MAY 16 2023 7:55 AM SYR
I discouraged myself so bad this morning
so I got this new memoir outline / structure / approach, right
so the next step is to go into old draft and see
what I can use and all I see is the same old stuff
I been saying the last 50 years that the industry
and the culture has already shrugged off and its like
ok ima say the same damn thing different yet again
and hope this time folk get it
I was so discouraged I wanted to abandon ship
but you absolutely never abandon a project
what, pray tell, does how you feel
have to do w/getting your work done
once you start a book you finish it
once you start a draft you finish it
if you want to abandon it once its done okay
but never in midstride, always finish the move
you don’t know if it works or not unless you do it
the only thing fatal in this business is giving up
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NOTES; WOULD TRIBAL HEALER VOICE BE OVER THE TOP
XI: INVOCATION
1A I AM FLOWERS OF THE DELTA CLAN FLOWERS
1B: I WANNA BE A HERO, A RETURNING CULTURE HERO
1C: A PROPHET OF THE HOODOO WAY
X2: THE HOODOO WAY
2A: TRADITIONAL HOODOO AND 21ST CENTURY STYLEE
2B: LITERARY HOODOO (and the sacred text)
2C: MGANGA MAUA,, (cultural custodianship and tribal healers)
X3: THE HIGH HOODOO OF MEMPHIS
3A: THE MYTHOPOETIC TRADITION OF THE DELTA. (representing)
3B: MEMPHIS & THE DELTA AS AA HOLYGROUND. (on mythwork)
3C: CULTURAL CUSTODIANSHIP: A FAMILY TRADITION (a tale of two militants)
X4: THE LINE OF O KILLENS
4A: GETTING IN THE KILLENS WORKSHOP. (Vietnam)
4B: LEARNING MY TRADE (on being crafty)
4C: ON WISDOM TALES: mythwork: THE BABAJOHN
X5: A MAN OF POWER
5A: IDEOLOGICAL ORCHESTRATION (cultural empowerment))
5B: THE HOODOO BOARD OF DESTINY (destinywork)
5C: HORSE OF THE CONQUEROR (hoodoo studies)
5D: THE COMPASSION OF O KILLENS. (on taking souls)
X6: ON TAKING THE HAMMER
6A: GOING DOWN SLOW. (hwg, heartbreak, drugs)
6B: WATCHTOWER PAMPHLET (on viable spiritual systems)_
6C: YOUR FAMILY NEEDS YOU (too busy saving the world)
6D: THE REBUILD (a new vision, a new me)
X7: THE CALL OF PROPHECY
7A: GIVING UP ON BLACK PEOPLE (of my generation)
7B: EMPOWERMENT & SELF DETERMINATION (bottomfeeders everywhere)
7C: REPARATIONS & THE LONG GAME. (on cultural follies & strategic postures)
7D: ANSWERING THE CALL (prophecy and the longgame)
7E: WHAT I HOPE TO ACHIEVE (a strong people / culture / generational empowerment)
X8: SPEAKING TRUTH TO THE PEOPLE (have to be capable of speaking truth to the people if i am to ever be the great hoodooman i see in me )
8A: THE GRIOTS WAY. (gathering folk around the sacred fire)
8B: THE ILLUMINATED CHILDREN OF THE SUN (on mi mythwork)
8C: DE GEAS OF RICKYDOC. (on mi mythwork)
X9: ON ELDERSHIP
9A: ADJUSTMENTS. (getting old is a hard road)
9B: RETIREMENT / PASSING IT ON. (students in the tradition)
9C: AN UNEASY PATRIARCH. (learning to do family)
9D: WISDOMQUESTING. (equanimity, vision, legacy)
9E: ON CLOSURE (withdrawing from the fray)
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