How come?

Fan by Edmund Soper Hunt Fan Factory, late 19th century United States (Massachusetts), MFA Boston

A. Abbas. FEZ, MOROCCO. 1991. Quaraouyine mosque. Muslims performing the “Wudu”, the washing ritual before prayers,

L’Espérance (Hope), 1868, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. [photograph taken by me at Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteket.]

A weaver demonstrates her skill at weaving Turkish carpets, Cappadocia, Turkey, George Steinmetz.

A statue in the floodwater of the Moson branch of River Danube in Gyor, 120 km west of Budapest, Hungary, on June 6, 2013. The River Danube is expected to peak on June 10 in Budapest, close to its highest level ever, 25 cm higher than the record levels of 2006.

Miriam Miller (New York City Ballet) photographed by NYC Dance Project

A worker at the Roure perfume plant in Grasse, France, scoops up the morning’s rose harvest at the end of May. These rose petals will be processed immediately into an absolute, the aromatic liquid which is the basic component of perfume; photographed by Michael Freeman

currently listening to this at 2am while wearing gold eyeliner and it makes me feel celestial (oh and it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard…)

I get it now.

Images by Justin Hardiman.  Crowe displayed her braiding art in a live performance in New Orleans,  presented by Solange’s Saint Heron label as part of the ongoing artist talk series Roll Back, Say That.