Last night I attended a celebration at UofL. My workplace was one of the sponsors so it was an extension of my work day and a major perk. I read my poem One Mother's Blood and Karina interpreted it in Spainish for the audience that was largely Spainish speaking. I met Tanya from Russia who shared that March 8 is a huge national holiday in Russia celebrating women...now that would be awesome to experience as a widely celebrated national holiday!
An Iranian sistah majoring in Music Theory sung a melodic love song in Persian, another Hawaiian sistah danced a traditional dance, and several groups of Latino children did dance routines. The evening really lifted my spirits. The only bummer was that I forgot my camera at work. :( When I got home I felt compelled to sketch and kinda liked what I did. Looking at work in the last week by Abstract and Expressionists artists made me feel unhindered by my lack of drawing skills...or no-skill drawing skills (heehehehe) is more descriptive. But I'm going to look at the sketches and see how I can turn them into quilts.
But I hope everyone had an affirming day yesterday...now lets extend that affirmation to the other 364 days of the year...hangeth in.
I'd love to read your poem One Mother's Blood, sounds most intriguing. Glad you had a good IWDay yesterday.
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