In Paintings and Quilts, Stephen Towns Spotlights Black Leisure in the Jim Crow South https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/01/stephen-towns-private-paradise/
In Paintings and Quilts, Stephen Towns Spotlights Black Leisure in the Jim Crow South — Colossal
For artist Stephen Towns, Mozert's photographs and the history of Paradise Park provide the foundation for 'Private Paradise.'Kate Mothes (Colossal)
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To be able to be a full human being, not a robot working almost without cease, involves all the emotions + all the postures that each person's body is capable of adopting.
To be at ease, not as concerned with a boss's clock, with bosses + would-be bosses clocking you + branding you: lollygagging, woolgathering, shirking, sunbathing, or frolicking, etc.
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