Here's a scan of new painting.
Bambara Girl (Mali) brilliant colors 18 x 24 acrylic & gold leaf, copper leaf - much fun messing with all that stuff. I think, My Husband's running with this one.
[He wants to keep it, around] Men! He's very supportive, but? I just can't sell much when He's hoarding stuff, from the studio for the future. He's can't help it, He's a saver. That the Ying/Yang balance of marriage! I'll really thank him someday...
I think, I like oils better, but working w/acrylic's not that bad...once you get the hang of it, it's a bit heavier than than oils, and dried rapid fast though..
It's a lovely morning ~ Off to make breakfast !
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Play your position [poem / song] - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sheba
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poetry
Way of the Water Hyacinth
Bobbing on the breeze blown waves
Bowing to the tide
Hyacinth rises & falls
Falling but not felled
by flotsam, twigs, leaves...
She ducks, bobs and weaves
Ducks, Ducks by the score
Jolting, quacking and more
She spins through......
Spinning swamped, slimed, sunk
She rises Resolute
Still crowned by petals
by Zawgee
translated from burmese
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meditation for june 06
om mani padme hum
The Jewel in the lotus of the heart....
a reminder that inside all of us
there is a spark! [the jewel] of divinity.
Just as the lotus flowers grows in the bottom
of a muddy pond, pushing up through water until it eventually
breaks the surface and opens to the sun so that we can live
gloriously in the light. This gift is open to everyone, regardless
of background or spiritual starting point.
http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/meaning-of-om-mani-padme-hung.htm
http://www.tibet.com/Buddhism/om-mantra.html
images of mantra
http://hrih.hypermart.net/download/omphh.htm
http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~spiral/MRTweb/webart/ArtWrx/OmManiPadmeHum.gif
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movies to rent/cinema
House of D - cast Magali Amadei,Erykah Badu,Harold Cartier,Alice Drummond,Gideon Jacobs,Orlando Jones,Mark Richard Keith, Robin Williams, Frank Langella.
In House of D, which was David Duchovny's directorial debut, Duchovny plays an American artist living in Paris, who reminisces about growing up in Greenwich Village in the 1970s. The "House of D" is the Greenwich Village New York Women's House of Detention, which frequently housed prostitutes. Eventually, he returns home to reconcile with his family and friends. The film also stars Erykah Badu, Frank Langella, Tea Leoni, Robin Williams, Zelda Williams, and Anton Yelchin. It was screened at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/house_of_d/
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cool sites
KNOWING AFRICA http://www.knowingafrica.com/
Museum of the Art of the African Diaspora http://www.moadsf.org/
William Tollver Art - http://www.mojoportfolio.com/artist_search/african_american/tolliver.html
http://www.artnet.com/artist/16720/william-tolliver.html
mandioma decor - shona art zimbabwe - http://www.mandioma-decor.co.zw/
maison kenzi
tribal handcrafts & imports from north africa
[henna, ottomans, crafts]
for the exotic flavored coffee, the Ibriks, demitasse & spice mills.
http://www.natashascafe.com/html/foodncoffee.html
julian francis abele- black architect of the " often seen in film rocky" Philadelphia art museum.
[i've lived in philly- this image is near & dear to my heart]
http://unix.temple.edu/~medres/images/art_museum.jpg
http://www.blueroomlounge.com/downloads/artcolor1024x768.jpg
http://www.philamuseum.org/information/45-230-26.html
http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/news/pt110403.htm
a few interesting websites regarding
ongoing work @ the african burial ground project
http://www.africanburialground.gov/ABG_Main.htm
pdf DNA analysis from bones/matter @ site
http://www.africanburialground.com/FinalReports/HUsbrABG_Ch5_Rvsd.pdf
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exhibit news from e-mail [afr. art guild]
The beautiful watercolors of James Gayles
The Blues is an African American cultural expression rooted in celebration, struggle, and affirmation. It has not only been used to articulate a sense of pride, strength, and resilience in African Americans in the face of racism, discrimination, and violence, but it has served as the foundational musical form for many other genres, including jazz, rock & roll, and hip hop.
