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MODJADJI V, Rain Queen

son — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:18:29 +0000

Queen Modjadji V has thirty-three wives.
MODJADJI V, Rain Queen by Daniel LAINÉ [link] She is not allowed to marry men, but must choose her “wives” among the eldest daughters of the Lovedu people, while her dynasty has ruled for two centuries. Modjadji V the Rain Queen has mystical rainmaking powers. The Zulu have always feared these queens, who live in the mountains of the Transvaal. They believed they were four-lunged witches, who haunted ponds and marshes. When the ruler died, the empire of the Monomotapa was divided between her two sons. One of them was the sacred king of Mambo. His daughter, Dzuguzini, and her lover had a son out of wedlock. Since she refused to reveal her lover’s name to her father, he expelled her from the kingdom. Before leaving, she stole the sacred beads and the secret of the rain, which she gave to her son as a gift. Later, she admitted that she had a committed incest with her brother the prince. Thus Dzuguzini’s son became the new king of Mambo. Born of incest, the dynasty perpetuated itself by incest. Mugodo, the fifth king in the dynasty, was paranoid. He saw plots everywhere. He murdered his sons, and as his madness worsened, he became convinced that all men wanted to assassinate him. Mugodo had a vision that only a woman born of royal incest could govern the people. Since his eldest daughter refused to commit incest, King Mogodo convinced his second daughter, who was more naive, to do so. She gave him a son whom he immediately strangled with his bare hands. Her second child was a daughter who became Modjadji II, the Rain Queen.

Angkor

son — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:59:12 +0000

We have seen amazing building’s in our past, this is another one that thrills me. This building has been around forever. Unthinkable, that is, if things out of this world aren’t to be imagined. This temple is incredibly detailed. The size of two Manhattan’s with every inch of it designed to a “T”. Sad to say modern technological development’s haven’t contributed something worthy of creating longevity - let alone maintain someone’s attention span. Also to note, these were built by the same folk that built these. For architectures sake, these buildings are un-realistic or should I say, futuristic. They make me think of today’s art and culture. I tend to think, what is the importance. This thought is very brief and in my opinion all places built on the surface are some sort of sanctuary for growth. The walls are filled with so many details of war, love & symbolic reference’s to a much more collective cause. What has happened to this creative spirit? Where did the detour take us? It seems like an exaggerated tangent the things we create. No, in all actuality I think we’ve channeled our energy into current events. Economic status is much more important than anything else, so this means politics are the entertainment of today. From stocks to casinos bankroll is the toll. Industrially speaking I call bluff, my independent mind is running as such a recluse I tend to think my person is the most involved with a corporation I’ll ever get! Recession is now intrinsic or non-existent. This is when design comes in, formulating a substance worthy of reproduction. They patterned these walls so efficient that almost nothing is the same. Hundreds of thousands of different character’s all original. Each woman has different accessories etc. Another thing that comes to mind is, if these ideas come about at the time of inception or if this is a spontaneous event, or both! The latter seems glib, so in this world of thoughts I get overwhelmed, with all of the factors of cosmic, alchemical, historical and geographical reference that must be built w/in this section of the Earth.

Braided

son — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:50:55 +0000

We have been braided, by the stylists who have the patience to pattern our crown. This photo series has been published in the Summer Solstice for Futurecraft. It’s bi-annual and showcases the best of the best creatives around the world. Work is displayed amongst artists such as — Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic / Nontype — Si Scott — Emeric Trahand / TKSH — Rodrigo Lima — Diego Quintana.
Braided via: Flickr We connected and communicated this tradition not only because it’s a lifestyle but also because this instrument creates a sound in which we know it will resonate throughout the inner city and suburb. Our society is filled with aesthetics, camouflaged inside of the metropolis. In my opinion, that which is most touched and frequented is that which contains the most effective patterns. These braids are symbolic of the beginning of time and the end. As it starts and ends the same way, reinforcing the concept of infinity — or as we display it in finiteness, or in other words having a beginning and an end. It is often misunderstood as if something goes on and on and on, but this is a misconception. So with symbols you have a representation and result when using. These braids maintain energies and act as highway’s for each specific’s vehicle ie. the thoughts and intentions the person has when styling, the pattern which traps & the status of the subject. Every time my braids are re-done I have a re-boost of energy, the longer they stay in whatever was projected at the time of inception is now manifested infinitely or at least until it circumvents all over again. Also, this texture of hair as opposed to fur, traps heat in. If our body was completely covered in this hair we’d be super hot, all the time, thus only receiving patches here and there for concentrated spots. Sandra Rose’s site has spoken about “hair” problems but in my opinion, it goes deeper and to a more spiritual existence. So in conclusion, open your eyes to the art above, through, below, behind, around etc. nature never lies.

