dkfjlskjfslkdjflksjdflksjdfsdf: May 2006

Saturday, May 27, 2006

When one door closes~ a New window opens!....

South African Chill - little Boy, latest scan.
[title] painting 18 x 24 canvas - 05/26/06

african proverb
or as nigerian afrobeat artist Tony Allen, musically puts it -
"when one road close another goes open"

http://www.sternsmusic.com/discography_detailed/4576

Medically, I have to leave the toxic darkroom chemicals alone
for a little while so? I'm focusing my energy on painting & drawing for a few months.
God is so Good! ......When one door closes, the Creator opens a new window for you! [it's True!] If only to focus on other skills, and talents, it's up to You, to make the best of a situation --- I saw this photo & was immediately intrigued. It's not exactly like the rueters photo- but it's my interpretation of the somber mood. I experimented with iridescent copper
pigment & will try to work on the little girl's portrait from the same photo next. Art really is like riding a bike, It comes back to you, slowly but surely. Just be patient. It's not perfect, the fast drying acrylics takes a bit of getting used to after working so much in oils, but with time, I hope to get much better at it.

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Art in Black & White, Truly -Two Different Worlds.

Its my dream to one day open my own little art gallery, where many
artist of color will have a venue to present new works [mixed with a little
poetry & spoken work] A few summer past, I've held mini workshops for children
interested in art. [we have to cultivate among our own]
One day, I will have the gallery.I am working hard every day, saving, looking at properties & getting closer to this achieving this goal.

Unfortunately, I've found that Art, deep down art is till a very racist, elitist field. Long ago, it what's drove fine, artists, like Henry O' Tanner to leave the USA for France, William H. Johnson also. - http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/events-and-exhibitions/articles/tanner.php

http://www.artgallery.umd.edu/exhibit/02-03/driskell2003/johnson_bio.html

Being real, Art for centuries has been a tool of the whatever current media propaganda
wished to portray -- to demonize a culture or race, from the days of slavery, with
the portrayal if blacks as inferior with the mammy, minstrels , sambo & coons images, the idealic shiftless- lazy childlike slave paintings ... even the portayal of Japanese, during ww 2, in Europe during the pre holocaust days, they used art fuel the divide- between germans & jews. That's the negative history of art. To ignore or twist history & facts, is to ignore a long crucial part of art's history when used as negative means of racial stereotyping and oppressive legacy. Art History is very different according to the race & origin of whoever telling the story.

http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/coon/

http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/lessonplans/hs_es_popular_culture.htm

http://www.blackculturalstudies.org/m_diawara/blackface.html

It's starts way at the top, and exist even to the lower levels. It exist in some major institutions & galleries.It is possible to go through a whole semester's art class [a few months span of time] to have perhaps 3 people of color in your class, and not hear any mention of , or see any minority artist represented in the course. [an oversight] Some matters need to be exposed to sunlight
and air, before the serious healing process can ever begin. It's not all, but it's, some.

This is a response to a 2001 event @ the Met- NYC - this happened 2001, not 1881-

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2001/02/02-01-01tdc/02-01-01dnews-3.asp
a protest because - Of 169 artists, only 13 were women and there were no minorities represented. .

http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CA3FA.htm

http://www.zmag.org/Zmag/articles/nov96hooks.htm

" Appreciation of art is entirely subjective — we don't want to make value judgements. We just want to bring the issues to light,"

I've experience being singled out at shows, and have had ignorant questions posed to me by Caucasians, inquiring why I tend to paint mostly people of color? I paint still life, and abstract, but some will take issue with my portraits. I could be at a show, [and have been participating] in a room with 40 Caucasians vendors -- who never get asked that same question at all! - I've experience going to pick up my slides from a local gallery on the eastern shore [ while being featured & included] for upcoming shows, and having a Receptionist, start giving me orders when I enter the door, thinking I'm there to be the temporary "switchboard relief". [and not a participating Artist]

Too often people view art of color as "primitive,"in a negative way, not in the positive. Not as relatable or marketable as their noncolor arts counterparts. Every once in a while when art is reinterpreted by the likes of picasso, or sculpture like brancusi ,giacometti's, or when man ray did his kiki with african mask, [using a baule mask with a model] it is then deemed as then acceptable. [many artist in history drew on African art for inspiration] --- If I draw or make photographs an event or imagenear & dear to my own culture, if I dare interpret the beauty in the images that i see & feel ? I have to justify or explain it. It's nonsense! ~~

see confronting racism in art institutions
for downloadable pdf go here

http://www.africaresource.com/ijele/vol1.2/nzegwu2.pdf.

