above, a quick oil pastel sketch of wooden monochromatic african statue [done in color] by me.
{like a kneeling adorned "jonyele" type of statue with a baby on her back, a small bowl in the front.}
quote: Its not what they call me, but what I answer to.
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"TO PLACE YOUR IDEAS, YOUR DREAMS BEFORE THE CROWD IS TO RISK THEIR LOSS. TO LOVE IS TO RISK NOT BEING LOVED IN RETURN. TO LIVE IS TO RISK DYING. TO HOPE IS TO RISK DESPAIR. TO TRY IS TO RISK FAILURE. THE PERSON WHO RISKS NOTHING, DOES NOTHING, HAS NOTHING, AND IS NOTHING."
--ANONYMOUS
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I am back from a checking up a wonderful event, and I'm kind of fired up and rejuvenated, so forgive my glow.I am extremely humbled to have had the opportunity, to even sit in on a few of the classes, mini seminars, demonstrations & performances and now much more determined, to sort through alot of suggested material and new reading lists, and conclude my own truths about many things in life, concerning spirituality and history.
I give alot of thanks to My Parents, that I was not brought up to think one religion is better or superior over another, there were many religions in or extended family. [ one destination many paths ]
I was exposed to many. It's left me with curiosity, to connect the commonality of religions as a whole.
I had an "afrocentric" professor once that always spoke of cell memory and why some people are more in tune with their ancestors, culture and environmental issues than others will everbe. Manifestation of an innate knowing, of your heritage and culture, and when you are going against, your core beliefs. It also explains why some people never quite, get it.[ their's are damaged, shut off or suppressed]
I've honestly met many people of color, who express no interest in knowing where they came from, have nothing in their homes reflecting their heritage or roots. They don't read or study? That's pretty frightening to me.. but many people of color live that way. [I guess to each, his own] It's strange, when I encounter it. {and I have a few times}
Although My Husband's forte is studying the brain, it's mechanisms & human behavior?
I've been reading up on this lately, it's fascinating! [Epigenetics]
adapted from the internet - The idea is that genes aren't just sitting around expressing
themselves, but that they can be switched on and off, during
ones lifetime. During epic or traumatic events, by some
biochemical switch.
I would say that would make a lot of sense from the point
of view of darwin, because populations would be able to
genetically, actively respond to their surroundings. .
Also, it brings the idea of inherited memories just a little closer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics
http://www.epigeneticsnews.com/
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film
It's film festival time again, here are a few to look out for. [of african interest]
By Jude Katende
Kampala
Finally, the first Uganda-Nigerian movie will premiere on our local entertainment scene.
The directors of Paragon Promoters, Emmanuel Onuoha and Dare Folder announced that on April 30, the movie, Roses in the Rain, will be premiering first at Didi's World and then at the National Theatre.
The directors announced this last week at a cocktail organised for the press and actors of the movie. At the cocktail, were one of the actresses, Karitas karisimbi, was MC, the Nigerian High Commission's counsellor, Enock Ngazi, unveiled the title of the film.
The film is about royalty, greed, girl child challenges, the HIV/AIDS scourge and how stigma can affect society. http://allafrica.com/stories/200604101297.html
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The African Film Festival, Inc. >LincolnCenter
Present
The 13th Annual New York African Film Festival
http://www.africanfilmny.org./
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http://www.akintolahanif.com/
HARRIET'S ALTER EGO presents...
"The Other Side of Fear"
Photography by Akintola Hanif
http://www.intelligent.com
Works on view: April
9 - May 7, 2006
Special screening of Akintola Hanif's short film Freedom or Everybody
Dies
HARRIET'S ALTER EGO
Where Fashion Imitates Life...
www.harrietsalterego.com
www.myspace.com/harrietsalterego
293 Flatbush Ave. Bklyn, NY 11217.
(btw. St. Marks & Prospect Pl.)
718.783.2074
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texts
I am not Moorish American but Hakim Bey's has very interesting pamphlets
published. I've read about the planet mu & theories awhile ago in another text. [lmyths? lost pyramids, atlantis , etc.] His writing has a different interesting spin with moorish/ african/kemetic based history.
http://www.mu-atlantis.com/
SCIENCE AND AN AFRICAN LOGIC
this captivating book, Helen Verran addresses precisely that question by looking at how science, mathematics, and logic come to life in Yoruba primary schools. Drawing on her experience as a teacher in Nigeria, Verran describes how she went from the radical conclusion that logic and math are culturally relative, to determining what Westerners find so disconcerting about Yoruba logic, to a new understanding of all generalizing logic. She reveals that in contrast to the one-to-many model found in Western number systems, Yoruba thinking operates by figuring things as wholes and their parts. Quantity is not absolute but always relational. Certainty is derived not from abstract logic, but from cultural practices and associations.
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/ae28.html
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- a coffee break without the coffee [alternate nostril breathing]
http://www.dhyansanjivani.org/nadi_shodhan.asp
http://www.abc-of-yoga.com/pranayama/basic/viloma.asp
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http://www.claudeclark.com/
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<FONT lang='0style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:' color=#ff0000 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="8" BACK="#ffffff" #ffffff?>music
"Toto Bona Lokua"
3 singers from martinique, congo & zaire, in shared musical effort!
listen here http://dissidenten.com/exilneu/5555-totobonalokua.html
http://www.putumayo.com/radio.html
ayub ogada - http://www.putumayo.com/realaudio/kothbiro.htm
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1223790/a/En+Mana+Kuoyo.htm
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interesting news
NYU lecture series /Ghana Arts Presents
Mon. May 1, 2006
DR. ROBERTA BONETTI
ARTIFACTS IN TRANSIT: CONTEMPORARY ART OF SOUTH GHANA AND ITS
CIRCULATION AND REPRESENTATION IN THE WESTERN WORLD
http://www.nyu.edu/africahouse/news.html
BALANCING THE HUMAN ENERGY SYSTEM, meridian eco system and the body
http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/Wingmakers/Cause%20And%20Affect.html
Energy flow within the human body. Meridians.
http://www.hps-online.com/hmer.htm
books on meridian theraphy & chinese massage techniques.
http://www.plumflower.com/chinese_medicine.htm
the tummy specifically [organs of the earth]
http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/Wingmakers/Organs%20Of%20The%20Earth%20Meridian.html
on the Ethiopians and Khoisan, DNA links [before the great african migration]
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=384897
a good site
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ww/africa/
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other news - family matters
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/2-28-2004-51063.asp
http://www.arisingpeaceofart.blinks.net/about.html
http://www.babyfit.com/articles.asp?id=527
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The Movie - Akeelah and the Bee" opens soon!
http://www.akeelahandthebee.com/
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feathering the nest
a people united
I recently bought a hand carved ornate bench from india for $200. - they have finely made king & queen sized bedspreads from india, torans, pottery , ornate saris [which i use for curtains & dinerware from morocco , candles, african statues and world music cd's this place is fierce! [I always do damage here....]
another good place - west elm
a good african gallery
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quote: Its not what they call me, but what I answer to.
In Life people will call you many things, out of ignorance and hate.
Youdon't have to dignify or acknowledge it.
Continue to thrive.
Live in Love and Light.
Let negative, evil people - marinate & stewin their own hateful venom
[to quote my Dad] Let it pickle them!
Stay Positive & Go forward living your best life.
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until next time, walk good ~ peace, nyao
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