The MSIRI GODEFROID MUNONGO

son — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:22:09 +0000

King of the Yeke, Msiri (king) Munongo has left an indelible mark on the history of the Democratic Republic of the Cong (formerly Zaire). He was born in Katanga, a rich province with copper and cobalt mines that sustain the country. In the late 1950s, he and Moise Tshombe founded Conakat, a party of “authentic” Katangans that targeted “foreigners” laboring in the mines of upper Katanga.
The MSIRI GODEFROID MUNONGO by Daniel LAINÉ [link] The workers (especially from the Luba-Kasai ethnic group) were thrown into camps or exterminated. Munongo had the reputation of being violent, hot tempered, and authoritarian. Not surprisingly, he was known as the Terror of Katanga. He also was the Minister of the Interior and the head of State Security in the province. The driving force behind secession, Munongo was the enemy of Patrice Lumumba, a progressive hero who attempted to unite the Congo against the Belgians and counter the secessionist movements in Kasai and Katanga. On January 17, 1961, Joseph Mobutu (later called Mobutu Sese Seko) captured Lumumba, who was gravely ill, and delivered him and two of his companions to Katanga. Munongo and his police force were waiting for him at the Elizabethville (Lumumbashi) airport. He was never seen alive again. To this day, Munongo has been tight-mouthed about the facts surrounding Lumumba’s death. And yet, Munongo’s legend does not entirely do him justice. He can be brilliant, friendly, and cordial. His grandfather made a fortune trafficking in copper and ivory. His caravans at the time traveled all the way to Zanzibar. In 1850, bolstered by his notoriety and his rifles, the future Msiri conquered the kingdoms of Upper Katanga. The former trafficker had himself proclaimed king of the Yeke. For about forty years, the Msiri consolidated his kingdom in the face of constant revolt. At the end of the century, with a stroke of a pen, the kingdom became the private property of Leopold II, the king of Belgium. In fact, Leopold made a gift to himself of the Congo Free State. The Msiri put up a desperate resistance. Finally, he was tracked down and slain by Captain Dobson (in the employ of King Leopold), but not before dealing his assailant a fatal blow.

Starlight

son — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:50:58 +0000

This just must be a celebration. To treat us with fireworks like we’ve done something right. No, it’s more like the calm before the storm. Yes, this is our opportunity to take advantage of what we have. This is the most entertaining thing in the world. In my opinion this is architecture at it’s best, in the stars. A star can be defined so many ways, a star moves fluid and intangible. How much is symbolized here, the same amount as when you look out of your eyes.In my opinion, everything looks different when it’s translated by different vehicles - this only makes a thing individual, it does not take away it’s origin. I’ve been studying forms, it seems like the user[s] interpretation is solely what leads and dictates the outcome of the event or happening. Gravity is every bit physical as it is mental. When hairs stick out they are styled &/or combed back, unless we’re going in the jungle. Just recently we finished a logo identity for Sean Canty’s architecture collective S.O. seeking out the best translation for two forms, fluidity was the method. Bruce Lee’s “Be Water” concept has been running through my mind since before my Colorado trip. The mountains glacier like appearance from afar always captivated me, but never like the stars above, for some reason something in me always states do you really think we can get there? Since I don’t have much aspiration or inspiration from this question, I tend not to think about it, whilst pondering the nostalgia of traveling to the unknown. It’s fun, not fear. Sometimes people get their f-words mixed up. Think about Judas & Jesus there is always someone w/ a negative view, this is their choice - but Good outways the Bad, all ways, just look up to the stars.