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:L8zZKQC1H3wJ:www.africaresource.com/ijele/vol1.2/nzegwu2.pdf+%22racism+in+art+%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=18

racism in art institutions - Racism as an Issue in Classroom Practice

http://www.art.ttu.edu/arted/edcheck/Discors.html

Things are getting better in 2006, but it's still quite a strange field. [ if Iam not wearing a suit, or if wearing my hair kinky?---I still get followed around the art supply stores, some parts of the south as if i am shoplifter or something --- I then often opt to to take my business dollars elsewhere!-- that's the truth!!] I have friends & darker hued relatives who still get followed around from exhibit to exhibit [by guards] when taking in , public shows at Art museums in America. They feel uncomfortable and get the stares. People need to stop the madness of this, practice by some museums & galleries.

One Method of combating racism. Build your own.
The best way is to get the training needed , apply for the permits & licenses [vending] participate in small business seminars, join the various art guilds -- OWN your own businesses [ become entrepreneurs] to promote, form alliances and network with other artist of color, in your area. Reach out to and guide, cultivate the young artist in your community. ~~~~ Peace.

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BOOKS

a great book on ecology , toxins & the third world

URBAN ECOLOGY AND HEALTH IN THE THIRD WORLD - http://www.amazon.com/Ecology-Health-Society-Biology-Symposium/dp/0521411599

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article

A Great online Article, Ridding Your Life of Negative People. I try to be open-minded, but too many people dwell on the negative, and live in the negative. They don't wish to live in the positive...

Negativity is a cancer that appears in many forms. Ridicule, guilt, prejudice, condescension, intimidation, and self-doubt are only a few of the ways negativity manifests itself. While some kinds of negativity come from within and cannot be easily controlled, most are caused byother people. I believe that everyone is entitled to rid themselves of these negative people in order to enjoy happier lives. link here: http://www.evanbailyn.com/negativepeople.html

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poem by me

sweet mornings - he paints
with sumi-e brush * [metaphorically]

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Dawn's darkness approaching
crystal clear, rapid sunlight

double geese* eagerly engaged
in a smooth synchronized flight

grasping bamboo anticipating,
split tip's sensory delight

We continue at daybreak, the sweet vibes from last night,

..... reaching destiny,

as brilliant corona
effervesces around the newly risen sun.....

[by nyao]

poem influenced by passion, nature &
the lovely- shunga / ukiyo-e/ utamaro
stylized erotic prints.

2 geese in flight = a cool sex position *

[poem # 2 - "the snapper"]

I love that sucking sound
our bodies make
when we're really into session

going at it so crazy, losing track of space & time

moist flesh, pressed against moist flesh
me working you like crazed greedy plunger

vacuum seal kind of fit, snaps frequently
as you moan

hearing your pleasure,
licks my senses like fire

takes my desire even higher

I know you can't take much more...

Because the fits so tight
my precision love's justright...
for you.

In happiness our bed's squeakinglike Brazilian reco-reco ...
to a samba beat, it's dancing off the floor

i know the beautiful view turns you on
for me...
just watching magnificent You, turns me on as
I ride, your wet slippery slide

pumping you furiously like jockey

nearing finish line.....

losing
my

c o mposure.......

on my second wave
of internal uncontrollable fireworks

quickly approaching the third wave
because I just vibe & flow like that

not contented today with one, I'm taking 3....
and now I'm feeling so lightheaded

as you descend into
into another realm of tripped out consciousness
worked, satisfied, You know I've loved you thoroughly

I dismount to the sound a final loud snap, and collapse
beside you, for a few minutes....until
I can process this crazy energy, that stirs inside of me... into another place.

{{ poem by me! }}
[reco reco* - pronounced as heco heco, a brazilan instrument used to accent beat in samba music]

enough of that good [ smile ] stuff! ..on to the next category......
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the zik [music]

sun ra'ssaturn

http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1010766

minnie ripperton's perfect angel [song for my Boo!]

