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Holistic Media Picks

Holistic Wellness for the Hip Hop Generation

The son of the great Queen Afua packaged and released a DVD called Holistic Wellness for the Hip Hop Generation. It was a welcome response from the grass roots against the outright fascist capitalism that Negro leaders mistake for hip hop. You can catch the vibe of the DVD by watching excerpts at YouTube.com. Years ago, we here in the kinté space got the OK from Super Nova Slom to present excerpts at kintespace.com (back then YouTube.com did not exist). It’s cool that they moved faster than we did and got it to YouTube.com.

The Gossamer Albatross

I am surprised that the Gossamer Albatross has not—to my knowledge—appeared in a science fiction film… well… now that I have written this on the Internet, let’s see what happens…

Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn

I introduced Jon-Kabat Zinn back in March in “Flippant Remarks about ‘The Science of Sleep’.” Another thought provoking thing in his Google-sponsored video is his clear definition of the word “discussion” at about the 65th minute of his talk. My poet’s ear immediately heard the relationship between discussion and concussion. There is a certain subtle, dialectical violence in the word “discussion.” This dialectic, the foundation of Western thought (that means you brother man), habitually prefers opposition over composition… So “we” have good against evil instead of good composed with evil.

And speaking of poetry, I am ashamed to admit that Jon-Kabat Zinn introduced me to the great poet Derek Walcott—much appreciation!

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