In recognition and exposure to the rich history of the blues, James Gayles will present an exhibition titled Blues Masters, which will feature paintings, drawings, and large digital prints highlighting Oakland Blues artists and the history of the blues in Oakland.
http://www.whatchusay.com/archives/2006/05/blues_masters_a.html
http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/111105.html
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the poetry of village voice writer - ekua brew- hammond
http://www.lovepoetry.com/authorlist.asp?x_searchname=Brew-HammondNanaEkua&x_List=
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zik! ~ [MUSIC] my diverse taste....
Soca Music Mixes online - to listen to here - http://www.indeemix.com/soca_remix.htm
emeline michel [haitian soulful diva] http://www.emeline-michel.com/
listen to emeline
http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.press_release/project_id/187.cfm
k-reen [martinique/france] from taxi soundtrack tu me plais
http://lamusique.narod.ru/Soundtrack/taxi.htm
for a steel pulse / tosh fix go here - http://www.geocities.com/dav354u2/mystical.html
African divas [cote d' ivoire - galliano] "Afo! Idon" + kou kou le
"Afo ! Idon "has a sweet vibe similar to some soca classics [like the baron's - this melody sweet]
http://frederic-galliano.coeinside.com/
a little taste of lance desardi house music - sooner or later -http://www.nuloop.com/Details_e.php?arti=22892
a classic oldie break dance track - "boogie down bronx " - [pilferd from my dj brothers, collection often]
http://www.scotymax.com/dj/pages/remixes.html
http://stickershock.abstractdynamics.org/archives/006103.html
oumou sangare [mali] baba - http://members.net4all.be/Morgaine_LeFaye/artistic/music/worldmusic/oumousangare.htm
Lesson
Always live by your own beliefs, follow your own path. Never let other people's limitations, dislikes and hang-ups become your own. Be Happy, Adventurous & Blaze! Avoid bad mind people & haters. Live good & you'll always "have good."
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Poem
chastised beyond the grave
Secretly pissed off with you.
Stressed, worried, uncertain of .....
Trying not to dwell on how you left me
Or now, that a special part of me, will never
ever know or see you in the flesh..
I hold it in & don't speak on it,
swallowing it like bitter pill.....
you're really gone.
I try to suck it up, and be a big girl... be an adult
loving you, but acting like a stubborn pissed off little girl , too.
Life goes on...
I decided on shopping therapy
a cold day out, but wrapped to the gills
I am in chic import store to lose my lost self
taking my time,
I know my husband will pick me
up in about an hour
mindlessly browsing all the finery, studying the detail,
listening to the funky piped in worldbeat music
that's playing on their speakers
I am checking out a mustard yellow and lapis blue
Moroccan vase when it
dawns on me....the old song has ended,
music sounds so familiar? I know every change of beat....
drum sequence, guitar lick, piano interlude?........
straining ears to hear better
the new jazzy wordlbeat tune
through my scarf
I realize, one of your old band's songs is now playing?....
Damn?.....Ok Daddy... . this
blatant......ok, I get it.....I get it!
no coincidence here...
Time to make peace with
your sudden exit and move past it?....ok. Got it.
I laugh so hard, I almost drop the vase!
I know people think, I'm crazy
for bursting into laughter so suddenly
but they don't know My Father is trip!
Dead or Alive
aided by the ancestors, I'm sure
with the help of 3 other band member
that preceded your death,
You are actively chastising me...
but I just smile enjoying the moment,
because I am hearing my Dad's music.
Iam basking in one of Your Labors of Love,
I know I am blessed.
It just confirms
a Father's love's never dies
even if you're anxious, moody
or pissed off with his absence........
being abandoned by death
He will follow you into chic import stores on Rt. 2
and hover haunting you from semi hidden speakers
on cold winter mornings
to remind you that
A Father's love always remains.
It transcends time, and knows how to reach you!
[poem by me - a reflection fr. a cold day in march. 2006]
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poetry - [not mine] an excellent bajan poetry page
check out "butter kissed" by sandra s. http://www.poets2000.com/sandraemorris
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until next time, walk good! !!!!~~~peace nyvette
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