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MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindALTERNATIVE FACTSIn the maga worldveiw ther is attempt in reshaping facts and reality, thereby allowing them to create their own little bubble. However as Adams, (according to the mini series John Adams), said facts are stubborn things.2024-08-3116 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE DEMISE OF A WOULD-BE DONDonald the orange man, has finally come to his recogning. He has finaly be en held accountable for his actions with his conviction.2024-08-1714 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE RELUCTANT LIBERALThe continuous complaint that many so called "linerals" deal with in complaining about their so called liberal ideas. Becomes nothing more then Whiteness disguised as legitimate critc2024-07-2014 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindSTYMIED THEIR ARTISTS WHY I THINK THEY MISSED THE BALLMy veiw on why I think our Black artists working for Motown, weren't giving enough leaway to explore their talents with reguard to social commentary2024-07-0613 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE SOUND OF SILENCE OF SOFT BIGOTRYWhen whites try to hide their bigotry, by beleiving their critiques are genuine and their being constructive. When in actuality they demonizing your feelings or thought process2024-06-2220 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindA NATION'S HUBRISSometimes nation beome arrogant to the point of believing in their own self worth. Behaving in a manner where they deny reality for the sake of convenience.2024-06-0818 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindJUSTICE CAME TO ORANGE TOWNFinally justice is served, the orangman (trump) is being hel accountable. He will have to forever wear the banner "convicted Felon.'2024-06-0517 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindMINDVIBES GIRL BABY GIRL IN CROCKETT'S POCKETLesson uncouth white girl shouldn't try to throw shade at a sister, it ain't healthy.2024-05-2515 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE MORAL HIGH GROUND I DON’T THINK SOAmerica is the last place that should be claiming the moral high ground, either implicit or otherwise2024-05-1820 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindWHEN CURIOSITY GOES A WANTINGHuman beings by nature are curious, but what happens to an indivdual that shows signs about being curious to things that directly and indirectly effects them.2024-02-1016 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKARTIST TO ARTIST: POULARITY WHYWhy do some artistic rendering become popular the minute one sees or hears it, and others do not get the same reaction.2024-02-0315 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE DISILLUSIONED REVOLUTIONARY A MESSIAH COMPLEXIn this episode I will explore the conversation between Cenk Uyger and Roland Martin on Cenk's crun for the presidency. Yet at the same time how there is a tendecy to have messiah complex in your beleif that only you can save the world2024-01-2717 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKARTIST OPPORTUNITY DISPARITY FOR BLACKS IN THE ARTISTIC PROFESSIONIn my last episode I dealt with the pay disparitie with Black actors, here I am dealing with the lack of oportunties that black actors and other black artists tend to have.2024-01-2020 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindVAMPIRES, UNICORNS & FAIRY TALES…In this episode I will ecamine the facination with Caucasoid's obession like behaviour with inmortality, in their stories and films.2024-01-1315 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKARTIST TO ARTIST BLACK TALENT, PAY DISPARITYIn this episode I will deal with how we as Black actors have to endure the pain, the infliction of being talented yet not having the money to sho for it2024-01-0618 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE CAVALIER VOTER, THE INSIDIOUSNESS OF THE YOUTHWith this episode I deal with the often naivte' or just plian stupidity when it come to the youth and voting. How they seek perfection without their interjection.2023-12-3016 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKWHEN AN ARTIST THROUGH THEIR PRESENCE AND POWER TOUCHES YOUIn this episode I will explore the phenomenon of certain artist's and their presence and power to move you, even when they remake someone elses work.2023-12-2315 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindSTRAW MEN & ZEALOTS & THEIR RIVERS OF BLOODIn this episode I will comment on the ongoing struggles in Ukrain and Palistine.2023-12-1617 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKMONEY VS ART: THE LESS THAN NOBLE ART OF ACTINGIn this episode I try to explore what happens when money overides art, or when art is being less then authentic for convience sake.2023-12-0919 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindRAPE OF THE NATURAL WORLD...This episode deals with the foolishness of man towards the enviroent and all species that occupy it. How with his greed and behavior nearly made extinct the buffelo, and nearly destroyed much of the beauty that was gifted to us.2023-12-0219 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKFUNK ERASER WHITEWASHING THE 70S SOUNDSMany uploads on youtube when dealing with the 60s and particularly the 70s, though will include R & B music and the Disco sounds, it often comes late in the presentation or they are sprinkeled to give the appearance of being somewhat inclusive. 