WORDS OF WISDOM FROM ANCESTORS GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER: A PAMPHLET "HELP FOR THE HARD TIMES" COMMISSIONED BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. 1916.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I REMEMBER ASKING MY MOTHER, WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE DURING THE DEPRESSION OF THE 1920'S. SHE TOLD ME HER PEOPLE WHERE NOT AFFECTED BY IT MUCH, BECAUSE THEY LIVED ON A FARM AND THEY ATE WELL EVERY DAY.

EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT RAISE ON A FARM, I ALWAYS HAVE VALUED THE SOIL AND MAINTAINING THE RICH MINERALS IN IT TO GREW FOOD FOR A BALANCED LIFE ON THIS PLANET.

SO... WHILE DOING RESEARCH ON GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER AND HIS WORK AT THE TUSKEGE INSTITUTE, FOR THE EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED, I CAME ACROSS THIS PAMPHLET THAT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON COMMISSIONED GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER TO DEVELOPE AND WRITE. I THOUGHT THIS INFORMATION WOULD BE VALUABLE TO HOMEMAKERS AROUND THE WORLD TODAY, AS WE ALL GO THROUGH THIS TEMPORARY ECONOMIC "HARD TIME"

I PLAN TO FOLLOW THIS ADVICE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER BY GROWING VEGETABLE IN MY WINDOWS, (I THINK IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL & HEALTHY) AND WHAT EVER ELSE I CAN DO IN THE CITY TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY DIET.

I WILL CONTINUE TO RESEARCH THE ART OF (RE) POSSESING A HUMANE LIFESTYLE FOR THE EXHIBIT AND WHAT EVER ELSE I CAN FIND ON THE SUBJECT OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERNATURAL LIFESTYLE.... DO'NT WORRY... WHAT EVER I FIND, I WILL SHARE...

CERAMIST SANA MUSASAMA'S MEMORIAL PREPARATION FOR HER DEAR BELOVED FRIEND DIEDRA BIBBY

MY DEAR LONG-TIME FRIEND CERAMIST SANA MUSASAMA JUST LOST HER BEST FRIEND CURATOR DIEDRA BIBBY, A FEW MONTHS AGO.

SANA IS PLANNING TO DO A TEA MEMORIAL WITH DIEDRA'S FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLIEGES AT THE SCHOMBERG LIBRARY IN HARLEM WHERE DIEDRA ONCE WORKED AS A CURATOR IN THE FINE ART DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY BEAUTIFUL EVENT, SANA IS CREATING ALL OF THE TEACUPS AND SAUCER FOR THE EVENT.

THIS IS A PASSIONATE MORNING EXERCISE FOR SANA, I WENT BY SANA'S STUDIO TO HELP HER PACK SOME TEACUPS & SAUCERS.

I WAS SUPPOSE TO MAKE SOME TEACUPS SAUCERS MYSELF FOR THE EVENT, BUT I COULD NOT GET MY SCHEDULE TOGETHER.

SANA IS AN AMAZING TRAVELER, SHE HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD SEVERAL TIMES, STUDYING CERAMIST WITH INDIGENIST PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH THEIR HANDS AND CLAY.

SHE HAS SPENT TIME IN AFRICA, CHINA, INDIA, PERU, VIETNAM, NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH WEST PART OF NORTH AMERICA. COSTA RICA, I AM SURE THERE A PLACES I HAVE NOT MENTIONED.

SHE IS CREATING AN AMAZING POP-UP CHILDRENS AND ADULT BOOK ABOUT HER ADVENTURIST AND COLORFUL TRAVELS.

THIS IS PAUL, THE CERAMIC STUDIO MANAGER AT HUNTER COLLEGE.

THIS IS ONE OF PAUL BRILLIANT TEACUPS THAT HE MADE FOR THE MEMORIAL, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE HOLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE TO DRINK THE TEA OUT OF.

BACK TO THE POP-UP BOOK... I KNOW SANA WILL HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL BOOK BECAUSE OF HER UNIQUE AESTHETIC, AND THAT SHE IS A FABULOUS STORY TELLER.

I HAVE KNOWN SANA SINCE THE 70'S, AND HER STORIES OF HER TRAVEL STILL ENTERTAIN, THRILL, SCARE, SHOCK AND INSPIRE ME.

WATCHING HER WORK WITH CLAY IS LIKE WATCHING PREPERATIONS FOR A RITUAL.





SANA AND ONE OF HER TALENTED FORMER STUDENTS SALLY. .

THESE ARE UNFIRED TEACUPS, I THOUGHT THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL JUST LIKE THIS.

UNFIRED TALL TEACUP, I PLAN TO TRY AND MAKE A FEW OF THESE MYSELF, IT IS SO ELEGANTLY FUNKY. I LOVED THE SPLIT BOWL ON THE RIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO TRY THAT SPLIT EFFECT MYSELF ONE DAY. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT AFTER IT IS FIRED.

MORE UNFIRED ELEGANT TALL TEACUPS. I REALLY LOVE THESE TEACUPS.

THIS IS THE CREATIVE FLOOR OF SANA'S STUDIO. AT LOT OF EXPERIMENTING & DISCOVERY GOES ON HERE.





SANA'S SINGLE GOLDEN SLIPPER.

I REALLY WISH I COULD ATTEND DIEDRA BIBBY'S MEMORIAL SANA IS PLANNING, I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL. DIEDRA WOULD BE VERY PLEASED. SANA IS GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING THERE DIEDRA LOVED. FROM PEOPLE TO ART, MUSIC, FOOD, INCENSE, FLOWERS AND SANA.

