Invitation, Reader, Structure Of Belonging “Art for life’s sake” “Art for life’s sake,” is how percussionist John Santos describes the jazz tradition and the many African and Indigenous musical traditions that inform it. The work of improvisation is no…
Invitation, Reader, Structure Of Belonging Jazz meets Social Justice with SFJAZZ “The western concept of art for art’s sake is something that doesn’t exist in African and Indigenous forms and culture,” explains percussionist John Santos. “The art itself is functional. It’s…
Invitation, Poetry for Building Community, Reader Remember To remember is to grasp a piece of a story, and to hold onto your place within that story. No matter how grand, no matter how minute. Remember By Joy…
Invitation, Possibly: Freedom for A New Story, Reader, Structure Of Belonging Not Broken, Just Unfinished “Not broken, but simply unfinished.” With that line and the ones that followed, poet Amanda Gorman, not old enough to run for president, stole the show of the recent presidential…
Invitation, Reader, Structure Of Belonging Nightmares Released, Dreams Held To live with consciousness is to always know ourselves poised between dreams and nightmares. In this reflection, Josina Guess joins one ancestor, Langston Hughes, and one future ancestor, her daughter,…
