Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes

I'm gonna watch the documentary Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes on YouTube--all 6 parts can be viewed there.  It was a suggested watch by a friend, and it seems to be in sync with the approach I'm thinking about for my upcoming video These Boots.  It's about how I feel....I love hip hop, but I don't like the ass in the face, good for nothin but bein called a bitch and puttin ur ass up on a guy.  I'm not judging it, I just want to use my time to send a more clever and meaningful message.  I want the hip hop vibe, I want sexy, but I want some humor instilled, and I want it to be more female empowering.  I promote diversity and acceptance with all of my arts...I am VERY gay friendly, therefore I want anything I'm a part of to be supported by the gay community.   I will not sacrifice how I feel about having this One Love attitude that I have to embrace various ages, cultures, and whatever ones gender identity might be.   Enough said?   thanks.

She's Baaaaaaaaaaaack! hahahahaha!

So...I'm making a New Year's 2012 resolution to write in this blog daily...I'm started today--why procrastinate?!  I'm just gonna write about whatever gets into this pretty, yet strange, often highly intellectual, yet goofy, little head, and yet big brain of mine!  Maybe I'll touch on politics or religion.  I'll definitely talk about male/female relationships, and LGBT friendly conversations.  You know--well now you do--I'm all about supporting diversity, yet finding unity within our diversities.  I like to take photos...so there will be images.  I'll share an occasional poem with you.  I'll interview artists, writers, musicians, and people of interest.  If I watch a film and it moves me somehow, I'll share it.

Here's a link to my fav movie scene ever!  crazy ass dance scene in Wild at Heart by David Lynch

I watch documentaries and foreign films that are thought provoking.  I watch tripped out films.  Sometimes I just like to laugh!  I'm compiling a list of some of my favs, so I'll post that here and add to it along the way.

Yesterday, my friend and fellow poet Joyce Conley discussed how we want to take our poetry to the next level.  Last August we delivered some empowering spoken word to the guests at a Women's Equality Day dinner to support the NOW  National Organization for Women and in celebration of the 19th Amendment giving women the Right to Vote.

Gosh, I just teared up watching that clip, and I don't know if it's cuz I can't stand how dorky I look, or I was actually touched by my own words--I think both!  haha!  Anyway....Joyce and I would like to participate in more events such as this one to help support non-profit organizations, and be the change we wish to see in the world (as Gandhi suggests!).  With our poetry we want to educate and uplift.  We are going to begin creating video versions of our poems with the help of Chris Penney--our local bad ass film producer dude!  And trust me...we are gonna look way more fly in these videos!  We wanna give ya'all something sexy to look at, something silly to laugh at, something cool to listen to (yeah, we'll add some jams) and most importantly SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!

WRITE ON!

Oh...and lemme throw this one in here too where Joyce did a dedication poem for ME!
at the Avant Garde 2434!  Love U Gold n Bold girl!