Mirror me right

son — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:09:11 +0000

When you see me, please, document things correctly. I need my image to be perfect, no errors. Recently, our network [ www.somethinofnothin.net ] has been going through progression stages. Our atmosphere is being formed in this new environment. Now, a juxtaposition of sorts, when your true reflections show, does it always come out exactly the same? Yes. This is why we ghost to, true or false. It seems as if those lines are so blurred today - now here’s to a minimalistic view, on replication. I started out learning and finding my style through tracing, I learned how to rap through ghost writing and transcribing that which already existed. I competed to make exact replica’s / clones not carbon copies, I recreated the real thing. So to say it was molded from clay.

[l] Melchizedek [r] Zeus posing as Melchizedek Who is to say what is what? As I’ve stated before and live by, there is a language of silence. It speaks louder than BANG! The true silence heats an effect, or should I say pressure busts pipes. When I look at certain things there isn’t that nostalgia - in my opinion this is the sound/feeling. We see symbols all the time and out of shear ignorance [ on purpose, not inflicted ] care not about them. This is something some of us have chosen not to ignore anymore, look at A Continuous Lean, these are real life Patrick Batemans. Mad men, critical thinkers. This is what our cycle calls for, conscious energy focused toward passion - this is the only way you will create reason. Otherwise we remain puppet’s and fools, buying death. I’ve got tons of symbols in my work you can see some of the artwork’s in this Flickr Set. Learning throughout the times how to properly administrate them is the key, because a reaction will come regardless - it’s a science which in its essence is easily crushed. “Gold and platinum are used as tools in Africa, gas and guns are tools used in the USA” - a spirit once said. What I take from this quote is this, some of us like to look out of one eye - some of us like two. As the prelude to this new music we’re soon to indulge in, I leave you with these lyrics from “Soul Flow”. [ Verse 3, originally pinned by Son Delorian ] — | “Diamond minds shine bright in the eyes of the people — defiance is evil, time is a sequel, I AM / LETHAL — Hebrew isreal apache for the half breeds a lion — milestone giant, migrate in the climate — dynasty of reptiles decline, while my nation enterprise — fate takes place, find your faith — the devils lien in your face… — soul flow keep me high while my mind race — define my race, BLACK, cyan paint — cheyanne shape shifter depicted from rhimes wait — my picture perfect, encrypted word smith — science is vague — so get to the point. — i dont believe in no evolution, — my uncle spent my whole life in an institution — this is that revolution soul flow”.

Above and Below

son — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:40:27 +0000

Ok, here we go w/ the rhetorical - can you see what’s below or above you? Well it’s not very tangible to most but there are some who have a clear concept of the question. I often think we all see things from a jaded view.
Colorado Springs, Colorado Granted none of us are falcons and my tangent’s reach is geo, we won’t go astral - at least not all the way yet. I want to go deep, inward - like where are all of the humans living in the ground. Steve Cokely said you could go underground and it will be moving so fast you would never have thought these things happen like this. In my opinion, this is an unspoken rhetoric just like Black Russians. Well it’s nothing to really talk about I guess, it’s like talking about school on a child’s summer break.
Black Russian Boom! guess who stepped in the room. Where would your favorite retiring humble abode be located? I vouch for submarine’s and underground living with a bio-dome over my roof. I think there is a significant amount of surface on the mainstream for a reason. You get a record deal to shine, you go indy to express art. So, as the pariah, we choose to move underground to take full capacity of what we have gained. Just like the pyramids, built to go up and down. Ok, here goes the rant, the air has a lot to do with the issue at hand. This will cure the majority of it, also natural disaster’s won’t effect you. Now the real question at hand is how deep can we go and what will happen after we dig deep enough. Your body can’t handle the pressure of the water but it can go as deep as Qi gets. We’re all cautioned about global warming, but something in me isn’t fearful of Al Gore’s predictions. I see the future as all of the youth see it, flying cars and gadget widgets. Half of the food we eat is crap so most of the conventional outlets we use will be obsolete w/o any sense of loss…at least for the non-materialistic. I’m all for alkalinity and hydroponics. This new slogan of change doesn’t scare me at all, people think it takes lifetimes for change - in my opinion it happens as fast as you want. One last question that I’m pondering on is, if no one ever can see the basement or attic, as if someone secretly camouflaged the pathway somehow ( legerdemain ), then will they ever reach to it?. This is my quest, I’m feeling like a blind man just waving his arms around in the darkness I’m very sure I’ll get a hold of something, we know it won’t be fire cause that’d be easily sighted before contact ie. Satan can’t win.

