Thursday, December 02, 2004

Love Poems to Aphrodite

My next project is Love Poems to Aphrodite. This document is an overview of love traditions and practices among African descendants. In the news, we hear a lot about the desperation and tragedies that usually characterize African culture but few people realize that for some Africans romantic traditions were very strong and dominated, in some cases entire world-views. Romance is thought to be out of step today, but in my next project there is all there is....love and romanza. I am just shifting notes and getting a feel on how I want to tackle this subject, how it will be presented, gathering images, creating a list of source documents to do research and take note. This book will be different because it will be the first one to benefit from my new buddhist chanting. I needed to organize my thoughts and the resources of my mind better and chanting helps me to do that. I can really get into some pre-preparation practices and start focusing on the ideas and concepts I really want to explore. My previous work was on a personal level very helter skelter and I don't want to do that again. I am looking forward to this book because love is important in my life.....love, balance, harmony, justice, peace......all love to me.

Well we will see how it goes....keep you posted. Until then check out my coming soon page for more details on this exciting work. http://www.matampress.com/My_Homepage_Files/Page3.html