I went straight to Spotify to relisten to this song. I will always think fondly of growing up on Blackstreet & other fine black artists. I mean, there was a point in elementary school when my All-4-One cassette was outplaying my Hanson one, when I was spending hours replaying Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” to learn all the lyrics… nothing wrong with that.
(via 12minds)
From the project Until the Kingdom Comes by Simen Johan
In his work, Johan creates tension and blurs the boundaries between opposing forces, such as the familiar and the otherworldly, the natural and the artificial, the serene and the eerie. In one photograph, two black-beaked flamingos intertwine in an embrace that seems at once affectionate and restricting. In another, two hapless caribou lie glazed with ice, frozen in a scene that is both tranquil and brutal. Exploring the paradoxical nature of existence, the artist situates his images between an ideal paradise and a reality complicated by desires, fears and darker instincts.
While some photographs in the series reference Biblical motifs, Johan says that his choice of title, Until the Kingdom Comes, “refers less to religious or natural kingdoms and more to the human fantasy that one day, in some way, life will come to a blissful resolution. …In a reality where understanding is not finite and in all probability never will be, I depict ‘living’ as an emotion-fueled experience, engulfed in uncertainty, desire and illusion.”