http://www.cisco-records.co.jp/cgi/title/rnb/detail_107036.php

my favorite oldies easy lover's rock [style]

http://www.cisco-records.co.jp/cgi/search_result2.php?qId=A15222&qMode=artist

a good mix, but loving agent k -'ride away getaway", de lata & jazzanova

http://ecrn.at.infoseek.co.jp/audio5.html

a beautiful song from cote ivoire- monique seka's yeye demain

http://accad.osu.edu/~eodita/aeafrart/current/music/MoniqueSeka-Yaye%20demin.mp3

http://accad.osu.edu/~eodita/aeafrart/current/music/music.htm

a litte soca for My Honey

http://www.aboutgloria.com/Trinidad.html

the humorous man "shadow" [can't find the cut goumangala] --- http://www.aboutgloria.com/ShadowLooking_For_Horn.mp3

more soca[classic]

http://www.socaweb.com/18646.html

tanya st. val -- another favorite - sample [ mil lanmou, lanmou kreyol, viens, solititude, so good...]

http://nathlin.ifrance.com/caraibes/tanya_st_val.htm

keziah jones [we saw him perform last year, guitar blew me away!]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/88898/102-5142244-9696131

http://yello.mtnonline.com/artist/feat-artist.asp?Artid=81

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keziah_Jones

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photography/ text

Photographer -Akintola Hanif's work @

http://www.akintolahanif.com/index2.php

Photographer Delphine Fawundu-Buford

Will be in exhibit @ Harriets Alter ego

Show dealing with New Orleans & Post Katrina
Opening Reception & Artist Talk
Sunday, June 4, 2006, 4-7pm

Exhibition Dates: June 4 - 30, 2006

Harriet's Alter Ego Boutique & Gallery
293 Flatbush Ave. bet. St. Marks & Prospect Place
Brooklyn, New York

http://www.harrietsalterego.com/

http://www.nabj.org/newsroom/news_releases/story/33351p-49016c.html

Book - Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

http://allafrica.com/stories/200606010981.html

http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521815827&ss=exc

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art

i really love chuck close's work

http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/

nivia gonzalez

http://www.artworksaustin.com/fineart180.html

alice neel

http://citypaper.net/articles/022201/ae.art.alice.shtml

http://www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus18f.htm

http://www.walkerart.org/archive/9/B673997594C522216169.htm

wilfredo lam

http://antillania.com/Cuba_Art_History.htm

http://www.esbaluard.org/fr_conte_colec_obres_lam.htm

events

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Onipa Abusia is presenting another waistbead party...on June 11th

in Brooklyn NY.[ Organization of preserving Ghana & Akan culture in the USA, chapters NY, Wash. DC]

For ladies and young girls only, for more information go here:http://www.onipaabusia.org/
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Ah! It's the sweet countdown to the worldcup!
Time again for a tiny little thing [like me]
to take some phat money from the big boys [ my husband& brother in law, my 9 brothers, in team wagers]
Bring it on! {smile]

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/
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until next time, walkgood ~ peace, nyao

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Congratulations Barry B.,/ Babaro injured and 8 Children on a Lark.

Great Weather this weekend
for the 131 running of the preakness.

It was interesting.
Bunmi's horse hit his head @ the start of the race exiting the gate, Barbaro
then got jacked up & injured badly on the track. [unable to finish the race]
and My Brother -in Law's horse [Brother Derrick?] finished poorly.

Bernardini Won*. {My Horse "Sweetnorthernsaint" 8-1, came in 2nd place.} Followed by Hemingswaykey, and Brother Derrick.

Afterwards ? We ditched the car, loaded up Bunmi's minivan with 8 of our friends
Nosiest and most humorous little children [age range 4 - 10]
collectively [Bunmi's Treat] We headed down i-95 to the Orioles
Nats Game.
You have not LIVED until you try that one! [like, I was on troop duty, in the girl scouts] But it was so much FUN---Doing the wave! Teaching them rude things to yell at the players on the field? Getting up on our feet to dance, when they blasted "Reggaeton's" music [at least 5 times] on the ballpark's speakers ! Cheering on the rival teams and courieing hot dogs & cracker jacks and lemonade, up and down the steep bleachers, to eager hungry little mouths & hands. {Me- the Den Mother on Latrine duty]
We returned home a little before 11:PM [ We left a little early - the Orioles by then sincerely losing, The Baltimore/Howard County Crew [high on sugar] sleepy with assorted National's Baseball team's paraphernalia, just Happy Children needing to be returned safely back into their Parents custody.[2 separate families worth]

Eight Children? Whoa? I don't really think that We'll try having 8 of our own - [we'll deal with one at a time, thank you! ] but It was LOTS of fun kicking it with all of them for ONE evening. [smile]

I also figured out probably 1000 x 8 more reasons, Why I love My "Horse Race, Losing" Husband on the noisy ride back home. --I married a thoughtful crazy adventurous generous, Man -- and - in the words of singer - Ms. Toni Braxton? "I love me some him!" ......Always! until next time, walk good ~ peace, nyao