2023-11-2520 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindCOMES SERENDIPITY, SOMETIMES A MIRICLE: A SPECIAL MINDVIBESComes serendipity, is a special mindvibes presentation dealing with the week of November 6th 2023, and many of the unexpected outcomes that came to us of which many call a miricle. 2023-11-2216 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindFAITH GURUS, WHAT’S NOT BEING REVEALEDOften times we hear many people talk about their ris to success via their great belief, howver I often question this concept of faith, I often wonder is there something missing with the story.2023-11-1814 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKARTIST TO ARTIST ARTISTS AND THEIR MUSEExploring the artist concept of the muse, and how they operate with that idea2023-11-1115 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindWHITE PROGRESSIVE ILLUSIONSThis episode deals with how and why many so "progressives-liberal" white still beleive in the idea of white patternalism when dealing with the African American communities and other POC.2023-11-0420 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKREDEOS THAT REINTRODUCE THE ORIGINALSometime an artist will covere or do a remake of creative piece, and by doing so reintrduces us to the one who originally did it.2023-10-2821 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindKARMA COMES TO RUDY THE FALL OF AMERICA’S MAYORA commentary about the rise and fall of America's so called "mayor," the Rudy story2023-10-2114 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKTHE EMRGENCE OF SOFT ROCK….The emergence of soft rock, was I believ a whites alternative to the funk sound of the seventies.2023-10-1417 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindFAMILY MEMBERS: SOMETIMES TONGUS SHOULD BE STILLThere are time when it is prudent for a family memeber to keep their tongue stil and not be so ready to over advice and/or make suggestions.2023-10-0720 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKWORLD MUSIC INFLUENCE ON THE DISCO SOUNDHow world music, music from around the world hekped influence the sounds of the seventies, espacially the disco scene.2023-09-3018 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindPRIDE & STUBBORNESS: VANITY A SELF INFLICTIONHow pride sometimes can hinder us, and blind us to the realities that is before us.2023-09-2321 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKGROOVING WITH THE MESSAGE SEVENTIES DISCO SOUNDThis episode focuses on the seventies disco sound that dealt with messages speaking to social issues.2023-09-1613 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindEXPLORING THE SEVENTIE'S MOVEMENTSIn this episode I am attempting to explore those movements that occured inthe seventies, what their contributions were and what their faults were.2023-09-0919 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKSEVENTIES SOUND HEARING THE MESSAGEThis episode deals with the seventies, particularly the disco era and the various musica genres that this period created.2023-09-0219 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindDISCO DEMOLITION: EXPLORING WHITE ANIMOSITY....The disco era created for many white communities and angxiety that it went out of its way to destroy this creative expression. The question is why.2023-08-2624 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKARTIST TO ARTIST DIFFERENT BUT ABLE I'M NOT INVISIBLEDealing with performers with disibilties, and how we struggle to get notice by the theatrical and film industries.2023-08-1922 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindMINDVIBES COLORFUL PARANOIA: A SHIFT IN POWERDealing with the rampade paranoia among many in the White Communities, espacially with many of the conservative maga white politicians2023-08-1219 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKARTIST TO ARTIST LAMENTING WHITE HOLLYWOOD DISGUISED AS ARTA response to actor Richard Dreyfus opining on the definition of "art"2023-08-0524 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKDIRESPECTFUL A NECCESSATY FOR CAPITALISM: Why Our Unions are on StrikeWhy SAG-AFTRA and WGA are on strike, is because of Corporate greed plain