GIF It To Me! [ Princess Hijab & Other Animated Awesomesaucery ]

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GIF It To Me! [ Princess Hijab & Other Animated Awesomesaucery ]

As A Kid, I Often Said I Wished I Could Speak In Hieroglyphics

How rad it would be, I thought

[ though—since the timeline I'm referencing is circa rural Arkansas—

quite likely not verbatim, my choice of vernacular ]

If I could "talk with pictures": fancy symbols—except

not carved in stone, but rather contained

in word bubbles,

like in a comic strip . . .

Y E A H .

A funny thing, time : cycles : that

symbol of the serpent swallowing its tail

All these years later, & where do I find myself?

Obsessed with animated .gifs, for fuck's sake—&

yearning to communicate through means of a visual vocabulary.

I mean, let's face it…does this gem excavated-from-the-uncredited-swag-on-imgur

not speak volumes?

Or how about this for a response?

[ Source: Sex With God : tumblr ]

& this flash-tastic action? Is it worth the proverbial thousand words?

Or does it have no value, since you're such a worldly, highly-experienced Millennial?

[ So tough, the inured existence of a Trustafarian on tumblr, oui? ]

Hasty generalizations & snide jabs swept aside like unpaid internships, corporeal punishment,

or any scenario in which Unique, Special Beings aren't coddled—even & especially

if [ HARMPH! ] "so-o-o bored."

Sure : sometimes animated awesomesauce does get served with syllables & consonants…

For example: this little ditty by Seacrestcheadle, which—if Facefail permitted such forms of communication—

I would've plastered many moons ago on the 'Wall' of my pal Ugly Shyla ♥ [ because yeah, She 'Gets It ']

Alas! Seacrestcheadle isn't why I've chosen to "get bloggy" this fine day

[ though worthy a post of his own, indeed! ]

Au contraire, I've intended to post about the following individual

for quite some time now, & finally: here we are—&

here the moment is…

If by chance you're not familiar with the guerilla art of

Princess Hijab

Then please consider this a formal invitation to become acquainted, your

introduction by way of brief video clip [ courtesy : Babelgum ]

Admitted : at times the six-minute doc plays w-a-y-y-y Richter in the histrionics department

[ not to imply I don't—my guess is that producers urged Hijab to "ratchet up the drama"

for the cameras ] : to "raise the stakes," "show the element of danger," "provide some

conflict"…as if the visual assaults she orchestrates aren't confrontational enough.

However, to be fair [ I mean : gauche much, Mary? I'm only using their content! ]

I could be making excuses for the artist, when she's portrayed exactly as she is.

O.K.!

Now that you have a bit of background info, I don't feel as if I'm doing a dis-service by

sharing 'only' the digital art she creates.

Y'see, aside from recalcitrant acts of Hijabization,

the Princess constructs some friggin' amazing GIFs; must admit.

& since ultimately, that's what I'm 'on about' today

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