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These side-by-side images show the striking similarities between Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic 1963 March on Washington and the 2020 March on Washington led by his son and Rev. Al Sharpton on Friday.
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Actually the type of music you love doesn’t define who you are as a person. If your a 90′s kid and loved any these albums, your still cool.
I did a guest post on Entertainment Weekly all about the process of creating the illustrations for REBEL GENIUS and WARRIOR GENIUS, featuring lots of artwork from the new book!
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My brain @ me telling me to draw at 3am
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One of my favorite movies of 2018.
#TheAndyGriffithShow #RonHoward as "Opie" Taylor, #DonKnotts as Deputy Barney Fife and #AndyGriffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor. Image dated August 30, 1962.
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the best part of katara and aang’s relationship is that it is not just defined by the grand, epic, romantic moments between the two, like the final kiss or the dance scene. rather, the mutual love, support, and dedication that the two have for one another can be seen the most through the smaller and more subtle moments. the underrated and often undetected or ignored moments. moments like:
1. when aang, without any trace of resentment or jealousy, was absolutely blown away by what he thought was katara’s quick mastery of waterbending (even though it was actually pakku) in “the waterbending master” (b1 ep18).
“that was amazing!”
he’s so awestruck by her that his hands are on his head and he looks absolutely delighted, like “that’s my best friend, everyone!”
2. when the invasion plan had drastically backfired in “day of black sun, part 2” (b3 ep11) and aang felt personal responsibility over the failure, including over hakoda and the other adults’ forced surrender to the fire nation. everyone had someone to say goodbye to, except for aang, who was alone on appa and in tears from his shame, regret, and humiliation. but there katara was, crouching beside him and communicating her support through her eyes.
katara didn’t say any words to him - and she didn’t need to. just the act of sitting next to him and letting him know that she was there was enough to motivate him to brush off his tears and get up on his feet. it was enough to remind him of exactly why he had to continue on, even at his lowest point. what his purpose was for saving the world: for the people he loved. for katara.
“I’m doing it to save the world, but more than that. I’m doing it for the people I love. I’m doing it for you, Katara.” (b3 e9)
3. when katara put aside her anger toward zuko to support aang’s decision in letting him join the team in “the western air temple” (b3 ep12). her face softens when she turns to aang, especially after seeing how worried he looked that she would say no.
and hardens again when she says, “I’ll go along with whatever you think is right.”
her words to aang are different compared to toph’s and sokka’s responses in letting zuko join the group. because while toph and sokka speak generally about the greater plan - “all i want is to defeat the firelord. if you think this is the way to do it, then I’m all for it,” (sokka) - katara’s words are much more personal. they echo her constant belief in him that she’s had from the very opening of the series (“but i believe that aang can save the world”).
she trusts and supports aang so much that she’s willing to set aside her personal anger towards zuko and everything that she associates with his betrayal (which had led to aang’s comatose state and one of the worst few weeks of her life). if having zuko join was important for aang and for the team/their mission, and if aang genuinely believed that this way was right, then she, without a doubt, would support his choice, no matter what.
aang also reacts differently to her answer compared to the way he reacts to sokka’s and toph’s answers. katara is the only person that aang actually walks over to, and asks in a very hesitant voice, “katara?” he cares about her so much to the point that if had she said no, zuko can’t join, he would have had to decline zuko, no matter how detrimental that would have been for the plan. and that was why aang was so worried.
thus, aang is initially surprised when katara actually agrees to letting zuko join. however, as soon as he processes her words, he gives her the biggest grin ever - a grin much wider than the ones he gives to toph and sokka. in that moment, aang’s smile conveys his gratitude for her unconditional support. it represents his happiness for the compromise that she has had to make, putting aside her anger and discomfort over having zuko join the team for the sake of aang needing a firebending teacher. his smile - and general reaction - shows just how much he cherishes and values her opinion, not just as another member of the gaang, but also as his waterbending teacher, best friend, and one of the most important people in his life.
4. when katara smiles softly at aang’s words about friendship in “the avatar and the firelord” (b3 ep6).
Aang: “Roku was just as much Fire Nation as Sozin was, right? If anything, their story proves anyone’s capable of great good and great evil. Everyone, even the Fire Lord and the Fire Nation have to be treated like they’re worth giving a chance. And I also think it was about friendships.”
notice how katara is the only one out of the rest of the gaang who is smiling at aang. sokka looks surprised, while toph looks reluctant and almost pained (which prompts her to ask one of the most infamous lines of the franchise that makes us all cry). however, katara is looking at aang with an expression of happiness and even pride. as someone who shares a similar hopeful and optimistic viewpoint of the world as aang, it makes sense for why she immediately accepts his words of giving the nation who waged war on the world a chance, while sokka and toph appear more reluctant over the thought. it also makes sense as to why she is impressed at the conclusion that he draws from the story: the power of friendship; how friendships can be so profound and special that they even transcend lifetimes.
i also believe that this moment right here, where aang explains the main lesson behind the story of roku and sozin, is one of the moments that cemented her love for him. as she describes in the canonical Avatar the Last Airbender: Legacy book in her letter to tenzin:
“one of the great joys of my life, and - I realized over the course of time - the thing that caused me to fall in love with your father; was watching him grow from the joyful, playful boy he was when I first met him to the amazing, thoughtful, powerful, and wise man he became on his journey to accept his fate and embrace the power and responsibilities of being the Avatar.” - Katara to Tenzin.
there are many times throughout the series that we see aang display a great deal of intelligence and maturity as he grows into his role as the avatar. this moment right here is one of them, in which he explains to his friends that the key to ending the 100-year war is to be more compassionate and kind; to understand that the root of evil and war comes from a cycle of thinking and ideals, rather than from humans themselves; that people are never born into binary categories of “evil” or “good” but instead become influenced based on system(s) that are controlled by institutional power, and that the solution to ending the cycle of hatred and bigotry is to dismantle these structures and systems of power. which is another reason why aang chooses to not kill the firelord but instead take away his firebending. in doing so, he dismantles the force of imperial power that ozai has utilized to coerce, control, and colonize the world.
This youtube cover of Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You should be more appreciated, because Christina Grimmie was pure talent. She should be here right now still singing but never got the chance to reach megastardom due to someone taking her life away. Still, she made the song her own, giving it her own combination of strength and sweetness, her own soulful, melodious resonance, her own seemingly effortless modulation between soft and powerful tones, and her command of the whole range of volume, dynamics, and the entire palette of sonic nuance her voice could employ. The voice of Christina Grimmie is unique, inimitable, and -- like Whitney Houston -- worthy of the word "GREAT." RIP Christina Grimmie 1994-2016.
One of the best songs of all time.
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