Black life is ambiguous, and a kaleidoscope of meanings, rich, multi-sided. . . we have frozen our vision … - Charles Bartlett Johnson - Quotesmemo.com

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I've got a lot of things that are probably obvious, not much outside the box right now. But, I have been listening to a lot of classical music lately for some reason. I used to do that a lot when I was doing cabinet making in New England. I've sort of returned to that for some reason. That might be surprising to people.

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Charles Bartlett Johnson

Black life is ambiguous, and a kaleidoscope of meanings, rich, multi-sided. . . we have frozen our vision in figures that caricature, at best the complexity of our lives and leave the real artistic chore of interpretation unfinished.

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I've got a lot of things that are probably obvious, not much outside the box right now. But, I have been listening to a lot of classical music lately for some reason. I used to do that a lot when I was doing cabinet making in New England. I've sort of returned to that for some reason. That might be surprising to people.

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