image BY Dwell Studio

hanger by Misako Mimoko

 By Serge Seidlitz

juicebox design with handwritten typeface by Yunyeen Yong 

PHOTOGRAPHY BY RÉMY CHAPEAUBLANC

 image from Marion Deuchars book Let's Make Some Great Art

One of the 2 years olds tore the -l in the word "fall" off my wall and left this : /

The lynching of Trayvon Martin

We’ve heard the 911 calls. We seen the 13 year old witness. We’ve read the letter from the alleged killer’s father. We listened to the anger of the family’s attorney. We’ve felt the pain of Trayvon’s mother. For heaven’s sake, for 24 hours he was a deceased John Doe at the hospital because even the police couldn’t believe that maybe he LIVES in the community.

There are still some facts to figure out. There are still some questions to be answered. But, let’s be clear. Let’s be very, very clear. Before the neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, started following him against the better judgement of the 911 dispatcher. Before any altercation. Before any self-defense claim. Before Travyon’s cries for help were heard on the 911 tapes. Before the bullet hit him dead in the chest. Before all of this. He was suspicious. He was suspicious. suspicious. And you know, like I know, it wasn’t because of the hoodie or the jeans or the sneakers. Cause I had on that same outfit yesterday and no one called 911 saying I was just wandering around their neighborhood. It was because of one thing and one thing only. Trayvon is black.

- Michael Skolnick, GlobalGrind via A Radical Profeminist

Almost a month after his murder, Trayvon's killer has not been arrested. What is so peculiarly dreadful about the murder of Trayvon Martin is that it echoes the same anti-black structuring of the US that has characterized this nation's history since the times of the "founding fathers," antebellum south, the Elvis loving and 'peace' minded 60's, the upheaval brought by the beating of  Rodney King, to the present day and yet much of the language representing the supposed alliance with the Trayvon Martin's family sparingly acknowledges the historical disregard and unwarranted violence towards black life in the U.S. Trayvon Martin's murder was a lynching, a lynching of a 17 year old child. 

"You must Lose a fly to catch a fish."

BY spring Puffin Post cover by Alex T. Smith

images  from Russian Lullaby
 produced by Metronome Films 

geometric window display by Lovely Pigeon at The Red Door Gallery

 Culinary Nightmares no. 2 by Juan Molinet

Wooden Skull by Clemens Behr 

cake signs and "I Spy" illustration  by Serge Seidlitz

hand painted pin badges by Antonio Ladrillo

by Hello Freaks

by Ramsay Lanier

blue man group never nude

The oh so talented Miss Coffee made this Tobias Funke blue man group,never nude plush for Gallery 1988's comedy themed show, 'Is This Thing On?' Show opens March 9, 2012.

Is This Thing On? 2 Opening Night:
Friday, March 9th at 7 PM
www.ninteeneightyeight.com

Gallery 1988 Los Angeles
7020 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038

illustration by Charles Santoso

10 dancing bunnies mug

by kokoko

triangle tape by Seventy Tree

by Chew Poh Koon

Sorry folks for the pause in posts. The loss of a great friend has catapulted life around me in a myriad of ways and has left me with little time for many important things. His presence is missed dearly, and his absence catches me off guard sometimes. Every now and then I find that my time is occupied with wondering, "What are the heavens like?"

by Cecilia Afonso Esteves