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poetry /book

books & articles on the The Sixteen (16) Major odu of ifa -

Let us not engage the world hurriedly.
Let us not grasp at the rope of wealth impatiently.
That which should be treated with mature judgment,
Let us not deal with in a state of anger.
When we arrive at a cool place, [itutu'}
Let us rest fully;
Let us give continuous attention to the future;
and let us give deep consideration to the consequences of things.
And this because of our (eventual) passing

http://www.ifainc.org/ifa-speaks/book.html

http://www.africawithin.com/kwanzaa/odu_ifa.htm

http://www.awostudycenter.com/Articles/art_name.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifa

I have a divination book which explains yoruba divination - it also speaks to the odu of shell combinations,

when the cowries are rolled if by amount , the mouths are open or closed or double meiji.[nyao]

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book - loving Black Women by Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd

http://www.geocities.com/journeytothemotherland/index.html

http://www.nathanielturner.com/historytodestinythroughafrocentricpoetry.htm

poetry & african playing the australian, Didgeridoo Musik for Meditation

This Artist has out a great cd called
"Didgitation:Solo Didgeridoo Musik for Meditation

He does poetry too, loving the Digeridoo on this page
& on the cut/ poem, "I didn't ask 2 come here "

I am going to order the meditation muzik cd - I love it!

http://ngomazworld.com/Ngoma_ParadigmShifter26E.html

Dombaa Folee: Minianka Medicine Music Of Mali

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000C40P/002-5902198-6024018?v=glance&n=5174

"Whether you are rich or poor, observe moderation, thoughtfulness, and silence."
---El Hadji Malick Sy

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a really cool website - [{{ african musical grooves}}]

let a small urn of Tchouraye/Thiouraye [incense]

smolder as the sun sets - listen to samples & relax.
peace nyao :) --- read a review of Amadou et Mariams cd in

my magazine... loving the cuts like "Lahilaala" available on this site amazing for listening -

it sounds like african american blues and zydeco all at once...

Another gem Mali's Oumou Sangare's "Baba" is a kinetic masterpiece.

http://erslah.com/attaya/music.asp?artist=5

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books -
Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living With
Fearlessness and Grace by Angel Kyodo Williams

Angel Kyodo Williams, is a spiritual teacher, activist, artist and founder of New Dharma Meditation Center for Urban Peace.

http://www.spiritsite.com/writing/angwil/buy.shtml

http://www.newdharma.com/

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books

Snap Judgments.
New Positions in Contemporary African Photography.
Edited by Okwui Enwezor. Essay by Colin Richard.

http://www.photoeye.com/templates/mShowDetailsbyCat.cfm?Catalog=DP386&CFID=2776557&CFTOKEN=37578388

http://nymag.com/arts/art/reviews/16566/index.html

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books / read

Africa Remix.
A Continent Presents its Contemporary Art.
Edited by Jean-Hubert Martin. Essays by Salah Hassan, David Elliott, Mahmood Mamdani, Manthia Diawara, Jean LoupAmselle-

http://www.photoeye.com/templates/mShowDetailsbyCat.cfm?Catalog=DP112&CFID=2776557&CFTOKEN=37578388

http://www.universes-in-universe.de/specials/africa-remix/ident-hist/english.htm

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I have a collection of asian buddha's [thai/indonesian/bali ] they all have different hand positions...

read on the meaning of the position of buddha's hands [mudra]

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/mudra-japan.shtml

http://www.buddhanet.net/mudras.htm

news

African-American Visits His Ashanti Heritage

He Learned of Ashanti Ancestors From DNA Test - RON CLAIBORNE for ABC News

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=104566

sites

http://www.photoeye.com/

infinite magazine form Philly - online launch june 5th

http://www.infinitemag.net

on Fatherhood - http://www.realdadsnews.com/

Philip Kwame Apagya - photographer

http://www.jackshainman.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=1

Radcliffe Bailey - artist

http://www.jackshainman.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=3

vegetarian friendly baseball parks

http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/ballpark.htm

http://www.soyhappy.org/venue.htm

zik

junior kelly - a great artist

songs like sunshine, love so nice, rasta should should be deeper,

baby can we meet? recieve, african bound

http://www.juniorkelly.com/

for samples go here - http://www.cisco-records.co.jp/cgi/search_result2.php?qMode=artist&qId=A14924

