SATURDAY
hello world, 1 more week & i will be free, semester over & just me & my novel for 4 months, thats what i call heaven
anyday now ima boot up my traveling spirit, then when you see me it will be a mirage, me is at home working, kicking back in heaven, clocking pages,
in fact ima start this weekend, cause you dont want to hit the woodshed at a deadstop, you need momentum, had a little momentum a mintue ago but i lost it trying to close down the semester
ive been immersed in lizz wrights i remember i believe, (below) been learning the song, ima
work it into my reportoire, with kalimba, for some reason it really speaks to me
just got thru judging 50 app/manuscripts for a writers retreat, made me conscious of my own, lying fallow
kinda scared, got those woodshed willies, like i tell my students, ima ignore them, doubts and anxieties, they never go away, ignore them
WEDNESDAY
so skip got this pbs special on blackness in latin america on pbs, missed the 1st one but
the preview is here and i found it provocative, glad to see skip got his game on, some dialogue
over in facebook in playthells yard about it, this is a post i made on why i think its an important program
i think racial identification will be one of the defining factors of the struggle in the 21st century, as the world moves toward a oneworld reality the question is which cultures will be important parts of that reality and which will disappear or be marginalized and blackness is in danger of being marginalized because so many folk are ashamed of claiming themselves black as evidenced in south america, as evidenced in sudan, as evidenced by folk like clarence thomas here, it aint about skin color, i got black friends and family who look white and would tear the heart out of anybody who tried to deny them their blackness, whereas clarence aint nowhere black, its about identification, and as long as we are weak folk will not want to identify but as we make blackness something to be proud of (which entail extracting the weak aspects of blackness and empowering the strong) folk will want to identify and this goes in particular for mixed folk of which there will be more and more, like obama, who identify, and latin america is like a prototype of that identification issue and personally i claim all the mixed folk of latin america as black and it do my heart good to see when they do too, aint about color, its all culture, and in that skip is raising that issue and getting getting heartwarming responses of panafrican identity i am moved by this production so far, im sure i wont agree with everything skip bring to the table because well you know skip, but when he come right ima give him his props
so playthell jacked me up, say i was dreaming, thats northamerican blackfolk, blackfolk everywhere else divided by color - like i dont know that, but i certainly aint gon get into a fight w/playthell, made my last comment and ima let it be -
i acknowledge what you say playthell about this being the north american model of blackness but as afroam blackfolk been the model of struggle for the world many times so do i hope this modality to once again hold, in keeping with my position on afroam blackfolk as a prophetic factor in the blackworld and in conjure culture reality dont necessarily trump, not if you believe in the power of your game, and in this case im committed to my game, my longvision say this got to be so, so ima make it so
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my girl lizz wright got a new album out, so strong i actually bought the cd, well downloaded it on amazon, same thing, well 4 cuts i got off amazon, they dont have it on youtube yet but this is one of her doing i remember almost as good as it is on album
addendum: the more i listen to it the more i think i will buy the cd, i want to support her
artists you love like i love lizz wright you should support - i want the industry to respect her
like i do, ima pay
TUESDAY
okay, back upright, had a rough weekend, missed my film opening, was just too tired, wore out tired
had to do a 24 hourdrive the next day, needed sleep, slept, made the city run,
it was a conversation w/steve cannon at the gathering of the tribes hq in ABCity
was supposed to be about neworleans voodoo vs memphis hoodoo as its manifested in our works
but we didnt really focus on that, steve was drifting so i mostly fed him cues as honored elder
we did cover a lot of ground but nothing like what i would have liked to cover, we talked about hoodoo
in afroam lit past and present, talked about the rivalry between neworleans and memphis and memphis
insecurity in that, how memphis is tryng to claim highhoodoo thru lit and how the afroscifi and afrofuturist
folk have been running hoodoo and all kinds of stuff, then they paid me, wasnt that a moment of grace
but i had to come back thru that big storm, driving down and back daytrip kinda wore me out
so anyway, what about the teaparty repub out in california that sent out the obama chimp pic
under heading, now we know why no birth certificate
her 1st apology was a classic, ive got blackfriends, obama the halfblack, etc, might not be racist but it sure is clueless
I'm sorry if my email offended anyone. I simply found it amusing regarding the character of Obama and all the questions surrounding his origin of birth. In no way did I even consider the fact he's half black when I sent out the email. In fact, the thought never entered my mind until one or two other people tried to make this about race. We all know a double standard applies regarding this president. I received plenty of emails about George Bush that I didn't particularly like yet there was no 'cry' in the media about them. One only has to go to Youtube or Google Images to see a plethora or lampooning videos and pictures of Obama, Bush and other politicians. That being said, I will NOT resign my central committee position over this matter that the average person knows and agrees is much to do about nothing. Again, for those select few who might be truly offended by viewing a copy of an email I sent to a select list of friends and acquaintances, unlike the liberal left when they do the same, I offer my sincere apologies to you--the email was not meant for you. For any of my friends or acquaintances who were the recipients of my email and were truly offended, please call me so I may offer a sincere verbal apology to you.
she gon give her friends a 'sincere apology' because this one sure isnt, she talking all defiant on
this one, but after a week of media attention & resignation calls she changes her tune
"To my fellow Americans and to everyone else who has seen this email I forwarded and was offended by my action, I humbly apologize and ask for your forgiveness of my unwise behavior. I say unwise because at the time I received and forwarded the email, I didn't stop to think about the historic implications and other examples of how this could be offensive. I am an imperfect Christian lady who tries her best to live a Christ-like honoring life. I would never do anything to intentionally harm or berate others regardless of ethnicity. Everyone who knows me knows that to be true."
yeah, right, the 1st one was the sincere one, this one been vetted, both classic
in this case one picture is worth a thousand words
THURSDAY
energy still low, feeling a little dazed, trying to hold on for 3 weeks semester endgame, supposed to be
going ot the univ of kentucky for a program about babajohn killens, my mentor, arranged by adam banks
but im tired, april is full of stuff, did a voiceover narration for documentary, got to go to reception tonight, doing a performancepresentation on collaboration and hoodoo as spiritwork at a psychiatrists convention fri, interview for hoodoo documentary in city sat, kentucky wed . . . well you get the point, and manuscripts up the wazu, focus rick, step by step get thru it, 3 weeks and im free, just me and my novel, focus, hold on
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