and simple.2023-08-0421 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindVOICES OF HUMANITYLamented yesterdays voices for change, but sometime we don't liste to our youth's voices of today.2023-07-2921 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKARTIST TO ARTIST SOCAIL MEDIA A GIFT FOR US ARTISTSHow socail media is changing the landscape with reagrds to film & Television for those who are underepresented.2023-07-2218 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindCREATURES FROM THE BLACK ROBEThe fear of white Americans towards Blacks and people of color, was demobstrated by the conservative Suprem Court2023-07-1520 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKEXPOSING OURSELVES LETTING OUR CREATIVITY SHINEArt can be theraputic for both the artist and those of the audeince. It can help through the creative process an artist in regaining their footing.2023-07-0820 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindDOUBLE STANDARDS: THE WORLD OF WHITENESSHow we in America are now preoccupied with double standards, due to the ongoing disease of whiteness.2023-07-0119 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKREMAKES AND SEQUELS ARE THEY NECESSARY.....The quest I have are remakes and sequels really necessary? Why do we artists feel the need to redo someone else's piece of artistic renderings?2023-06-2418 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindLIBERALISM BY ANY OTHER NAMEMoving from libralism to progressive the discontent with many veterans of the past liberalism, the need to find fault with the new version of progressives.2023-06-1718 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKWE DON'T READ POETRY BECAUSE IT'S CUTEWhy as an artist do we continue to do what we do, is to inform and entertein at the same time?2023-06-1014 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindA CULTURAL DESLUSIONWhen whites beleive they know what's best for black children.2023-06-0322 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKWHAT MAKES A GOOD FILM OR PLAY, A COMPELLING STORYThe question always is what makes good film, play or novel, a compelling story. 2023-05-2717 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindAMNESIA CAUCASOID'S APHRODISIACWhen whites get a lack of memry when it comes to other culture's history, but applaud their own, with out regard of others.2023-05-2019 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKWHEN ARTISTS ARE NO LONGER VISIBLEWhat happens to artists that somehow drop of the radar, we no longer see them working or even hear of them?2023-05-1317 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindMINDVIBES: FAMILY RACIAL AFFINITYHere I am discussing a conversation that I had with one of my most liberal white friends, who was lamenting the hurt he was feeling about the situation in Ukraine. How he felt a kinship to the people there. My arguement here is that the same pain that he felt certainly him and other liberal whites can acknoweledge that Balck folk hav a right to be in pain when one of our own is brutily shot by the state.2023-05-0616 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKRESSURRECTING A CREATIVE EXPRESSIONHow does one artist takes some other artist piece of work, redi it and that work becomes popular or niticed?2023-04-2917 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindMINDVIBES RAGE OF WHITENESS: FIGHTING AGAINST SHADOWSRage of whitnesse is what I am trying to deal with in this episode, their constant need to not only forget their own past sins, but their continue need for control. Their absolute identity with powe particularly supremacy, yet their need to not recognize others and their contributions, while at the same time being fragil when they are being exposed.2023-04-2225 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKARTIST TO ARTIST THE ARTIST IN THE ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONWhat does the artist do when their society places many constraints on their creativity?2023-04-1522 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindMINDVIBES THE POTENCY OF WORDSiN THIS EPISODE i WILL BE DEALING WITH POWER THAT WORDS HAVE. THIS IS MORE OF A RESPONCE TO BROTHER ROLAND WHO WAS DEALING WITH SMITH AND ROCK'S INCIDENT AT THE OSCARS I BELEIVE IT WAS IN 2022. HERE I WILL EXPLORE THE USAGE OF WORD AND HOW WE MUST BE CAREFULE WITH UTILIZING THEM. THE POWER THEY CAN HAVE EITHER FOR GOOD OR BAD.2023-04-0821 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE MAGA HOUNDS HAVE GONE RABIDThe day of justice may finally be here when it come to Trump and his various dark activities. Justice may very well be served.2023-04-0317 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKTHE POWER OF ARTArt what is it, what does it do, and why we who are artists feel the need to expresse our thoughts, our feelings throught