{"id":9727,"date":"2025-10-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/?p=9727"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:39:15","slug":"black-on-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/black-on-black\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACK ON BLACK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE OBSERVATION BOOTH<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OP \/ ED BY ANDREA DIALECT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PHOTO CREDITS BY ANDREA DIALECT \/ GEN AI<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the Entertainment section, am I right? So let me entertain you. This is a simple reminder \u2014 everything I do here in this space is merely that… entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oftentimes I\u2019m told that I should do this or that, cover this or that, and I\u2019m much obliged if the shoe fits. Everything I do here is a work in progress. I believe that one must live in the open by doing as they please when they ain\u2019t hurting nobody or ain\u2019t tryin\u2019 to. Love it or not. For me, work is play. Always has been and will always be, and the moment that it ain\u2019t \u2014 bye. You do it, lol!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all in good fun, just like this week\u2019s draft submission. It showed up while I was scanning those streams for a bit of background noise as I wrote and while I dabbled with my fine artistry. As I scanned those inexhaustible stockpiles, I was appalled by the lack of films and\/or content that represented Mocha as it should. When I did come across a few, most hit me with that slapstick or were so shallow that an ant couldn\u2019t skinny-dip if it wanted to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Came across a lot that was ours that had been copped or borrowed, but not to our credit. It\u2019s nobody else\u2019s job to tell our stories or paint our pictures anyway. Although all our history from past to present is locked down in our DNA, them eyes could play tricks on ya \u2014 have you believing only what you see. Be it good, bad, or indifferent, a picture speaks louder than words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it ain\u2019t no real stockpiles to be seen, folks get to paint you any way they want \u2014 just like AI did with my images that you see here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, let\u2019s get back to you telling the story. Start scanning around our hoodscapes, our homes, our lives, and freeze those moments of Blackness. Capture us \u2014 me and you \u2014 the living testaments so we tell our own story as should. And be sure that before you click that button or make that scan, it\u2019s a good pic and a story that\u2019s gonna do us forever proud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Cause we got more than enough in those skimpy stockpiles that\u2019s said to be ours \u2014 that ain\u2019t or shouldn\u2019t be. We must be the narrative, by capturing our authentic selves, our own story as should. So be the movie and make the movie; write the script and be the script; be that character then not. do the reel and be the real. Snap a shot and be the pic. Now that\u2019s something that we all can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black on Black is a combined project of my Fine Artistry Series \u2014 Andrea Dialect Replicated and The Black on Black Project. We got work to do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLACK BEAUTY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Visit Localtalkweekly.com to read drafts in its entirety and check out the archives getting even more amazing content from the Entertainment section. While you\u2019re at it, check out my fine artistry photography archives in support of my subjects that, while Lending Their Image To Change, become my muse and clay as supporting my experimental projects as I mold them into Fine Artistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also join me and the collective for my Facebook live as I develop daily \u201cPORTAL\u201d sessions. Follow my msdialect Instagram, and let\u2019s grow out loud together! Like, follow, and share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DID YOU KNOW\u2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Pride refers to both the broader movement to celebrate Black culture and heritage events that focus on the intersection of race and strength. The movement’s origins are in the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, with events emerging in the 1990s to create a safe space for the community and raise awareness about issues like racism, epidemic. These celebrations now include a variety of events like festivals, workshops, and cultural gatherings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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