tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913278390524654713.post295371270322732911..comments2023-10-17T08:03:24.968-04:00Comments on InfiniteBody: For Marjani Forté-Saunders, dance and activism are oneEva Yaa Asantewaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08673851887585753232noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913278390524654713.post-25549053267189124682014-10-13T12:52:40.439-04:002014-10-13T12:52:40.439-04:00Eva, Marjani, Thank you! These end of the day, bef...Eva, Marjani, Thank you! These end of the day, before bed questions about striving and working to do more for the betterment of humanity vs doing what is best for yourself (ahhh no! That's on my only day off. What should I do?) is a slippery slope for artist-activists because how can we do the most for our communities when we ourselves are run down? Dance can be rejuvenating. Dance can be exhausting...no wait, it's more the politics of dance, art, social-politics, and government that are exhausting. Marjani, thank you for writing. Thank you for making. Thank you for being. autumnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180613608780632428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913278390524654713.post-3677558723846486852014-10-11T22:41:20.853-04:002014-10-11T22:41:20.853-04:00Some of this reads exactly like the cover letter I...Some of this reads exactly like the cover letter I wrote for the Dance/USA Research Fellowship. I too am asking these questions at the tender age of 25. And I often talk to my father who is asking these questions as they relate to science and more at the age of 51. <br /><br />I am looking to start suggesting and testing ANSWERS. I am sick and tired of questioning...my existence, my humanity...in the way that this American, white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchy will have one constantly doing. #BlackLivesMatter is much more than a hashtag.<br /><br />Forwards forever. Backwards never. This is the chant I grew up hearing and it is with this foundation I take these questions and seek solutions and healing. As my father recently said, "It may not happen in my lifetime, but I didn't believe we could have a Black president in my lifetime either." Leh we go!!!ANAEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153109117427185361noreply@blogger.com