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And wow, how amazing!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, Ravi was preparing to design and create new prints for his annual “Vote” promo, where he gifts free art to anyone who shares on Instagram that they had voted or if they promoted civic engagement. Inspired by Taylor Swift’s efforts, we brainstormed up these new designs…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd, if you know Taylor swift’s music, you more than likely know her high-profile cats. We think it’s safe to say that this trio would probably want you to vote too!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA big thanks to Ravi for asking me for my input on this year’s Voter prints.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Attie\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ravi Zupa Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42086976684102,"sku":"rza","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1776\/1781\/files\/vote.jpg?v=1748902483"},{"product_id":"cash-rules-matchbox","title":"Cash Rules Matchbox","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is my depiction of a maneki-neko which translates as “Beckoning Cat”. These cats are a popular piece of Japanese culture and act as good luck charms in many businesses and households. Many of us in the west are most familiar with seeing them in Japanese restaurants and other businesses but they have become popular among American households too. They were traditionally believed to bring a wide variety of good fortunes like health and good luck but here in the US we mostly know them as figures that beckon money. (In Japan , the beckoning “come here” gesture is made with the palm down).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’ve paired the image with lyrics from one of the most famous and influential rap songs ever created and one of my personal favorites from the 90s, C.R.E.A.M. by Wu-Tang Clan. In my opinion, Raekwon is one of the best rappers of that whole era. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PBwAxmrE194\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eListen to the song here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ravi Zupa Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44860079603782,"sku":"rza","price":3.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1776\/1781\/files\/Cash-Rules-Matchbox_750_V1_tight-cropping.jpg?v=1775846326"},{"product_id":"rage-matchbox","title":"Rage Matchbox","description":"\u003cp\u003eI love the poems of Dylan Thomas! Like most people it is this poem that lights me up the most and I’ve decided to share why I love it so much.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Do Not Go Gentle” offers a compelling case that we should embrace the torture of anger and regret while we are dying. The piece starts by listing different types of people (written as different types of “men”, but obviously its for everyone). He lists wise men, good men, wild men, and grave men and describes their respective torments. The sad and frustrating regrets that they each might find when they reflect on their life. The piece ends with Dylan Thomas watching his own father dying in turmoil. He sees that, though his father loves him, Dylan Thomas is himself the frustrating regret that his father is tortured by.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis poem resonates with so many people because it is one of very few art masterpieces in our culture that sanctions “negative” emotions at death. It is a beautiful and undeniably wise piece that gives us and our dying loved ones, permission to be angry. We receive constant instructions to pass peacefully and gently with love and forgiveness. Ending your life with anger and turmoil in your heart seems vulgar even though we all recognize that a mind’s emotional experience at death is extremely textured to say the least. The idea of embracing rage at death is downright taboo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other wonderful thing about this poem for me is that it offers us insight on both a universal, macro scale and an individual one. From the pulled back vantage point of the first part we can all find ourselves and members of our families. At the end, it shifts and we are all invited into a deeply intimate room where a specific man is dying and his son is there with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs his father dies, Dylan Thomas is beginning to grieve, recognizing his father’s disappointment and love for him and his acceptance of his father’s rage is perhaps the most profound apology and forgiveness a son can offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLove.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eListen to the whole poem, read with the beautiful vibrato voice of Dylan Thomas himself, here:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1mRec3VbH3w\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"cursor-init\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?\u003cwbr\u003ev=1mRec3VbH3w\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ravi Zupa Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44860103196742,"sku":"rza","price":3.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1776\/1781\/files\/Rage-Matchbox_750_V1_tight-cropping.jpg?v=1775845540"},{"product_id":"rage-big-magnet","title":"Rage Big Magnet","description":"\u003cp\u003eI love the poems of Dylan Thomas! Like most people it is this poem that lights me up the most and I’ve decided to share why I love it so much.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Do Not Go Gentle” offers a compelling case that we should embrace the torture of anger and regret while we are dying. The piece starts by listing different types of people (written as different types of “men”, but obviously its for everyone). He lists wise men, good men, wild men, and grave men and describes their respective torments. The sad and frustrating regrets that they each might find when they reflect on their life. The piece ends with Dylan Thomas watching his own father dying in turmoil. He sees that, though his father loves him, Dylan Thomas is himself the frustrating regret that his father is tortured by.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis poem resonates with so many people because it is one of very few art masterpieces in our culture that sanctions “negative” emotions at death. It is a beautiful and undeniably wise piece that gives us and our dying loved ones, permission to be angry. We receive constant instructions to pass peacefully and gently with love and forgiveness. Ending your life with anger and turmoil in your heart seems vulgar even though we all recognize that a mind’s emotional experience at death is extremely textured to say the least. The idea of embracing rage at death is downright taboo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other wonderful thing about this poem for me is that it offers us insight on both a universal, macro scale and an individual one. From the pulled back vantage point of the first part we can all find ourselves and members of our families. At the end, it shifts and we are all invited into a deeply intimate room where a specific man is dying and his son is there with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs his father dies, Dylan Thomas is beginning to grieve, recognizing his father’s disappointment and love for him and his acceptance of his father’s rage is perhaps the most profound apology and forgiveness a son can offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLove.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eListen to the whole poem, read with the beautiful vibrato voice of Dylan Thomas himself, here:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1mRec3VbH3w\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"cursor-init\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?\u003cwbr\u003ev=1mRec3VbH3w\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ravi Zupa Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44898097692742,"sku":"rza","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1776\/1781\/files\/ragemagnet_750_02c028b6-0d92-461d-aecd-41126c96654f.jpg?v=1776208582"}],"url":"https:\/\/ravizupa.com\/collections\/stocking-stuffers.oembed?page=2","provider":"Ravi Zupa Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}