Make a poem with me that answers this question...
How does poetry blossom in the midst of meditation?
respond here or on my blog at myspace.com/mamashieroglyphics
love,
e
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
processing process / a circular experience
Current mood: contemplative
more (quest)ioning!
so a sista friend asked me about my writing process and i invited her to lunch (you know talking about process takes time). in my ever present quest to develop a workable applicable (to everything and specifc things in my world) poetics (in which to enrich myself and the beings around me)
i think alot about the manipulation of words, sounds, spirit, images, and bodies. here is what we came up with.
processing process/ a work in progress/ a collaboration between/among the universe (especially kriti and i)
process is was use to be tangible etheral consistent full of light and absence
process will not accept a bottle or magnitude
process must (not) be or always is touch
process is (or isn't) always lack of urgency
process is presence yet anticipating reincarnation everyday
process is fullness wholeness holistic
process is looking for or waiting with language
process is the struggle for aunthenticity
process is living
process is a medium
process is patience
process is energy
and emerging
and making language
and creating
and telepathy
process is how
peace and pieces of peace slivers and wholes and splayed light
love,
e
Current mood: contemplative
more (quest)ioning!
so a sista friend asked me about my writing process and i invited her to lunch (you know talking about process takes time). in my ever present quest to develop a workable applicable (to everything and specifc things in my world) poetics (in which to enrich myself and the beings around me)
i think alot about the manipulation of words, sounds, spirit, images, and bodies. here is what we came up with.
processing process/ a work in progress/ a collaboration between/among the universe (especially kriti and i)
process is was use to be tangible etheral consistent full of light and absence
process will not accept a bottle or magnitude
process must (not) be or always is touch
process is (or isn't) always lack of urgency
process is presence yet anticipating reincarnation everyday
process is fullness wholeness holistic
process is looking for or waiting with language
process is the struggle for aunthenticity
process is living
process is a medium
process is patience
process is energy
and emerging
and making language
and creating
and telepathy
process is how
peace and pieces of peace slivers and wholes and splayed light
love,
e
The art of (quest)ioning
so on my consistent journey for art poetry relationship and a spiritfilled love affair with myself, i attempt to practice silence, even in a room of people. here is one installment of one of my listening sessions. look for more soon!
ebonybeinglight
always and forever,
the art of (quest)ioning / or vibing to alice coletranes harp everyday
where is the real? who is a "micro"community? when is a sista?
when is a performance? which is a trinity? where is a body?
where is the hurt? which is a critique? how is a vulva? how is the trust?
which is a soul? who is a response? where is the tear? where is the blood?
where is the power? when is a color? where is the desire? when is a voice?
so, family~~~~sometimes the answer is the (quest)ion? word! word!
take some time and get lost or found in your questions about this world and the beings on it
love and life
e
so on my consistent journey for art poetry relationship and a spiritfilled love affair with myself, i attempt to practice silence, even in a room of people. here is one installment of one of my listening sessions. look for more soon!
ebonybeinglight
always and forever,
the art of (quest)ioning / or vibing to alice coletranes harp everyday
where is the real? who is a "micro"community? when is a sista?
when is a performance? which is a trinity? where is a body?
where is the hurt? which is a critique? how is a vulva? how is the trust?
which is a soul? who is a response? where is the tear? where is the blood?
where is the power? when is a color? where is the desire? when is a voice?
so, family~~~~sometimes the answer is the (quest)ion? word! word!
take some time and get lost or found in your questions about this world and the beings on it
love and life
e
Friday, March 23, 2007
Shange and Moving Toward Healing Poetics!!!
Hey people,
Here are the notes and activities that I shared with the audience during my talk on Shange and performative healing poetics.
Sharing in love and light,
e
PERFORMATIVE HEALING IN NTOZAKE SHANGE’SFOR COLORED GIRLS WHO CONSIDEREDSUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
Working the Chakras-
Green: Love, acceptance allowance
Each character in For Colored Girls’ personifies an energy field or chakra in the body. In traditional healing arts, the color green is associated with the heart chakra thus; “Alla My Stuff” is an imperative thrust toward the Lady in Green’s reclamation of self and self love. Lady in Green reminds the audience of the universal sound/expression of love, self acceptance, and allowance. The Green lady reclaims her own “tacky skirts”, her aired out vagina, “callused feet”, her “arm wit the hot iron scar” as her story, her walk, and her meditation on freedom, awareness, and wholeness.
This reclamation and proclamation illustrates specifically black womyn reclaiming ourselves; interestingly, the pieces, bodies, desires communities have harvested, historically and recently, for consumption. Lady in Green’s monologue is indeed a celebration of the reclamation of voice and herstory; and serves as an insightful glimpse into the importance of vocalization as expressive healing.
