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Abuse of Reason Art Officially in the Urban Arts Festival!

It’s official: AOR has been accepted into the Urban Arts Festival this year! The festival is expanding and will be held at the Gateway Mall this year on Saturday, July 20th. We really hope to see all you SLC natives there; it’s free and should be a fantastic time. Now more than ever, we need your help to make our presentation at this and Craft Lake City the best we can possibly deliver. Please check out our Indiegogo campaign and share the link on your Facebook. Every little bit helps!

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/festival-upgrades-for-abuse-of-reason-art-and-photography/x/2133726

hometown-unicorn:

My eye caught a dark form lying on the river bottom. It took me a few moments to comprehend what I had stumbled upon. Lying peacefully in the shallow waters of the river, only a few meters from shore, was a full-grown cougar. The contrast between the serenity of the scene I was witnessing and what must have played out here in the cougar’s final moments made me shiver. It was the first shiver of many, as I stripped down and waded out into the icy water to get this shot. x

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ENTER TO WIN an 18x20 print of “Rapture” by contributing $1 to Abuse of Reason Art’s Indiegogo Campaign!

AOR has begun an Indiegogo campaign to raise $1500 for upgrades to festival presentation for this season. Check out the page and spread the word! Perks include prints and professional cover work done, so if you or someone you know is in a band or is an author about to finish a book, send them to the campaign! 

Check out my latest interview with amazing French post-metal group ASIDEFROMADAY! And check out their new album “Chasing Shadows”, and video for “Wolf’s Tears Are Falling Stars”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftwZdfq27A0

dimitriishere:

A selection of incredible portraits from photographer Charles Fréger’s collection and book Wilder Mann, documenting the ancient pagan rites still being practiced throughout Europe today.

From the New York Times Lens blog: 

About 10,000 years ago, humans began domesticating wild animals for both food and companionship. Over the course of centuries, animal species were bred for traits that made them docile and more useful to their masters. But as humans changed and fenced in animals, they were also domesticating themselves. The skills needed to survive in the wild were different than those needed to succeed in more complex social arrangements.

Mr Fréger was intrigued by the transformations of human being to beast that he witnessed in 18 European countries. They were, he said, celebrations of fertility, life and death and symbolized the complicated relationship between mankind and nature.

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AOR on Facebook is doing a print giveaway to celebrate the return of GAME OF THRONES! Head over to Facebook and Like or Share the photo of “Wildling” to be entered to win an 8x10 copy! 

http://www.facebook.com/abuseofreason

Confession

Sometimes I can’t see my own progress, because I still haven’t arrived at “perfect”. 

"It is okay to want your own happiness. It’s okay to care about yourself the most. You are not obligated to sit there and smile and swallow every bit of shit everyone heaps on you. You are more than furniture, you’re more than window dressing, you’re not their shiny toy. You’re human, and you have the right to say “That was shitty of you”. You have a right to protest your own mistreatment and set boundaries for respectful interactions. The rest of the world doesn’t realize you have this right, and they will act offended and appalled when you exercise it, but it is yours."

(via belle-de-nuit)

(Source: sonneillonv, via teachingliteracy)

Book Reviews

Added two new book reviews to the “Read My Work” section, including “Lame Ducks” by Isaac Black and “What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal” by Laina Dawes. Some more SLUG coverage will be coming soon as well!