Friday, August 6, 2010

What is "Soul Art"?

It’s art that comes from or speaks to your soul.

For me it’s paintings of things that are familiar – travel, culture, family, food, love…

It’s the music I was raised on – Take 6, Keke Wyatt, Karen Clark Sheard…

It’s word play and poetry like Art & Soul in the basement of the Cooper Science Complex from my days walking the campus of an HBCU.

It’s the tight criss-cross of cornrows made from thick kinky hair.

It’s a beautifully colorful plate of mama’s cooking… That’s my soul art!

For you it might be the tunes of a banjo or a photograph of rolled wheat in country pastures.

This is a forum, a melting pot, for Soul Art where differences are welcome!

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