Art and digital media, nature, cultural studies, music, movies, okayplayer.com, reading, learning, teaching, mentoring, meditation/chakras.
Music
Public Enemy (1990-92) and 90s hip-hop/rap, jazz (Miles Davis, Cassandra Wilson, Brandford Marsalis), 80s pop, 70s rock, funk and r&b, dancehall, reggae, house/electronic (Underworld, Bjork)...and so on. Outkast, Parliament/Funkadelic, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Abbey Lincoln, The Roots, Rasaan Patterson, Goapele, Corinne Bailey Rae, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Chaka Khan, Prince...it goes on and on.
Movies
Within Our Gates, Once Upon a Time in America, Once Upon a Time in the West, Yojimbo, Cool Hand Luke, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Bourne Identity, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Muriel's Wedding, Secretary, Blade Runner, The Matrix, Star Wars, LOTR, Twelve Monkeys, Seven, Akira, Ghost Dog, The Last Samurai, Caddyshack, Old School, Dodgeball, Waterboy, Wedding Crashers, Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Killer of Sheep, Nothing But a Man, The Color Purple, For the Love of Ivy, A Piece of the Action, Buck and the Preacher
Television
City of Men, Animal Heroes, Dog Whisperer, Good Eats, various movie channels (Sundance, IFC, Encore), CSI (the original), X-Files, MI-5, Teen Titans, Samurai Jack, Adult Swim (Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman), Electric Company & Schoolhouse Rock (ol' school).
Books
The first chapter of Song of Solomon sets the stage for the rest of the novel and points out its central elements: the theme of flight; the complex interplay of class, race, and gender; and the significance of names.
Song of Solomon, Four Agreements, Barefoot Doctor's Guide to the Tao, The Path to Love, Opening to Spirit, Their Eyes Were Watching God, King of the World
Heroes
Muhammad Ali, Elizabeth Catlett, my maternal grandmother and mother, Assata, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Romare Bearden, Malcolm X, my ancestors, and my sister.
About me:
I am an artist, educator & youth advocate who specializes in digital art & media.
Hip-hop is a way of life for me and I still live it but I hate commercial rap and r&b...okay not all of it. *smile*
I'm not really a Taoist but I like to keep it simple...peaceful.
I'm now teaching art virtually in Second Life (different than Blackboard WebC).
Here's the summer course web site:
This is my tribute to Mpozi Mshale Tolbert (dead at 34) and J Dilla (James Yancey, dead at 32).
Mpozi is from Philly, and was the sole photodocumentarian of The Roots dating back to their inception as "The Square Roots." He was a fixture at okayplayer.com and left his photographic legacy for us all.
Dilla made his name in the 90s working with De La Soul, Pharcyde and Busta Rhymes, and as a member of A Tribe Called Quest's production trio, the Ummah. Some of his most significant production came in 2000, with Common's breakthrough, Like Water for Chocolate, and D'Angelo's last effort, the instant R&B classic Voodoo.
Mpozi took the photo of Dilla you see above. I wish them both a peaceful journey. They died young and left a lot to remember them by.
Alive: Muhammad Ali, Assata, Oprah, Spike Lee, Chuck D (done), Toni Morrison
Deceased: Romare Bearden, Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman, President Kennedy, Che Guevara, Billie Holliday, Frida Kahlo, Sojouner Truth
One of my visual language two students just sent me this AWESOME animation:
I plan on trying something like this with my computer animation class later this summer.
yo, what up. im still hittin you up cuz you don't visit on a regular basis. anyway, these are the shirts from that "I'M ON IT" video that we have for sell. we got colors to match your school, organizations, new jays, whatever. we got limited quantities of each so hit us up ASAP. and if you don't see the colors that you want, hit us up with those colors and we will see what we can do.
Available Colors:
5th Flow - "I'M ON IT" is available on iTunes, Amazon, and wherever MP3s are sold. Holla at us.
Yo, what up homie. You don't even visit the page no mo. It's cool, we just gone come to you, lol. We got a video for "I'M ON IT!" It's the unofficial video, but it still go hard. Check it out and then you can tell everybody you "ON IT!!!".
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I'm doing very well, thank you. I have a lot of blessings in my life now and the stuff that isn't a blessing (work) I'm working through so I'm good. How are you?
lovey Enn-Bee, what choo want for ya burffday?? i gotta think waaay out the box this year. If u don't git it by tomorra, it aint cuz i don't love u lonng time. (((((hug)))))) (but not too tight, cuz u a ole lady & ya bones might break) :P
girl, im so blessed. laughin at them ni***ers hating on you @ okp. how DARE you be a black woman with good credit and pride and morals for yourself! OMG!
sweetie-dearie, u've inspired me to do more, be more, and leave my tree-lined block this summer. THAT and the fact i'll be too broke-ass to go on a real vacache. Tank of Gas & An Ez-Pass! whoo-hoo!
girl im chillin. enjoying school being done for this semester and not workin. but its about time i got my own job. justin spoils me, but i want my own damn money. LOL.
hi Nettrice, funniest bulletin post EVER - the one referencing 'Blade Runner'. fun. ny.
anyway, out in Boston for the VISTA CTC PSO. I'm a VISTA Leader this year and am stoked to go back and work at NAMAC. We'll be chatting occasionally, right?
