Tag: Folk

Like many old world practices, traditional Balkan magic has historically been carried out by cunning folk, healers and seers who were gifted in communicating with the “other world”. These community healers practiced generational family knowledge, remedies and prayers passed down fro...

The Souls of White Folk,” goes without saying that the generalizations do not apply to every white individual. Some fight valiantly to improve the human condition, seek equality among the races, and right the historical wrongs of this nation or acknowledge them. Yet, the collective silence of ...

This essay, “The Souls of White Folk,” goes without saying that the generalizations do not apply to every white individual. Some fight valiantly to improve the human condition, seek equality among the races, and right the historical wrongs of this nation or acknowledge them. Yet, the col...

The last house I lived at was right in the middle of the forest. Nothing around by wildlife and trees. This is where I took my one photo of the sunset through the trees. Picture of sunset through the forest in my backyard. Picture taken by me. When I lived there I had seen some of the most...

“My aim is to change the perception of how women-led craft and Appalachian folk art is viewed,” says maker Dre McLeod. “Why can’t it serve as a valuable means of art and expression the same way painting and sculpture has for centuries? Or as when men experiment with the same ...