the music of brazil great raul de souza

http://www.brazilianmusic.com/raul/

FILM

a few of my favorite flicks [cinema]
the keeper - director Joe Brewster
Amour Infinity -Jerry LaMothe
Nelly's Bodega by Omonike Akinyemi
Black Girl - ?
The Secret of Roan Inish
Mostly Martha
The Snapper
The Mummy's Return
A Room With a View
Manion of the Springs/Jean et Floret
Chocolat with Isaac De Bankole
Besieged with Thandi Newton
War of the Roses
Brother from Another Planet - Jon Sayles
Once Were Warriors - dir. Lee Tamahori
Crooklyn by spike lee
hav plenty - dir Christopher Scott Cherot
quilombo (brazilian)Carlos Diegues'
valentines - by julie dash
dry long so - by cauleen smith
taxi (the french film /not the american one) Luc Besson
Bhaji on the Beach -dir.Gurinder Chadha
Chocolat. 1988 version- Dir. Claire Denis
black dju (cape verde film) Pol Cruchten
scent of green papayas ( Saigon ) by Tran Anh Hung.
genesis (malian film) Cheik Oumar Sissoko
faat kine (sengalese film) Ousmane Sembene
samia - (algerian) dir. Philippe Faucon.
soul survivor - stephen williams
secrets & lies - director Mike Leigh
nothing happened (african) - dir. nectarios leonidas
third world cop- chris browne
i like it like that by ? [the video]
Guelwaar (sengalese film) Ousmane Sembene
cycles by Zeinabu irene Davis
sugar cane alley by e. palcy
films by Ousmane Sembene
& Cheik Oumar Cissoko
Motherland the Journey

black & cultural independent film sources

http://www.takeawaymedia.com/motherlandtheprogramme.htm

http://www.flippant.net/blog.html

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/AFR/ASA96/asafilm.html

http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v2/v2i1a4.htm

http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/36/distribution1.html

http://www.africanfilm.com/home.html

http://www.africanfilmny.org/

http://www.imdb.com/

http://www.kino.com

http://www.palmpictures.com/

http://www.thirdworldcop.com/

http://www.africanfilmny.org

buy

http://www.harrietsalterego.com/

http://www.myspace.com/harrietsalterego

Hamill art gallery & shop [african ] http://www.hamillgallery.com/EXHIBITIONS/Next.html

http://www.hamillgallery.com/

My favorite RAND ART GALLERY [african] http://www.randafricanart.com/

{ i love the lobi figures} http://www.randafricanart.com/house_photos.html

asian tansu's http://www.asiandreamsfurniture.com/Korean/tansu/tansu.html

asian shop http://shibui.com/Products/index.html

west elm shop http://ww1.westelm.com/

philadelphia museum store http://www.philamuseumstore.org/

maxilla & mandible science emporium http://www.maxillaandmandible.com/

novica -http://www.novica.com/

aveda http://www.aveda.com/

kiss my face organic -http://www.kissmyface.com/

kiehl's organic - http://www.kiehls.com/_us/_en/home/index.aspx

carol's daughter [soaps , balms , aromatherapy http://www.carolsdaughter.com/

incense world - importers joss -http://www.incenseworld.org/

http://www.incenseguru.com/

tisserand oils & aromatics - http://www.tisserand.com/

now brand oils http://www.nowfoods.com/

Yogi teas- http://www.yogitea.com/

Baltimore Coffee & Tea - http://www.baltcoffee.com/catalog/

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Saturday, May 6, 2006

Osrane ne Nsoroma

Osrane ne Nsoroma
(O-srahm nay n-soar-row-mah)

Symbol of DEPENDENCY ON GOD, HOPE, HIGH EXPECTATION, and POWER OF THE PEOPLE

Symbol for marriage, faithfulness, patience,fondness, harmony,
interdependence of women in marriage, benevolence, love, loyalty, and femininity.

info. on purchasing adinkrah stamps below in shop

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poem- [dedicated to the bajan sweet & hot]

sweet consistency

keep doing what you do
keep on being, uniquely you

history of love
never forgetting it

conquering struggles and fears,
triumphant - and never regretting it

you always give me your best,
you always go that extra mile

you always leave me breathlessly awed
you always slay me with your smile

I want to make you happy
passionately
i want to make you proud
eternally

I want to satiate
your deepest sweet desires

gently stroking smoldering embers
to blaze passion's hot fires

blessed by the ancestors
our soul's connections so strong

on this sacred journey together
in sync with the beat of our own song

of love and thanks
for blessing from above

Eternally sealing
our fate with pure love.

