I’ve asked my mum to pile up and take a picture of all the books that I read and that she could find in her home 📚. They’re about fifty books, only a portion of what I read so far, and the writers of these books are mainly white people. Some of you might have noticed that I’ve started my personal anti-racist work, as I recently shared on Stories the cover of @laylafsaad ‘Me and white supremacy workbook’. This reading truly opened my eyes and my heart towards a matter that, on the surface, I kind of acknowledged but that in reality was unconsciously undermining all my good intentions of inclusion and understanding of other cultures. This matter is the white supremacy. My awareness of racism and race is now on a whole other level and my journey into dismantling the white supremacy principles rooted in me has just started. It will be a life long work, as Layla says, so everything that I’ve acknowledged so far is just a starting point.
One of the first steps that I’m taking to educate myself in an active way is to buy and read at least fifty books written by writers of colour so if you have any recommendation please write it in the comments below or DM me. Thank you! ♥️ •
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If you are following me since the very beginning you might know how much I like art and appreciate the connection that artists have to their soul. I’ve for example posted a lot of graffiti art from East London and I still admire it every time I walk there. As well as about my visits to the @tate , @whitecube and @vamuseum . I’ve always been intrigued by the many different ways people can find to express themselves. And the most beautiful part of this process is that someone else out there will like and buy that art because it moves something within themselves. Art is indeed a powerful tool for connecting people on many different levels and it’s fascinating me a lot although I’m not an art’s critic or have a degree in art’s history.
I’m in constant search (and my search includes hundreds of screenshots) of the perfect art gallery to put up on the walls of my imaginary dreams house. I’ve shared, not long ago, on Stories many of my latest findings and I received so many DMs that I thought I might as well make it part of my IG. They might not be the most popular posts, I know you prefer to see Daphne’s messy hair instead 😜, but I believe I should share it anyway.
Hope you’re all having a wonderful weekend! ♥️ 🌸This beautiful illustrations are from @aljahorvatco 🌸
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