the creative expression?2023-04-0116 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE DISILLUSION OF REHABILITATING THE FLOCKIn this episode I examine the nostaliga with many in the white community of the now mythical working white class. The idea that we can rehibilitate the flock that has gone astray, however if the flock had already been indoctrinated with the elixir of whiteness, and whiteness itself is antithitical to humanity, then the question becomes how do you rehabilitate.2023-03-2519 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKARTIST TO ARTIST LET'S TALK FROM ACTOR TO WRITER: ANOTHER PATH TO PROFESSIONAL SUCCESSThis episode is a continuation of my 'A Backdoor To Stardom' episode I did, dealing with the closing of one door to the opening of another. Exposing a hidden talent that one might not even know they have.2023-03-1814 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindBLACK HAIR, THE TIGNON LAW REVISITINGIn this episode I will deal with the contensous nature with Black people and their hair, and why it seems to be a great source of irritation to many in the white communities.2023-03-1120 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKARTIST TO ARTIST LET'S TALK RELISHING YOUR ACHEIVMENTSIn this episode I deal with how we sometime don't bask in our own sun. There are two episode of this same theme 'Looking for the applaud' and 'Finding your sun,' I am in these episode dealing with our some times fragil ego and how we must nourish that ego, with relishing in our own creative and finaincial acheivement, no mater how small or large.2023-03-0416 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindDEAMINIZING BLACK AND OTHER POWERFUL WOMEN OF COLORIn this episode I will deal with the plight of Black women and women of color, especially those in power. The continued denegrating and objectifying these women and the toll it takes on them but on society itself.2023-02-2526 min
ARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKLOOKING AND FINDING YOUR SUNThis epsode is just a friendly reminder to us artits, yes it's ok to groove in your own sun, just like it's ok to give yourself an applause. Just as long as you don't become a megamaniac about it, but glowing in your sun is often times what gets you through to the next sun.2023-02-1815 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKBRIGHT LIGHT IN THE TWILIGHT HOURThough this is not a praise poem for President Biden and Vice-President Harris, it is however sort of a gratitude piece. Because everyone needs a thank you for what they have and still are doing every now and then. Although in the two years of President Biden tenure, he has not quite accomplish his vison, not for the lack of trying, but because of two traitors in the senate. Yet both he and Madam Vice-President have been successfull in the things they have been able to do. So this is my small creative contribution to saying thank you. 2023-02-1520 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE NOXIOUSNESS OF INDIVIDUALISMWith this episode we shall explore the insideous nature of individualism, how these acts of randum cruelty and pure nastiness has infected our discourse of civility. The need for the individuel to demonstrate being obnoxous, just to obscure their fear of the unknown, or more to the point their inabilty to listen and to learn.2023-02-1117 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKA BACKDOOR TO STARDOMIn this episode of Artist to Artist, I discuss the various ways that sometimes as artist we must find entry to the realms of success. Many times the path we have journeyed on with our artist sojurn may not always be what propels us to "stardom." Indeed we may have to take a backdoor to "stardom," for example we may have started out as a prolefic musician, but may wind up being a dinomite songwriters, and it is that talent we didn't realize we had that catipults us to our creative/monetary success.2023-02-0413 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE DISORIENTATION OF IDENTITYIn this episode of Mindvibes, I will examine the psychology of identity with regards to the Black community. The effects on the decentering our cultural reality, but the psychological iterrations we go through when trying to regain some simliance of a cultural identity.2023-01-2821 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKLOOKING FOR THE APPLAUSEIn this episode of Artist to Artist I deal with the need for you as the artist to applaud yourself every now and then. To not always be so ready to sek the applause from others, particularly your colleague. Thought your colleagues are for sure those whom you deem worthy to critque/or to conedoen your artistry, however sometimes it is best to listen to the aideince in yourself, to hear the inner applause just so that you continue to feel artistcally relavent