My stuff exercise: List all of the stuff that makes you the fabulous person you are. You can list descriptions of your personality, wonderful things you have gifted this world, or something special about you that don’t mind sharing with this group. Create a list of at least five items!
Dance this Fever Away!
In “No More Love Poems # 1” Lady in Orange deconstructs her individual experience as a “colored girl”. We enter the monologue as the Lady in Orange gains of awareness of what it means to be “her colored self” against a landscape of trauma and voicelessness. Thankfully, Shange does not leave the Orange lady rambling in a disorienting space of helplessness. By the end of the piece this character opens up to the joy of tears, rebirth, and the self-realization that comes as the character exfoliates feelings and despair and sorrow.
One more point of importance in this monologue concerns the development of a body narrative through the medium of dance. Shange, a trained dancer, peppers choreography throughout the performance of this play. Dance is what I like to call the unrestrained voice of the soul. Dance similar to vocal expressiveness allows the body to make strides toward healing by quickening the breath, warming the body, and securing the space where womyn can walk whole in their own bodies.
If your body to talk: Awakening to dance is a beautiful way in engage with your own body. Choose three body parts and allow them to have a free dialogue on the page. If possible allow the parts of your body to communicate with each other. Share your body conversations with someone next to you.
Here are the notes and activities that I shared with the audience during my talk on Shange and performative healing poetics.
Sharing in love and light,
e
PERFORMATIVE HEALING IN NTOZAKE SHANGE’SFOR COLORED GIRLS WHO CONSIDEREDSUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
Working the Chakras-
Green: Love, acceptance allowance
Each character in For Colored Girls’ personifies an energy field or chakra in the body. In traditional healing arts, the color green is associated with the heart chakra thus; “Alla My Stuff” is an imperative thrust toward the Lady in Green’s reclamation of self and self love. Lady in Green reminds the audience of the universal sound/expression of love, self acceptance, and allowance. The Green lady reclaims her own “tacky skirts”, her aired out vagina, “callused feet”, her “arm wit the hot iron scar” as her story, her walk, and her meditation on freedom, awareness, and wholeness.
This reclamation and proclamation illustrates specifically black womyn reclaiming ourselves; interestingly, the pieces, bodies, desires communities have harvested, historically and recently, for consumption. Lady in Green’s monologue is indeed a celebration of the reclamation of voice and herstory; and serves as an insightful glimpse into the importance of vocalization as expressive healing.
My stuff exercise: List all of the stuff that makes you the fabulous person you are. You can list descriptions of your personality, wonderful things you have gifted this world, or something special about you that don’t mind sharing with this group. Create a list of at least five items!
Dance this Fever Away!
In “No More Love Poems # 1” Lady in Orange deconstructs her individual experience as a “colored girl”. We enter the monologue as the Lady in Orange gains of awareness of what it means to be “her colored self” against a landscape of trauma and voicelessness. Thankfully, Shange does not leave the Orange lady rambling in a disorienting space of helplessness. By the end of the piece this character opens up to the joy of tears, rebirth, and the self-realization that comes as the character exfoliates feelings and despair and sorrow.
One more point of importance in this monologue concerns the development of a body narrative through the medium of dance. Shange, a trained dancer, peppers choreography throughout the performance of this play. Dance is what I like to call the unrestrained voice of the soul. Dance similar to vocal expressiveness allows the body to make strides toward healing by quickening the breath, warming the body, and securing the space where womyn can walk whole in their own bodies.
If your body to talk: Awakening to dance is a beautiful way in engage with your own body. Choose three body parts and allow them to have a free dialogue on the page. If possible allow the parts of your body to communicate with each other. Share your body conversations with someone next to you.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Ebony Presents Lecture on Performative Healing in the Work of Ntozake Shange
Greetings folks,
In observance of Women's History Month and every month, I will present an interactive lecture based on Performative Healing in the work of Ntozake Shange.
Please attend if you can!!!
Date: 3/21/2007
Time: 7 pm
Place: Miller Morgan Auditorum on the Campus of North Carolina Central University
for more information email
furiousflower@gmail.com
peace and love,e
In observance of Women's History Month and every month, I will present an interactive lecture based on Performative Healing in the work of Ntozake Shange.
Please attend if you can!!!
Date: 3/21/2007
Time: 7 pm
Place: Miller Morgan Auditorum on the Campus of North Carolina Central University
for more information email
furiousflower@gmail.com
peace and love,e
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