VISIT WITH COLUMBUS OHIO LIVING TREASURE, MASTER FIBER ARTIST, ANIMATED JOURNALIST EXTRAORDINAIRE, AMINAH BRENDA LYNN ROBINSON

KING ARTS COMPLEX DR BARBARA NICHOLSON, WHO ARRANGED THIS VISIT, KNOCKS ON THE ANIMATED DOOR OF AMINAH ROBINSON WHILE MY MOUTH WAS HANGING WIDE OPEN.

FIBER ARTIST AMINAH BRENDA LYNN ROBINSONS INSTALLATION FRONT YARN. THIS AMAZING WOMAN PREPARES HER PATH BEFORE HER,

WE WERE GREETED BY AMINAH AND INVITED IN,... HAS WE ENTERED THIS LIVING STUDIO, WE FIRST APROACHED A VANITY TABLE THAT WAS CONVERTED TO A ALTAR OF SORTS, WITH A LARGE BOOK OPENED WITH AN AMAZING DRAWING OF THE HUMAN BODY.... I REALY APRECIATED THAT AMINAH AND DR NICHOLSON LET ME HAVE MY SILENCE, HAS I WALKED AROUND AND DRANK IN THE LIFE IN THE SURROUNDINGS ROOMS.

WITH EVERY STEP, AND EVERY TURN OF THE HEAD THERE IS INSPIRATION FROM DOOR NOBS, TO WALLS, BOOKS, ART, OPEN LETTER, NOTES, YOU NAME IT. WHAT EVER ENTERS THIS CREATIVE CHAMBERS IS ADDED TO THIS ARTIST CREATIVE PALETTE.

WHEN I SAW AMINAHS WORK IN PROGRESS I HEARD MY HEART BEATING IN MY EARS AND I FELT IT IN MY NECK,.... BUT... I WAS COOL!!... I WAS TOTALLY REVERENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RESTING NEEDLE & THREAD OF A MASTER.

I FELT LIKE I WAS WALKING BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF THE WIZARD, WHEN I SAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE OF AMINAH'S QUILTS. DR NICHOLSON TOLD ME LATER THAT AMINAH IS TEACHING HERSELF ABOUT 3 OR MORE LANGUAGES.

BOOKS, BOOKS EVERY WHERE, THEN I SAW THE POST CARD ABOUT MY EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED AT THE KING ARTS COMPLEX ON HER WALL.

AMINAHS RESEARCH MATERIAL.

AMINAH HAS TURNED HER KITCHEN INTO ANOTHER STUDIO SPACE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HER SCULPTURE, I WAS TOLD SHE DOES NOT COOK, SHE TURNED THE STOVE INTO A STAND FOR HER THIMBLE ASSEMBLAGE SCULPTURE.

I AM LOVING THE THIMBLE ASSEMBLAGE.

I WAS TOLD THAT AMINAH ONLY EATS FRUIT.

A ROW OF FRUIT RIPPENING IN THE WINDOW SUNLIGHT.

AMINAH HAS TWO DOGS, THEY ARE REAL CHARACTERS, SO ARE HER DOGGIE CERAMICS.

AND THEN I ENTERED THE MASTERS DRAWING ROOM!!!!!...

I ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE, TO BE IN A MASTERS STUDIO THAT HAS SUCH HISTORY AND ENERGY.

I LOVE HOW AMINAH HAS GIVEN SUCH SPIRIT TO HER ENVIRONMENT BY ANIMATING THE WALLS WITH HER PAINTINGS.

AS THE SIGN ABOVE SAYS,... THIS IS AMINAH SANCTUARY... I DID NOT ENTER... BUT, I REALLY WANTED TO.


AMINAH HAD THIS OTHER STUDIO BUILT IN HER BACK YARD.


I LOVE THIS ASSEMBLAGE ON THE WOODEN FENCE... YOU CAN'T HELP TO HAVE MEMORIES WHEN YOU SEE THESE MANUAL TOOLS FROM YESTERYEAR.

AMINAH INSIDE HER OUTDOOR STUDIO.... HER SCULPTURE FILLED THE SPACE FROM THE FLOOR TO THE CEILING.

AMINAH WAS "RIGHT ON TIME" WHEN SHE GAVE ME THREE ROCK FROM HER BACK YARD.... I LOVE ROCKS.... AND I LOVE THE ROCKS THAT PEOPLE GIVE ME... A CHOOSEN ROCK SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE GIVEN.


I SAW THIS SIGN AS WE WERE LEAVING. ALL HAND CARVED BY AMINAH.

TWO OF THE MANY MASSIVE QUILTS CREATED BY AMINAH.

THIS WAS THE HIGHPOINT TO THE EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED TRAVELING TO COLUMBUS OHIO, WAS MY VISIT TO THE WORK/LIVE/SANCTUARY SPACE OF THE "SUPER BEING OF ANOTHER ORDER" AMINA BRENDA LYNN ROBINSON. I REALLY THANK DR BARBARA NICHOLSON OF THE KING ARTS COMPLEX FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

THIS WAS A FULL VISIT FOR ME I MUST SAY. COLUMBUS OHIO IS SO VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS LIVING TREASURE OF A ARTIST.

PLEASE VISIT COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ARTS WEBSITE WERE A INSTALLATION FOR PORTIONS OF THE (RE) POSSESSED IS INSTALLED. THE MUSEUM HAS CREATED A WONDERFUL WEBSITE FOR AMINAH ROBINSON.

http://www.aminahsworld.org/

I HOPE TO BRING YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEDICATED PASSIONATE ARTIST.