and professionaly viable.2023-01-2113 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindWHITE FRAGILITYIn this episode I will discuss Robin DeAngelo's concept of White Fragility, its destructive and dangerous thoughts and behavior.2023-01-1416 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKWHY ME? OR I WASN'T GOING TO DO ITYes we actors can be fickle sometimes, we struggel with the rejections after every audition, then when out of the blue we get a major role. Yet we often don't know why and we ask the question why me, better still we play mind games of should I or should I not take this role. Even if the part fits like a glove, but much of this is I believ our getting use to rejection, that when that opportunty comes we are in disbelief.2023-01-0711 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindSPECIAL MINDVIBES IMPRISONING ONE'S OPINION FOR OTHER'S COMFORTYou are entitled to your opinion but not your facts Patrick Daneil Moyniham once said, that is true anyone can have an opinion however no one should be censured for it, if your opinion is not stated as facts.2023-01-0315 min
MINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindBLACK ENERGY IN STYLE2022-12-3117 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKA FUNNY THING HAPPENED IN AMERICAA an old classmate of mine still couldn't believe that I am still pursuing a career in acting. Yet just because one has aged does not neccessarily means that their dreams should age or stop as well. As long as what they are striving for is what they love doing, Clint Eastwood is near 90 and he shows no sing of slowing down, no he can no longer do the roles he use to, however he can still create characters that are suited for his age. Also here in America one always has the chance, as long as they are...2022-12-2411 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE PURSUIT OF IGNORANCEThis episode explores the cult like behavior of many in the White communities, espacailly those on the far right in their idiocy, and their pursuit of ignorance. How with zealot like emotions they deny logic, science and/or facts that are staring at them in the face. They tend to long for some bygone days or a bibical interpatation of what is suppose to be, oppose to what reality dictates.2022-12-1718 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKTO SAVOUR THE CREATIVE EXPRESSIONIn this episode I once again explore the value of what we as artist do for and with our societies. How we should value our voice, since we become a condueit for the expression of the people, that our service as artists is not in vain, it is essential and we should savour those expressions.2022-12-1013 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE POWER OF SOULWhat makes Black people so energetic, so expressive particularly in entertainment. I believe that it is our power of soul, that indiscribable energetic potency that somehow we instinctefly posses. Yes what makes our music, our style so flamboyent, so joyful, perhaps it is just our nature that remains with us from the motherland Africa, or perhaps it's the need to give it our all after years of trauma. Whatever the case may be, it is what we posses that many peoples don't quite have in abundance then we do, it is simply soul.2022-12-0317 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKWHEN TO THROW IN THE TOWELOh yes there comes a time after a long journey into the artistic profession, just about every artists as themselves when to throw in the towel. To leave the profession all together and do something that one feels is more lucrative, the problem with that is the question does what you choose feed your soul. Throwing in the towel at those times may seem paractical, but always the question remains will you be happy. Creativity is the essence of the artist that how we see ourselves anything less is tantamount to almost spiritual death. We may indeed go a...2022-11-2611 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindHONORARY WHITES HIARCHY OF ATROCITIESIn this episode I will examine the hiarchy of atrocities when dealing with world atrocities committed agains various peoples throughout the world. However how a certain group believes that their atrocitie that happened during Hitler's rein should be dominate over everyone else. There is a sense of hiarchy with that, yet at the same time dealing with their honorary status as white folk.2022-11-1917 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKPOWER OF FAITHOften times many artist give up because the clouds of success is ever fleeting. It is hard when nothing seems to be jelling for you, no auditions, no calls, no reconition for you toil, and even uour colleagues pat on the back is less and less. however it is the power of faith that often times sees us through, our unrelenting belief that our skills, our talent and our shear persaverance will pay off. That ultimite drive that makes us artist wake up each day and put one foot before the other, not knowing but forever believing.2022-11-1215 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindMINDVIBES IN SEARCH OF A CULTUREIn Search of A culture: examinig idinity how we as young blacks meandered through the various identities and what did culture mean to us as we moved toward our cultural discovery. 