

Life has taught me …

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Me encontré este bello texto, o será que el me encontró a mi, mientras me disponía a escribir, sentada en mi sillón favorito, con unas calcetas de esas que no son nada coquetas, jeans viejos, un suéter largo, con una taza de te chai latte espumoso y con canela extra, escuchando a Michele Morrone -Feel It- al leer esto, me gustó tanto que cambié el tema del que había pensado escribir, así que, sin pensarlo más, mis dedos comenzaron a teclear sin parar.

La vida me ha enseñado…

Que la gente es amable, si yo soy amable.Que las personas están tristes, si estoy triste.Que todos me quieren, si yo los quiero. Que todos son malos, si yo los odio.Que hay caras sonrientes, si yo les sonrío.Que hay caras amargas, si estoy amargado.Que el mundo está feliz, si yo estoy feliz.Que la gente…

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The Art of Greenwashing by the luxury merchants of the Death of Nature and Indigenous peoples…in their own words… – The People of Gold and Diamond Merchandise – — Barbara Crane Navarro

“Their True Nature - Cartier Foundation”photos: Fondation Cartier – Luc Boegly / gold mining site – João Laet photo of Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela and photomontage – Barbara Crane Navarro The Art of Manipulation: The corporate contrivance of art sponsorship was so perfectly described in 1994 by Hans Haacke in “Free Exchange” , the book by […]

The Art of Greenwashing by the luxury merchants of the Death of Nature and Indigenous peoples…in their own words… – The People of Gold and Diamond Merchandise – — Barbara Crane Navarro

Privește înapoi cu mânie

He looks back angrily
From time to time, I extract from the depths of an old file a painting by Fonvizin from an exhibition (Kazimir Malevici, GAMEC, Bergamo, 2015) brought from St. Petersburg.

ore de drum

Din când în când, extrag din străfundurile unui vechi fișier un tablou de Fonvizin dintr-o expoziție (Kazimir Malevici, GAMEC, Bergamo, 2015) adusă de la St.Petersburg.

În tablou, vedem un Christ care se ascunde și pândește de după colțul unei străzi sau clădiri, cu o căutătură bănuitoare și prudentă. La ce se uită cu atâta fereală ? Mai văd și două femei care par urmărite, pe al căror chip nu se citește inocența, deloc urâte, dimpotrivă. Poartă în brațe doi prunci care par să se-agite. Christ aproape că se topește în peisaj, privind așa nehotărât și temător din umbră, nici că ar interveni, nici că s-ar preface că le ignoră.

Eriniile sunt creaturi care n-ar trebui tulburate. Ele trezesc spaime, remușcări, pedepse. Mânia lor, întotdeauna justificată, este greu de potolit. Numele lor înseamnă, în anticul limbaj grecesc al mitologiei, întruchipări obscure, ieșite din abisurile întunericului. Sunt făpturi ale nopții, reprezentate ca…

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Los Angeles police converge on peaceful Black Lives Matter protest at mayor’s house – Los Angeles Times

Black Lives Matter Los Angeles has been organizing protests outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s residence for almost two weeks, and until Sunday had gathered without incident.
— Read on www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-06/los-angeles-police-converge-on-peaceful-black-lives-matter-protest

Beer and crisps used to help tackle climate change – BBC News

Crisps and beer The technology will use CO2 captured from beer fermentation in a brewery, which is then mixed with potato waste and turned into fertiliser.

It will then be spread on UK fields to feed the following year’s potato crop.

Creating fertiliser normally produces high CO2 emissions, but the technology adopted by Walkers makes fertiliser without generating CO2.

So, the beer-and-crisps combo performs a dual function.

It stops the emission of brewery CO2 into the atmosphere – and it saves on the CO2 normally generated by fertiliser manufacture.

Source: Beer and crisps used to help tackle climate change – BBC News

OC’s COVID-19 numbers surge – ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE – California

The number of new cases in Sunday’s report from the county health care agency was a near-record 2,045, compared to Saturday’s 1,966. Deaths were the same at 15.

However, hospitalizations hit 848, an increase from the previous day’s 842. Patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units numbered 209 on Sunday, up from 193 on Saturday.

Source: OC’s COVID-19 numbers surge – ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE

Spanish Sundays, Las Monedas Sociales y las Cooperativas/Community Currencies and Cooperatives, and Adulting via financial self-education

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

English here

“¿Ahora somos soberanos o rendimos pleitesía?

Sí, al Banco Central Europeo.”

Este era un comienzo para mi nueva forma de escribir, lo que iba a seguir mostrando como la Politiqua Publica y los Artes van juntos para el bien de todos, sobre todo cuando apoyado por las Monedas Sociales para empezar cooperativas de trabajadores (como han hecho en Ithaca, en el estado de Nueva York).  Pero estoy pensando en la razones de mi apoyo por las monedas sociales, despues de diez años trabajando en el tema.

En lo que toca a la transparencia, la responsibilidad y la participaciôn en la toma de decisiones sobre la emisiôn del dinero, las monedas sociales ganan el concurso.  Pero, también se puede emitir el dinero de manera mas democratica, y eso pondra fin a esos problemas.  Sobre todo si emitîamos màs dinero en lugares donde se hace falta, las ciudades, por…

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Artmazigh Day Reconnects Amazigh Artists to Their Culture, Heritage

Artmazigh Day

Inspired by other initiatives and hashtags on Twitter such as #Artmobarak, 22-year-old Algerian of Kabyle origin Safiya Zerrougui created the hashtag Artmazigh using her Twitter platform. She aimed to create a similar space for Amazigh artists, who are often underrepresented voices in the art community.

Source: Artmazigh Day Reconnects Amazigh Artists to Their Culture, Heritage

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