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hidden blessings of bliss

I'm reading an old African philosophy book
where they keep reiterating this proverb ----
When 2 are in harmony & in tune with each others souls
when heart's in sync - your increase is as follows.

1 + 1 = 3
You are then a force much more than your individual sum's total,
and the untrained physical eye's sum's detection of [of the total of 1=1 = 2]

When working, building together, solving problems together,
supporting and vibing off each other --- than whenever, alone.

May everyone find their special "one" counterpart
in life, that makes this beautiful old theory true.

peace nyao

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first keep the peace within yourself,
then you can also bring peace to others.

- thomas a kempis [quote]

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education

articles on EDUCATION, the
"acting white" stigma in some public schools.

http://www.educationnext.org/20061/52.html

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/08.25/99-fryer.html

http://www.blackcommentator.com/100/100_cover_acting_white.html

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol17/issue10/pols.tales.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/04/AR2005060400126.html

poem

When I cook,
I often proceed

as if I'm cooking for Royalty,

using the freshest ingredients when available,
duplicating tried and true old recipes,

handed down from family
crafted by me

Tailored to My precious guest tastes

Minimal chemicals or canned anything.

Believing the Kitchen is like a Medicine Chest

Like the other women in My Family
that have come before me.
[My Mom, My Grandmother & Aunties]

I'm Honored to be preparing
A Very nourishing meal for a King

My King - My Man
and He loves it real Spicy......

Like Me! [poem by nyao from page]

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poem

new adiction
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immuned to playing with the fire
My Husband just can't understand

Why so much more of it now
I seem to consume on demand

no matter what my friends may worry & say
I crave it, crazy lately night and day

my secret obsession
before my man gets home

on my tongue slippery sensations
feelso right
How can it be so wrong?

how i love to tastes the little tips
I simply cannot get it enough of it

tasting every single fiery potent drop

He's asked me to curb my desires
but I cannot stop

I'm craving
and
I'm addicted to

my beloved jar of
whole pickled jalepeno peppers.

poem by me 3/29/06

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music

dave valentin

http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx?ob=per&src=prd&aid=2706

http://music.aol.com/artist/dave-valentin/7731/main

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jazzfromheart

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005ASYT/102-1191768-8796934?v=glance&n=5174

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=2136144

dave valentin & calle 54 - http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=8080

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jus from philly [poetry] http://www.justhemusic.com/

poetry joint [poetry] http://www.poetryjoint.com/

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Jerry Gonazalez & the Fort Apache Band

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1121089/a/Earthdance.htm

http://www.sunnysiderecords.com/artist.php?id=131

Monty Alexander- does Marley in Jazz

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=21111

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7042094/a/Concrete+Jungle:+The+Music+Of+Bob+Marley.htm

http://montyalexander.com/

found another Marley, who's music i actually like.
[other than Ziggy]

Julian Marley's music - it has a cool different vibe...

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6355335&style=music&cart=337723265&BAB=M

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1160194/a/Lion+In+The+Morning.htm

a good sample page [soca/kaisos] because sometimes I gotta hear it! {smile} http://www.swagga.com/music.htm

The Man - David Rudder http://www.davidrudder.co.tt/

art

Sankaranka Gallery
Contemporary African Art

http://sankarankagallery.com/

Opening Exhibition:

"Under African Skies"
New Artistic Expressions by Painters and Sculptors from 15 countries

May 12 - June 24 2006

Opening Reception
FRIDAY, May 12, 2006

http://sankarankagallery.com/home.html

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a good book store

Big Up & Congratulations to Brother Nati Kamau-Nataki
& Tabia Kamau-Nataki, Co-Owner, Afrikan World Book Distributors
& Everyone's Bookstore in Baltimore. [1320 W. North Avenue]
[bookclub, poetry readings]
Over 20 something years - Dropping the Knowledge
in the Community with Wolb's Everyone's Place Radio Program
on Wednesdays @ 11.00 am

http://www.afrikanworldbooks.com/cgi-bin/afrikanworldbooks

compact disk - cultural & afrocentric [past] radio interviews and programs from LIB

http://www.libradio.com/product7.htm

black issues book review

http://www.bibookreview.com/

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shops & arts

adinkrah symbol stamps

http://www.goldcoastafrica.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1311

http://theearthcenter.com/ffarchivesadinkra.html

http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa093003a.htm

potters house & earthworks barbados pottery - http://www.earthworks-pottery.com/