Fear, loathing or off the grid

son — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:01:15 +0000

Lest my pen leave false witness by order of possession, I tell you no lies. Sumner Redstone should be feared, loathed or placed off the grid. We have to build our own grid. The idea itself, is feared &/or loathed - living off the grid is like heaven or hell for everyone.
Scary rabbit. Fear: some thing which exists when love, power & a sound mind are absent. Some are scared of nothing, now not no thing but the presence of whatever comes before zero. What we aspire to, our pinnacle or zenith is somewhat like a sun blocker because we tend to forget where we come from. The key to history is providence…, naturally we’ll fill the void with something artificial. Hybrid op. Media scares a lot of people too, magazine’s changed my life.
[l] Co. family watching Loose Change. [r] Watching itTo me, there is a deeper side to media, ie. circles w/in circles. A symptom of fear, awe. Does that mean it’s bad to be shocked/surprised? Yes. What would make a wise man that is known for quoting ‘…nothing is new under the sun’ say or even think that there will be an up and coming event that leads to his temporary immobilization. Fear is the catalyst for many things, ether channeling is a specific. So consider yourself Hunter Thompson, “… ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.” — DUKE (V/O). Some of us on Earth we tend to forget that adrenaline which is brought about through your anxiety has gotten you tipsy, sooner or later you will come down to Earth or be placed inside of it, its a simulation of bravery, carbon copy of courage. Hybrid.
Annuit cœptis Also, I don’t think haunted houses first inceptions were scare but rather to exorcise demons as opposed to baffling you at the timing of their special appearance. Voodoo may also be perceived as a frightening thing, but this is a spiritual fax - I would say telephone but I don’t think this is an open line of communication, more like give / take. A prophet is the same as a psychic, back in the day there were tons of people who went by the name. So prediction is just a matter of thought and current sea / star calculations. Here we go, fear derives us of forecasting, it shadows providence. So if you see the situation in the moment and give it undivided attention attempt to find fear in it - you will not find it but you will find the solution to what you are going through. I think about the natives across the world - they live fearless, yet, they don’t have the same kind of media, they have artwork and pottery. This brings me to my title, its an equation of sorts. Fear will make you start loathing everything then you will be off the grid - dead. All at the same time, we loathe fear and as a result of this hate we want to go somewhere else. My inspiration was this movie - Johnny Depp had no fear nor did he loathe anything yet, the entire movie, he was off the grid.

