This months cover by K.K.W, with layout by Aleksandar Ares. |
By K.K.W
Despite the passage of time it seems as if, the same icons are pushed towards the limelight every year at the time of "Black-History Month". Not that its wrong, unusual, or beyond the norm - its difficult to recognize a star, an not circle it like a planet to a sun. However, the spirit of our icons & greats should spur us to look past them, and towards new stars rising in another way - for a different day.
Kerwin Kendell Williamson: self portrait by the artist. www.fotoblur.com/people/kerwin |
Glendalys Medina: photo by K.K.W @ Bronx Museum of Art - AIM show. www.glendalysmedina.com |
Jennifer Crute: photo courtesy of the artist. www.crutecomics.com or www.jennifercrute.com |
Derrick Adams: photo by K.K.W. www.derrickadams.com |
Whitney V Hunter: photo by K.K.W. www.whitneyhunter.com |
Shante Cozier: operations director @ MoCADA. Photo courtesy of Miss Cozier. www.facebook.com/MissCozier |
Delphine Fawundu-Buford: Photo courtesy of the artist. www.delphinefawundu.net |
CityOfWalls: Image courtesy of the artist. www.cityofwalls.com |
Musa Hixson: photo courtesy of the artist. www.facebook.com/musahixson |
Alaina Simone: photo courtesy of Miss Simone. www.facebook.com/alaina.simone |
noon:30 - photo courtesy of the artists. www.myspace.com/noon30band |
Its not a second, a minute, an hour, a day, week, month or year - not the past, but the ever-living present guiding us into the future. And of course, its not just our history, its yours as well. "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history." [Morgan Freeman]. Paying homage to our past is a great thing,
however, we should be looking towards those who represent what icons of our past were fighting for. "Art is the reason, art is the way"
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