2022-11-0517 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKSUCCESSThat big break comes as Bill McKay asked in the film 'The Candidate' what know? Success is a two edge sword one never knows what will happen, when suddenly that artist is catipulted to the top, or as Rick James would say "When you're on the top, there's no place you can really go but down down down. Yet what is success that's always the question and how will it effect us as an artist, because no one, and I mean no one is prepared for success, not even presidents.2022-10-2911 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindBLACK MENTAL DISORDERSBlack Mental Disorders dealing with the dis-orientation about understanding their environment, praising whites for something, when the reality is totally different:2022-10-2222 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKFICKLEThe artistic profession is for a lack of a better word fickle, because the nature of the profession itself is at times a matter of "luck." It is fickle because one never knows weher or if that break will ever come, yet artists still put themselves through much agony, only so when they achieve they can feel the pleasure of victory. Yet that to can be fickle.2022-10-1512 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindJOURNEY TO NOSTALGIA REDISCOVERING THE 1950S 12THE JOURNEY TO NOSTALGIA: RE-DISCOVERING 1950s. Many whites in their communities seem to have this desire to hold onto what they contend to be the "good old days." Yet even in their fantasies of the 1950s lurks the shadows of an unearend glory, by which no one can escape aand that is "reality."2022-10-0821 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKDON'T CHEAPEN THE ARTAs artist we often are unable to put a price on our work. Since America doesn't value art, we artist have a hard time putting a money value to what we do. A friend once wanted the caterer he was working for to lessen the price of the food, the caterer respsonded he couldn't do that, because it would cheapen the food. This is how we as artist must react to when dealing with those who don't see are value, that this is not only a profression but it is a buisness, note the word showbiz. We artist must...2022-10-0113 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindWHITE PATRIARCHY THE TOXICITY & THE FALLIBILITIES:WHITE PATRIARCHY THE TOXICITY & THE FALLIBILITIES: The irony of white patriarchy and male dominate control. The inability for us to move forward and achieve some modicum of humanity, lies with the inability for men to to let go of their male toxicity and become more falible to being more humane'.2022-09-2418 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTO FOREGO YOUR HUMANITY IS INSANITYNo one has the right to dictate how someone else should react to someone whon has caused them great pain and suffering. This is inhumane itself to disrespect other's humainty and their right be hostile or angry at their perpatrators. That is just being human, yes we may be sadden by the Queen's death, but for those of us of color we also cannot forget who and what she represented, to do so is just folly period.2022-09-2323 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKTHE TOOTSIE SYNDROMEReality verses fantasy, this is our dilemma many times, We love the creative expression and how it makes others and us feel, when we are within the throws of it. However reality kicks in just like in the film 'Tootsie', where George is explaining to Michael the reality that we live in the everyday world, you know the one where rent, food etc. and othe essentials are needed to live.2022-09-1712 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindODE TO WOODSTOCK CLOSING REMARKSMindvibes: An Ode to Woodstock, CLOSING REMARKS. In this episode I express why I felt the need to speak on it, especially with regards to what we are experiencing today. I feel that our society needs to take another look at what these wonderful youths were attempting, ergo they had many flaws, still their ideas are again worth revisiting.2022-09-1013 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKCREATIVE VOICEHow we as artist discovers our own unique voice and what we do wit it. Yet at the sametime how we can debilitate ourselves with jargons and methods, that we can stifle the ability for our creativity to flow. We have to again rediscover our creative voice.2022-09-0311 