Delaware Park

son — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:16:41 +0000

Yes, this is the park for Delawareans and foreigners alike to have fun. It is also the place where you have the possibility to leave richer than you came, unless you came poor - then you can make it out of poverty and live a completely new life. I believe in this, once I get some time, I will go here to have some real fun. It only takes one second and you make an instant change. Naive people and beginners have luck like no other, this is not a myth - this is a logical solution to getting rich quick. Now of course there are always veterans who just come here like a bank, get their withdrawal and go on about their life. I’m speaking of the gullible free spirit, who just wants to play a game!
Delaware Park It stays packed, so finding new people is convenient. I’m w/ the probability factors and oxygen atmospheres. Plus, the extra plus is the good food. My favorite is always surf n’ turf - the lobster and fillet mignon is just, luxury. Next time I’m there I may take photo’s of the food. The overall environment is super controlled. Sometimes too controlled, but I think that security gaurd was senile so thats an exception, they treat the elderly right! It seems like a lot of senior’s tend to flock here - to me this is entertainment for everyone, elders are just smarter than the rest of the world. Anyone knows you can figure out any game if you play it enough. 1.First you’re a beginner you only play the game cause you just figured out how and you’re super inspired off of passion alone so you just get in, and win! 2.You’ve figured out why its a game, because you either lose or are frightened because of the trick this is Narcosis - you seeing yourself, now you either fight or get over it, but there is no resisting this stage. 3. Now you become either a winner or loser. I think the majority of the visitor’s are stuck on 2, a lot of people can’t beat them self. I remember when I used to play video games, I would get mad if I thought I placed in the code and the thing didn’t happen. This sum’s up life to me. It doesn’t always have to be, sometimes you win sometimes you lose. This is the whole, anything is possible theory. Alchemy, organic & holistic approaches to life as opposed to what the census says. Here is another great saying, “…if everyone jumps off of a bridge are you going to do it also?” It’s like we don’t listen to these things when we grow up. When I play a game I play to win, so it’s a bit unfair because there is no chance of the other person making me a loser. This is what Michael Jordan did, and still somehow everyone enjoyed playing w/ or against him. It’s all mechanic’s some people some how slip through the cracks like gas and some are just kinks. In the coming weeks you will see tons of things change - but expect great things in the future. We are taking gambles, so to say, in win / win situations - so satisfactory is the result.

Another move

son — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:33:59 +0000

Here is another move. It’s funny how fast time flies, just a little bit ago I remember just getting here. Well - we’re leaving this cemetery, I think it’s called “Old Swedes Church” read about it here. I don’t think they’ll detail how weird things happen when you live across the street from the dead. They drove away two neighbor’s and one school but we have stood strong. Yes, this has been somewhat of a rocky road, but for the most part we had fun. I remember the day she painted the door red, this was one of the first days we got in and started getting amendments done here & there. We never put up the house numbers I thought it’d mean we were kind of off the grid for the most part, I guess thats my inner conspiracy theorist. It’s amazing the effect an environment can give on you. Living in the historical district, remnants from the past are always around to remind you, we are not alone.

[l] E. 7th St. Wilmington, Delaware - [r] Kita & David ‘08 I’ve been doing mostly research in this house, so it’s more like a laboratory - everyone learned new things in this house. I’m looking forward to developing in the future, one or two years of research and an eternity of development.
Gonna have more room for the studio so there will be much more media in the content. More video and documentary things as well. There is a healthy catalog of information now - so gradually as usual, it will start to get more unique and detailed. The house isn’t that much of a keepsake nor is it’s placement, but the environment itself is the best - if I could build a house around here I would. I’m also surrounded by plenty of my ancestors who must’ve help build these train tracks - the inscriptions, the neighbor’s it all resonates around the same things. This summer seems extra hot, I’ve been in the house 95% of the time so it hasn’t effected me as much. It is about to be the perfect climate to flood with good music, the cooling session[s]. I’ve learned that silence speaks loud as the highest pitch, its all a matter of timing and persistence. Marry Mattingly mentions mindful mixtures, mashing all sorts of ideas together into this site - but one big point I’ve gathered from it is ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENT! This is what it’s all about, living and knowing your surroundings. We could’ve easily focused on the dead people across the street yet we decided to acknowledge all of the blood, sweat & tears our family spent building everything around us. A great man named Dr. Ivan Van Sertima once said, “Columbus couldn’t come back home & tell Ferdinand and Isabelle, I’m sorry, thats a lot of money down the drain..” - so I can’t see myself moving without developing a plan for my Golden City, or should I say, Diamond State. Another move, love to see things progress…