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‘Safe Haven’ Collab by Gaia and Ernest Shaw in Atlanta.

“Malcolm X touched me in my 20s; Baldwin in my 30s,” Shaw told CNN. “Now in my 40s, as I am watching my daughter grow into womanhood, it’s Nina Simone.”  Born in 1933 as Eunice Kathleen Waymon, the aspiring classical pianist changed her name to Nina Simone when race limited her options and she didn’t want her family to know she was being forced to turn to “The Devil’s Music”—playing jazz in Atlantic City. Despite having recorded more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974 her story and her activism were largely unrecognized before the 2015 film “What Happened, Miss Simone.” Raised in West Baltimore by parents who insisted on his learning the history and culture of black America, Ernest Shaw Jr. says Simone’s story “could be a case study for what a lot of black women deal with.” Shaw’s powerful tribute to his influencers is at Barclay and E. Lafayette in Baltimore’s Greenmount West neighborhood.  @eshaw_art  @bmoreart  

Mural in Baltimore by the great Ernest Shaw. To me, the true essence of art is disintegrating the senses to raise consciousness as forms of resistance to reclaim power rooted in love. Imagine when kids pass this and ask who these people are. This opens that narrative, which shows the power of the arts--igniting agency and action to break down walls and thrive in resiliency.

Look at what came in the mail today! *swipe* I am so excited about my new @neighborhoodfiberco yarn and I can’t wait to cast on for the I Knit and I Know Things MKAL from @drunkknitter 🖤🧶 Just 10 days until @gameofthrones starts!! Have you got your pattern and yarn yet? Yarn: #neighborhoodfibercompany #StudioDK in color #BroadwayMarket and #ErnestShaw and #Lush in color #Upton . . . #IknitandIknowthingsmkal #drunkknittermkal #knitstagram #yarnlove #stash #Iloveyarn #teamtyrion #knittersofinstagram #yarnspiration (at Banner Mountain) https://www.instagram.com/justinechenel/p/Bv2u_kilt1p/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s5ercjh8lsnu

#MD | Artist Ernest Shaw stands in front of his mural in Baltimore, MD __ tags: (#dmv #dmvnetwork #_dmvnetwork_dmv #washingtondc #igdc #maryland #virginia #md #va #ernestshaw #Baltimore #dmvart #streetart)

#Malcolm #Nina #Baldwin in B'More by #ErnestShaw #Heroes #TeachTheYouth #Diversity #Create thanks to @tdivyaj for sharing ♥️