NOBLE ELDER BRO. MANSUR SCOTT

I believe I need a DRUM-ROLL to do this "shout-out"!!!...but, here it goes anyway, ...."HIS SUPREME HONORABLE EXCELLENCY",... "THE MAGNIFICENT",... "THE ULTIMATE NOBLE ELDER",... SIR BROTHER-MAN: MANSUR SCOTT....ILLUSTRIOUS GRIOT/MUSICIAN (PERCUSSIONIST-FLUTIST) EXTRAORDINAIRE!!!....OK,.. OK,.... I know, I went a little over the top, but this is where a conversation with Mansur Scott takes my imagination,.... spinning way out there, along with his insights into the worlds and characters of the "outer streams" and his personal encounters, experiences and evolutions.... some Folks "back-in-the-day" called him....."HEAVY" (for good reason)....Folk's do'nt come no realler and stronger that this "real-deal", "Deep-Cat". You heard the cliche, what do'nt kill you, will make you stronger? Brother-Man Mansur had to be the inspiration for this thought.

"HER LADYSHIP LOCKS".....

INSPIRATION NOTE: From my point of view, The Premier Master: Natural Hair Artist of the Land... Howard University Alumni, Madame Anu Prestonia, Owner of Kamit Kinks of New York, She has sustained a hight standard of excellence over the many years, moves and husbands...... as a personality & Sistah Friend, she goes waaaaaaaaay beyond the borders of fullment and cultural illumination....Without a doubt, a friend and a inspiration to me as a artist/business woman....."Can I get a Whooop, Whoop, here?"......Speaking of African Nature Coiffure....I came across a very interesting mathematical element to designing natural hair braids and the African aesthetic......"Copy" & "Paste" and Check out this link............http://www.ccd.rpi.edu/Eglash/csdt/african/CORNROW_CURVES/cornrow_homepage.html.....................I need to research this a little more for my projects.

"JUST DO IT...BABY"!!!

UpTown Style...Harlem, New York, Dec 2006...."YEOOW SIR......YEOW SIR..... Eeee YEOOOOW SIR!!!....


This Silky Smooth Dapper Up-Town Brother was definitely out to see and be seen,... He was totally, ready, willing and able to strike a "Meeeean" pose, when I asked him if I could take his picture.... Thanks for the memory...

OUT WITH THE OLD...

"THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS 2006: I walked around the neighborhood this time last year (on a very warm December day) photographing discarded items put-out for random pick-up.... I was not able to do that this year because I was busy with other projects, maybe I can get a few shots before everything gets thrown-out and picked-up........

INSPIRATION NOTE: Please Copy & Paste the link below and go to "Download this talk" & check this talk out by this amazing young woman that lives in The South Bronx, New York, her name is Majora Carter, she is doing very dynamic evironmental work, revitalizing & greening her community. I always need a boost of inspiration to keep me going through my creative day, listening to this talk really gave me the charge I needed.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/53

"TO BE GIFTED..."

2008 ENDLESS WISH LIST...
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DRAMA...PASSION...DESIRE'S & FASHION

HIGH DRAMA WINDOWS ON 5th ave....

I titled this display window,... "WHITE-ON-WHITE, BLACK-OUT".... 5th Ave., Holiday Windows, New York City, 2006.

(No image available for this next tale... sorry folks)...

One spring night as I was walking down 5th ave admiring the displayed merchandise in the shop windows, I saw a Homeless Man, looking in Bergdorf Goodmans display window.

With his arms out stretched,... kneeling before the window,... He was serenading,.. pouring out His soul,... with the most magnificent voice,.. paying tribute to an adorned mannequin.

Inside the display window, a huge fan was blowing a breeze through the mannequins bellowing floral printed silk cocktail dress and her long flowing wig......

This scene captivated other people of the night,... we listened & watched Him, from His tangled web, casting the spell that captured him.

"Talk about being swept away".

HOLIDAY CHEERS & BLESSINGS

"TAAH DAAH"!!!... I Finally made it to the "Big Net".

Happy Holidays and greetings Folks... Bear with me for a few days as I try to smooth out the kinks in working with this blog... technology can be amazing when you know what you're doing... and it can be a pain in the "twink" when you're trying to figure it out.

That said...

The New Year is almost here and it's time to do the annual resolutions, I'll share with you a timely little quote from a fortune cookie I received a couple of days ago.... It stated; "NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE LOOSE ENDS AND TIE THEM INTO A BEAUTIFUL SHINY BOW"... Now!!..., is'nt that special!!!

My plans for 2008: I am going to continue with my media shut-down... (except for the internet), I have been on this media shut-down for 3 years now, 2008 will be my 4th year, there's too much trauma in the media for my nerves right now, it's having a negative affect on my psyche, horrible for the emotions and the production of ART, especially the type of ART WORK I want to create, or need to create in these "TIMES OF CRISIS". I want to be like the Salmon, and swim up the stream,... not go down the toilet. Ooop's..., I mean,... swim down the Stream... at the end of 2007 I did look at a couple of days of cable TV to check out some movies and to see what the trends are, other than that, I find I can live without it for the most part.

The holiday's in New York has it own special flavor, especially during this time of global warming, This image of a young "Prince of Harlem" among a collection of Black Wooden Soldiers, sitting on his stoop in Dec 22, 2006 is definitely one for my signs-of-the-times memoirs.

(This is just a test practice posting of this blog Folks to get this "Dad Blasted" Thing started... I'll write more later when I know more of what I am doing... but until then,

ALL THE BEST OF ONLY THE BEST TO YOU AND YOUR CIRCLE OF SPECIAL PEOPLE!!!

Peace

Xenobia