Patty Slama
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Hi. A Forever Democrat. #Resistance. #Antifacism. Absolutely No Porn...#Resistance. LIBRA. #JUSTICE.Born And Raised In Boston Mass. Dad Navy WW2. Coast Guard Base Boston [email protected] YouTube.Patricia Slama YouTube .Please Subscribe.Thank you.
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Beautiful 🌟..I Want to see Japan.
Beautiful 🌟..I Want to see Japan.
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Happy Friday Night Everyone! 🎉🥳💙😀🍕💃
Happy Friday night. T. Y.
That came out Great. Looks Delicious.
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My 10 year-old daughter asked me something no parent should ever hear:

"Will I get shot if I go to the No Kings Rally?"

I write this not as a partisan, but as a parent — for everyone trying to raise kids who believe in decency, truth, and democracy.

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What Our Kids Are Learning Watching Trump
A father’s reflection on fear, truth, and the lessons our children are absorbing from the loudest voice in America.
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Detail of wall in Kyoto, Japan. Photography by Stephane Barbery of Flickr
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Lantern at Suwa Shrine. Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan. Photography by Matthias Harbers of Flickr
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Wearing a kimono and playing the ‘koto’ before an outdoor gathering in Japan.
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Murabayashi Yuki is a talented young artist who has been selected to paint all the fusuma sliding doors at Taizoin Temple in Kyoto. Lucinda Cowing interviewed her for Kyoto Journal- article coming soon! 退蔵院ふすま絵プロジェクト.
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A porcelain dish, Nabeshima ware, Okawachi official kilns, Hizen (Imari city), Edo period (1680-1720).
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This kimono transforms a design element that dates back to at least the 18th century into a statement of modernist abstraction. Abandoning the subtle, refined approach of earlier periods, this kimono presents dramatically bold bands in vivid colors that pulse with industrial-age energy. 1912-1926
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Japanese poem Haiku by Izumi Shikibu (978~unknown) “What color is / this blowing autumn wind, / that it can stain my body / with its touch.”.
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Japanese Empress, Michiko, Japan, wearing layers of Court aristocrat silk kimono.
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Photography by oonishi of Flickr
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Child Riding A Dog. Ukiyo-e woodblock print, late 18th century, Japan, by artist Kitao Shigemasa . MFA
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Kamishichiken Bon-Odori, Japan. Photography by Onihide on Flickr.
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New Year Amusement. Ukiyo-e woodblock print, about 1810’s, Japan, by artist Utagawa Toyokuni I.
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The Leaves of a Palm is an illustration created by Japanese artist Yumeji Takehisa in 1921. A leading figure of the Taisho Romanticism movement, Takehisa was known for his depictions of women with large eyes and melancholic expressions, referred to as Yumeji Bijin-ga.
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Practicing Kendo. 1905, Japan. Image via Blue Ruin1 on Flickr