Do not live half a life
and do not die a half death
If you choose silence, then be silent
When you speak, do so until you are finished
If you accept, then express it bluntly
Do not mask it
If you refuse then be clear about it
for an ambiguous refusal is but a weak acceptance
Do not accept half a solution
Do not believe half truths
Do not dream half a dream
Do not fantasize about half hopes
Half the way will get you no where
You are a whole that exists to live a life
not half a life. ~Khalil Gibran
“SEVEN SAMURAI” RETURNS TO MOVIE THEATERS IN JULY WITH 4K RESTORATION……For me…..that would be a…. “Nicole, I’m going to the cinema to watch a Japanese classic…..on the big screen…love you” day……I have a copy of the film…..but to see it up there……that’s a nice day…..and this isn’t the only Akria Kurosawa you should watch…..don’t have anything to do the entire day……get your munchie stuff, grab something to drink, smoke…..whatever…..put your feet up, cuddle…..and watch…..Ran….it’s a long one….but a wonderful film.
KANYE WEST AND BIANCA CENSORI ARRIVE IN JAPAN IN THEIR MOST BIZARRE OUTFITS YET…..What kind of power….does this man have over her?……I thought she took a break for a minute…..they came through Japanese customs….wearing white bath robes…..and she had a black durag on her head….huh?…..awhile back in Italy she was damn near butt-naked….then she was seen walking around in Japan wearing a dress….. “Jesus” might’ve worn….Yo K!……Kim said she needs some help raising y’all rugrats…..cause she’s tired.
SOUTH KOREA TO RESTART LOUDSPEAKER BROADCASTS INTO THE NORTH TO COMBAT TRASH BALLOONS…..Yeah, that’ll do it……play Yoko Ono….. “LOUD”…..her screeching should shatter the balloons during mid-flight…..so what if she Japanese…..her voice….makes birds in NYC fly south.
RADIO SIGNAL FROM SPACE REPEATS EVERY HOUR, DEFYING EXPLANATION……Probably some ET trying to get in touch with Thomas Dolby and apologize…..because he ate his Buick.
CHICAGO SHOOTINGS:……At least 33 people have been shot…..five fatally…..in gun violence last weekend.
ARTURO ALFONSO SCHOMBURG….Also Arthur Schomburg born on January 24, 1874,…was a Afro-Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist and a avid collector of materials on Africa and its Diaspora……amassing over 10,000 documents…..in 1926 his personal collection was added to the Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints of the Harlem branch of The New York Public Library……and he served as curator from 1932 until his death on June 8, 1938…..today, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library is one of the foremost research centers on Africa and the Diaspora…..with more than 10 million items
I DIDN’T KNOW THIS…..Police officers often touch the tail light of cars they pull over….so that their fingerprints are on the vehicle….in case if anything happens to the officer…..during a traffic stop.
LOCS…..The first known examples of the hairstyle date back to ancient Egypt……where Locs appeared on Egyptian artifacts…..mummified remains of ancient Egyptians with Locs have even been recovered from archaeological site….the Old Testament also recounts the tale of Samson and Delilah in which a man’s potency is directly linked to “the seven locks on his head”…..and according to Roman accounts…..the Celts were described to have “hair like snakes”…..Germanic tribes, Greeks and the Vikings are all said to have worn Locs too……..Rastafarianism however is something entirely separate…..it was born in the 1930s when Ras Tafari was crowned emperor of Ethiopia…..when the emperor was forced into exile during an invasion…..guerrilla warriors swore not to cut their hair until the emperor was reinstated…..the religion resonated with the ideologies of the day……socialism, Marxism, nationalism and black power…..it was therefore, seen as a threat to Christianity and came under attack by the authorities that tried to suppress the “Rasta” movement and imprisoned those who possessed “ganja”….Rastafarians smoked cannabis because they thought it prompted a clearer state of well-being…..their deadlocks were thought to be disgusting and frightening…..hence the term “dread” which was later reclaimed by the Rasta community….the hairstyle was later brought into mainstream culture through the worldwide success of reggae artist Bob Marley…..sporting locks himself, he prompted an international interest in the style…..and the anti-establishment philosophy of Rastafarian culture….Locs became increasingly popular and there are many reasons in various cultures for wearing them…..they can be an expression of deep religious or spiritual convictions, a manifestation of ethnic pride……they can make political statements or simply be a fashion preference.