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindSIGNIFICANT OUTCOMESMindvibes: An Ode to Woodstock: SIGNIFICANT OUTCOMES. With this episode my attempt is to give what I feel were tangible outcomes from the youthful movement. Since there is in every revolution there are goals that the revolutionaries are seeking, here there were things that many of the youths particularly the white youths out of the universities were seeking, and because of that they rebelled against the “norms” of the American society.2022-08-2719 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKTALENTWhat is talent, that is the question who has it and who doesn't. How do we measure talent, versus technique, are we born with it or can we gain it through craftmenship. Talent is charisma or is it just "talent" that you might naturally posses or that you have trained for it that it now because second nature to you. How does one discover talent.2022-08-2011 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindMINDVIBES: RETAKE THE BLACK HIPPIES 5Mindvibes: An Ode to Woodstock: THE BLACK HIPPIES: A search for meaning. Here I am asking a question of why some Blacks joined with the white youths of that day, particularly when they had the Civil Rights Movement as well as the more militant movements that expressed issues which plagued Black Communities. I also try to articulate why I think other Blacks joined in not necessarily with the white youths themselves, but why they were drawn to the philosophy, and the ideas that were being expressed.2022-08-1315 minARTIST TO ARTIST: LET'S TALKGOT ART?Discussing what and how art effects on in our mundane existence. How we benifit from the creative expression, and what we as artist do to make life a little bit more enjoyable, whether it be through music, film, books or paintings. We as artist brings life into the hearts and minds of people.2022-08-0612 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindREVISED VERSION OF CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS M 4Mindvibes: An Ode to Woodstock: CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS: The support arm of the countercultural movement. All unrested, and social movements are usually propelled and/or accompanied by some form of creative expression, whether through poetry, songs, or paintings. It is the artistic renderings that sometimes renders to the movement its stated idea. In this episode we see how integral the arts became with the white youths in the 60s, and how they expressed their discontentment of that day.2022-07-3017 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindAN ODE TO WOODSTOCK: DEFINITIONS, WHAT THE WHIT YOUTHS MISSIEDMindindvibes: An Ode to Woodstock, DEFINITIONS. This episode explores the inability, of the 60s white youths in general, and the flower children specifically with their use of language. It was, I feel, their lack of understanding of various definitions and their use of euphemisms not only to those in power, people of color, and within their own white community, but it was their own inability to communicate their ideas to the general populace.2022-07-1619 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindTHE NAIVTE' OF THE 60S COUNTERCULTURE VO M 3Mindvibes: An Olde to Woodstock, THE NAIVETE’: Of the countercultural movement. Here I am examining the fault lines within the youth movement known as the hippie movement, which I believe was somewhat an anchor around their necks with regards to both race and class. Including how I feel their understanding and knowledge at the time was woefully inadequate for them to effectively deal with these dilemmas of race and class divisions.2022-07-0219 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindAN ODE TO WOODSTOCK INTRODUCTIONMindvibes: An Ode to Woodstock, INTRODUCTION the first in an 8-part series which I will deal with the Woodstock event itself, but also the possibilities that this event held. Here I will talk on the difficulties of the producers in putting on this event, the ideas that were being expressed, and the feat that the youth were able to pull off because of the size of the crowd and different races of people who attended. With this introduction I will clarify what I perceive as the unwarranted harshness that the countercultural youth were getting from “mainstream America” itself.2022-06-1815 minMINDVIBES: Thoughts from a curious mindAN ODE TO WOODSTOCK PREFACE VO 1Mindvibes: An Ode to Woodstock, PREFACE, this 1st episode of an 8-part series is an introduction to the episodes that I will be exploring. This is my opinion on what was boteh an exciting yet tumultuous times in the 60s. This episode merely highlights the other episode but also gives a glimpse into my thoughts of that period and presents what believe to be the good and the bad within the countercultural dynamics.2022-06-0414 min