“It’s essentially a way of saying that you don’t have to sweep words and institutions and the history under the rug in order to achieve oneness in humanity. We can acknowledge that we’ve all been kind of tarred and feathered and labeled and we can use those labels and shift the meaning into something that blossoms into something we never imagined. Anyone that comes in the name of liberation and freedom through music instead of weapons has done us all a favor. The song Keeper is essentially when one realizes the transformable power with the ability to heal and transform how people think and harmonize.”-Saul Williams
My favor came in the form of a man. Soft spoken and wise...i held onto every word spoken and our 14:36 interview was probably one of the best interviews I've conducted. The piece is finished and will post on Monday. Yet, the comment I posted above is one of many that hit me hard. the idea of REPENTING is what he's referring to. As he dug deep in history, he told me the origin of the word..from Greek to Latin to a verb we conjugate in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese....he believes that we use it wrong. From the pulpits in reference to an act of falling to your knees and asking for forgiveness..the word REPENT is to think again..back. So, when you read the article..approach it in a way that makes you THINK AGAIN to your own existence..identity and purpose. What do you do? Why do you do it? What do you eat? How do you speak? With whom do you interact with? It's all relative and this diet we call life will always be a question unanswered. How do we live, eat, interact, speak, love, dream?? How do we do all these things in the name of a common good? What resources do we have? What is our freedom?
The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust is a process of determining the freedom that exists..yet we seem to bypass on a daily.
REPENT.
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