Goatwater
by Tiffany Osedra Miller
Copyright 2011
Bassa Bassa Arts
all rights reserved.
March 29, 2011
Dear Reader,
Here's Page 5 of Goatwater. I will post page 6 on Tuesday, April 12th. Thank you for your continued interest and if this is your first time visiting, you can click here to start at the beginning. Thank you also for bookmarking this site, returning every two weeks to see the newest page and continuing to spread the word about Goatwater. Email any questions or comments to bassacards(at)yahoo.com.
As I mentioned last week, I will from time to time post rough excerpts from a book of essays about art and creativity I am writing. I've included one below.
Stories are Carnival
I grew up acquainted with the Caribbean carnival tradition, and more specifically that of the Antiguan Carnival tradition which, drawing inspiration from the more Lenten Carnivals celebrations was a carnival celebrating the independence of Antigua from Great Britain. In fact, I was in my Mother’s womb when I attended my first carnival and I am grateful to say that I haven’t recovered from the experience since. Nothing exemplifies the significance of survival for any oppressed group of people than the act of masking one’s self, literally or emotionally – to not only hide the truth, but to arrive, freely at greater truths.
Stories, in whatever way they come, are my way as the American-born child of Caribbean immigrants to honor that ever-powerful and wandering Carnival spirit that has helped me, with color and humor, to bear life’s tragedies and expand what forces in society have attempted for centuries to narrow.
Stories are Carnival
by Tiffany Osedra Miller
Copyright 2011
all rights reserved.
Dear Reader,
Here's Page 5 of Goatwater. I will post page 6 on Tuesday, April 12th. Thank you for your continued interest and if this is your first time visiting, you can click here to start at the beginning. Thank you also for bookmarking this site, returning every two weeks to see the newest page and continuing to spread the word about Goatwater. Email any questions or comments to bassacards(at)yahoo.com.
As I mentioned last week, I will from time to time post rough excerpts from a book of essays about art and creativity I am writing. I've included one below.
Stories are Carnival
I grew up acquainted with the Caribbean carnival tradition, and more specifically that of the Antiguan Carnival tradition which, drawing inspiration from the more Lenten Carnivals celebrations was a carnival celebrating the independence of Antigua from Great Britain. In fact, I was in my Mother’s womb when I attended my first carnival and I am grateful to say that I haven’t recovered from the experience since. Nothing exemplifies the significance of survival for any oppressed group of people than the act of masking one’s self, literally or emotionally – to not only hide the truth, but to arrive, freely at greater truths.
Stories, in whatever way they come, are my way as the American-born child of Caribbean immigrants to honor that ever-powerful and wandering Carnival spirit that has helped me, with color and humor, to bear life’s tragedies and expand what forces in society have attempted for centuries to narrow.
Stories are Carnival
by Tiffany Osedra Miller
Copyright 2011
all rights reserved.
