who amongst us carries the sage-secrets of loving
where are our elders our children
the ones who walk with the old-time knowledge
of a healing love
an unapologetic love
an uncompromising love
an honest love….
June 1st, 2012
Maya Angelou “You see love liberates, it doesn’t bind. Love says, “I love you! I love you if you are in China, I love you if you are cross-town, I love you if you are in Harlem, I love you! I would like to be near you, I’d like to have your arms around me, I’d like to hear your voice in my ear. But that’s not possible now. So I love you! Go!”.
….dunia duara…..
May 31st, 2012
Our work of love should be to reclaim masculinity and not allow it to be held hostage to patriarchal domination. There is a creative, life-sustaining, life-enhancing place for the masculine in a non-dominator culture. And those of us committed to ending patriarchy can touch the hearts of real men where they live, not by demanding that they give up manhood or maleness, but by asking that they allow its meaning to be transformed, that they become disloyal to patriarchal masculinity in order to find a place for the masculine that does not make it synonymous with domination or the will to do violence.
Bell Hooks, “The Will To Change”
May 30th, 2012
Today, 30 May, on the same day, in the same year, two blessed souls entered the world. They may not have known as their eyes opened to greet our world that they would find each other in the middle of the beautiful, painful, creative, necessary work of making more space for women and girls in this world. But they did. And they found ‘us’. And we found each of them, and gave thanks for the privilege!
Amina and Rudo—- happy birthday. Thank you for the poetic, committed, fiercely creative, warm hearted, feminist presence that is both of YOU.
May revolutionary love surround you and guide your days. May we all reflect the overwhelming light you send out into our hearts back to you, three times over. In you, sisterhood shines.
♥ Jessica
May 29th, 2012
Ian Kamau sings in his undulating voice, Nabil Sash directs with grace, I listen….familiar sentiments…
Love on the streets of North London (NW1 Baby!!) Camden Town!
*if we just took small moments to *look* and not just *look* but REALLY *pay attention* then perhaps we’d see that love spaces exist everywhere…Somehow love and indeed the beauty(fullness) is right in front of us and most times we just aren’t paying attention…and sometimes we are….but it’s there even on the grimey streets of North London…* ❤ Amina
May 27th, 2012
I am an earth lover from way back. I am in love with losers and laughter. I am in love with freedom and children.
Assata Shakur
via: StillFlysingSunStar
May 25th, 2012
Ghanaian wisdom of the heart :: adinkra symbol :: “Odo nnyew fie kwan”
:: love never looses its way home ::
….So welcome home to love…
I will never be able to breathe three-part breaths without thinking of you
and the way your presence took mine away (breaths I mean)
and the way it still does…
For you who taught me how to breathe (deeply) again. ♥ Amina
Lianne La Havas | Is Your Love Big Enough? (Official Video) (by liannelahavas)
