Tuesday, March 24, 2009
QUEEN AFUA: SACRAD WOMAN & CITY OF WELLNESS, EVENT AT BARBARA ANN TEERS, NATIONAL BLACK THEATER IN HARLEM USA. 3.22.09
queenafua.moonfruit.com/THIS PAST SUNDAY AT BARBARA ANN TEERS NATIONAL BLACK THEATER IN HARLEM, QUEEN AFUA HELD A WELLNESS EVENT... I ARRIVED AT THE END OF THE EVENT, BUT I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP LITERATURE AND DO SOME NETWORKING CONNECTING WITH FOLKS ABOUT HEALTH CARE AND THE UP-GRADE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN DIET.
A FEW YEARS AGO, I WENT THROUGH QUEEN AFUA'S SACRAD WOMAN: A GUIDE TO HEALING THE FEMININE BODY, A WONDERFUL 10 WEEK PROGRAM, IT WAS LIFE ALTERING TO SAY THE LEAST, I REALLY LOVED THE LIVE-FOOD DIET, LEARNING ABOUT HERB AND OILS, IN ALL IT WAS WHAT I NEEDED AT THE TIME.
I LOVE TO CHECK OUT THE SUPER-NATURALS AND THEIR STYLES, THE WAY THE SISTAH'S ADORN THEMSELVES WITH THEIR TEXTILES.
THE LIVE FOOD WAS INSPIRING...
TINTAWI CHARAKA: SUPER-NATURAL LOCTICIAN AND NATURAL HAIR STYLIST AND HER TWO SUPER-NATURAL SONS. SHE ALSO CROCHETS. www.tintawi.com
MANIFESTING THINGS: Making your way when here is no way. Spiritual excerts from life by Misha McGlown. Book Review by Xenobia Bailey
MANIFESTING THINGS: Making your way when there is no way. Spiritual excerpts from life by Misha McGlown. www.manifestingthings.com/
ORIGINAL SONGS BY MISHA MCGLOWN. www.omomisha.com/cd.htm
MISHA MCGLOWN, MODELING HER "TOGETHA SISTAH AFRO", HER JEWLERY DESIGN AND HALTER TOP FROM BACK IN THE DAY WHEN BROOKLYN WAS "THE PLACE". www.omomisha.com/jewelry-main.htm
MISHA MODELING MORE OF HER JEWLERY DESIGNS.
MISHA'S JEWLERY COLLECTION. THIS WAS BACK IN THE DAY IN BROOKLYN, WHEN BROOKLYN WAS STILL THE "HOOD" SPIKE LEE TURNED THE HOOD INTO BLACK HOLLYWOOD. ALL THE ARTIST I KNEW WERE MAKING BIG MOVES. SOME OF US JUST DID'NT KNOW HOW TO DREAM BIG ENOUGH AT THE TIME TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE TIMES.
A NECKLACE FROM THE AMAZING JEWLRY COLLECTION OF DESIGNER MISHA MCGLOWN.
NECK PIECE BY MISHA.
THE MOST DAZZLEING WAIST BEADS I HAVE EVER SEEN, DESIGNED BY MISHA.
PAIR OF EARRINGS, WITH MISHA'S CLASSIC SIGNITURE WRAPPED WIRE.
ARTIST TEACHER WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
MISHA IN HER ARTIST TEACHER DAYS.
MISHA AND HER TWO LOVE MUFFINS, WHEN THEY WERE MINI MUFFINS.
THESE DAYS I AM PRESENTLY WORKING ON A MAJOR FINE ART CROCHET DEADLINE, SO I HAVE BEEN, NOSE TO THE YARN AND HOOK, WORKING LIKE CRAZY.
TO ASSIST ME THROUGH THIS LONG PERIOD OF NONE-STOP WORK, I WENT TO THE GRAND ARMY PLAZA BROOKLYN LIBRARY AND THE CONTEE COLEEN LIBRARY IN HARLEM AND CHECKED OUT ABOUT 40 HOURS WORTH OF BOOKS ON CD'S.
THE FIRST GROUP OF CD'S I STARTED LISTENING TO WAS DR. MAYA ANGELOU'S, A SONG FLUNG UP TO HEAVEN AND, LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER (OF WHICH I FEEL THE WRITINGS WERE ADDRESSED TO ME).
I MUST ADD, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO CATCH UP WITH ONE'S READING AND REFLECT. THESE VERY OPEN & MOVING BOOKS ON CD'S BY DR. ANGELOU, MADE ME REFLECT ON MY LIFE AS A ARTIST AND THE LIFE AND WORK OF A PARTICULAR ARTIST IN MY LIFE.
I THOUGHT BACK TO THE BOOK THAT I READ A WHILE BACK, BY AN AMAZINGLY CREATIVE ARTIST I KNOW, THAT LIVES, WORKS AND CAST HER SPELL'S IN HARLEM.
HER NAME IS MISHA MCGLOWN. MISHA IS ORIGINALLY FROM DETROIT MICHIGAN, SHE CAME TO NEW YORK TO POLISH HER NATURAL-BORN RISING STAR. SHE SHARE'S HER JOURNEYS THOUGHTS AND CHOICES IN A VERY ENTERESTING WAY
THIS, I AM SURE, IS THE ONLY BOOK OUT IN BOOK-LAND, ABOUT A VERY ACTIVE/HANDS-ON/ATTENTITIVE SINGLE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOTHER, OF TWO TEEN-AGERS. A ARTIST, JEWLERY DESIGNER/TEACHER/BUSINESSWOMAN, SINGER. THAT STILL MAINTAINS THE SPARKLE IN HER DREAMS THAT ARE FUELED BY HER CREATIVE GIFTS AND A STRONG FAITH IN "FOREVER AFTER".
THIS IS A RARE ARTIST "REALITY JOURNAL". BECAUSE NOT MANY WOMAN WITH A FULL LIFE LIKE MISHA CAN FIND THE TIME TO WRITE, FIND THE CREATIVE VOICE, FINISH, REWRITE AND SELF PUBLISH A BOOK LIKE THIS WITH OUT IT BEING FULL OF THE BLUES OF REGRETS, ANGER AND EMPTY HEARTEDNESS.
THIS IS A BOOK OF REFLECTIONS AND PROJECTIONS. REFLECTING ON THE OPEN FIELDS OF DREAMS THAT EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO, FIELDS OF DREAMS THAT ONLY FADE OR THAT ARE PUT AWAY ONLY BY THE HAND OF THE DREAMER. AND PROJECTIONS OF A SELF GOVERNING "JEANIE" OUT-OF-THE-BOTTLE.
THIS IS A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BOOK, TO BE CONTINUED, FOR AND FROM, A FULL HEARTED DREAMER THAT IS IN THE MIST OF HER SELF FULFILLING DESTINY.
TO BE READ BY TRUE-TO-LIFE BELIEVERS IN DREAMERS, AND THOSE THAT KNOW THEM, OR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM. THIS IS A BOOK OF A ARTIST WHO IS ON THE ROAD TO HIGHER CREATIVE GROUNDS TO A UNPAVED VENTURE.
A GREAT STUDY OF FEMALE CREATIVITY, THERE IS A LOT TO BE OBSERVED FOR THOSE WHO WANT A FAMILY AND ART CAREER, EVEN IF THAT MEANS BEING A VERY RESPONSIVE SINGLE MOTHER ARTIST.
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