What is Your Imprint?

This past Sunday,even with my slight illness, I had the pleasure to visit the America I Am:The African American Imprint exhibit, presented by Tavis Smiley at the Atlanta Civic Center, with my baby brother,Rion. I had wanted to attend for quite sometime especially after my homie Jeff[Mr.Lodge in My Noggin](Please click link to check out his blog.) had made a post.I was so elated afterwards to share this experience.

Here are just some of the things I enjoyed.

> The actual wait. I read about W.E.B DuBois and some inspiring insights.

[i.e. "Would America be America without her Negro people?"- W.E.B DuBois]

> Passing through the "Doors of No Return" from the Cape Coast Castle.

> Viewing Malcolm X's Diary

> Viewing MLK's Birmingham jail cell Bench and Key to the celldoor.

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>All the artifacts.

This Upcoming Sunday it is the final day and also "Family Day" sponsored by Bank of America's Atlanta Football Classic, so please try to get out and see this wonderful exhibit before it leaves.

There is also an online exhibit as well.

For more infomation, click here.

RaiOut

6;39p

Melancholy happiness.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 9:40pm

Melancholy happiness.
Lachrymose* days.
Felicity* nights.
Hoping yu didn’t have to leave so soon so we could work this out
Wishing fore once everything would go alright..
Wanting yu to abscond* and recur* with no doubts.


* Lachrymose-given to tears or weeping : tearful
Felicity- the quality or state of being happy; especially : great happiness
Abscond- : to depart secretly and hide oneself
Recur- to come up again for consideration

CSPM.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 11:26pm

Cities[major].12.
keep us apart.

States[S to the N]4
keep me away form my solider.

People.[too many]1129791
keep us from touchin.

Miles.[10.5 hours worth] 639.
keep him away from his ridah.

_________________________

Cities.[ATL]1.
we found us.

States.[ga?]1.
we'll find us again.

People[1+1=]1.
we shall become.

Miles.[less than]1.
we're always apart mentally.







this was car work.thought of yu.

I.D Tags

Personalized,

engraved,

special,

custom-made

I.D tags.

Name,

birthdate,

address,

lover's name?

on the

I.D Tags.

Big Hug,

Long Kiss,

Teary stares,

Soft hands,

handling

cold

metal

I.D Tags.

Every day,

every night,

she wears,

cries, and prays

he fights,

runs and hopes

in those

I.D Tags.

4 months past,

no letters,

no video calls,

no nothing,

door bell rang,

there's the Sergeant

with his

I.D Tags.

RaiOut

9:20p.m

Lyrical Breakdown; Lauryn Hill

T0 Zi0n

Unsure of what the balance held

I touched my belly overwhelmed

By what I had been chosen to perform

But then an angel came one day

Told me to kneel down and pray

For unto me a man child would be born

Woe this crazy circumstance

I knew his life deserved a chance

But everybody told me to be smart

Look at your career they said,

"Lauryn, baby use your head"

But instead I chose to use my heart

Now the joy of my world is in Zion

Now the joy of my world is in Zion

How beautiful if nothing more

Than to wait at Zion's door

I've never been in love like this before

Now let me pray to keep you from

The perils that will surely come

See life for you my prince has just begun

And I thank you for choosing me

To come through unto life to be

A beautiful reflection of his grace

See I know that a gift so great

Is only one God could create

And I'm reminded every time I see your face

That the joy of my world is in Zion

Now the joy of my world is in Zion

Now the joy of my world is in Zion

Now the joy of my world is in Zion

Marching, marching, marching to Zion

Marching, marching

Marching, marching, marching to Zion

Beautiful, beautiful Zion

Fore I see...

Scanning some FaceBook pictures, I clicked across a beautiful candid of this tattoo. The person shooting meant to snap the person's face but they captured this brilliant artwork with one word. MAKTUB.

Maktub is an Alchemist term (arabic word) which literally means it is written. From mystical point of view, it points to the fact that whatever happens is already known to the One. It signifies that Destiny exists. It points finger to the fact that everything is already known to God.

Maktub is also written as Maktoob.
(Arabic: مكتوب)

...Prolonged.[More 2 Come.]

RaiOut

7:15a