"I think many people,
especially from other cultures, just don’t understand the role hair plays in
Black women’s lives. I can now transform the energy surrounding my hair into
something way more productive. Now that [my hair is] growing back, I’m kind of
in that in-between stage. Previously, I would have said, “I’m straightening it
again; it’s just becoming too much work.” But I think the key is to find styles
that give me flexibility."- Solange Knowles
The contrasts between women in
ancient times who were connected to their wombs, and to the Earth, our Mother
by breath, by knowing, and today's 'modern woman' disconnected from the ancient
rituals and ties to their wombs, or trying to make those connections is a stark
revelation. I watch, and participate in young lives. What we, as adults, say
and don't say acts in children's lives. Their portrayals of us, and our angst,
contradictions, and joys, and discoveries come out in child's play as mirrors.
What is often reflected back our direction frightens us, but not enough to make
many of us re-connect with the essentials because of our attachments that
cannot stand up against our deaths. Why is that? is one question.
How is this related to hair?
Every which way ceremony is connected to the beginning, the middle and the end
of life before resurrection. – Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 11.9.12
 |
| big black model in color |
No comments:
Post a Comment