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Slam Nahuatl (ná-watl)

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Our Mission
Slam Nahuatl is dedicated towards using the art of spoken word to uplift members of our community. Our slogan is “Achieving Immortality through Creativity.”
The Meaning of Nahuatl
Nahuatl was primarily an oral language of the Aztec people, which still lends itself to expressive metaphors, and eloquent repetitions. Nahuatl has over a million and a half speakers, more than any other family of indigenous languages in Mexico today. The name "Nahuatl" (pronounced in two syllables, ná-watl) comes from the root nahua ([nawa]) which means 'clear sound' or 'command'.
Poetry in the Aztec Culture
Poetry in the Aztec world was known as "flower and song," the Nahuatl metaphors for art and symbolism. It was the highest art form and it often celebrated the transient nature of life on earth. Life, so solid, so apparently real, was thus an illusion. Only by creating art, by imitating the Lord of the Close and the Near, could they aspire to immortality. Thus the idea that "art made things divine," and only the divine was true. In this they felt they were imitating their principal deity, Omeoteotl, the creator of the universe, also called the Lord and Lady of the Close and the Near. Omeoteotl achieved immortality through creativity, and the Aztec poets sought to do the same.

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"Is this Heaven?" "No, it's Iowa"

April 16, 2009, Gallery 5 - And so Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) answers his father in Field of Dreams, by far one of my favorite films of all time.  In many ways I can relate to Ray Kinsella, the c...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:48:00 GMT

Nahuatl Makes Name for itself on Broadway

Nahuatl Makes Name for itself on Broadway....April 12, 2009 Roy Arias Theatre, New York, NY  Ask the average person walking down Times Square the meaning of the word Nahuatl and few people would be...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:35:00 GMT

Could this be the Heart of God?

February 19th, 2009  Gallery 5, Richmond, VAArticle by Daniel José CustódioThe heart is a muscular organ in all vertebrates responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhyth...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:17:00 GMT

My Thoughts on Tuesday Verses

After my last blog I have gotten questions about my thoughts on Tuesday Verses and here they are:Lorna, the host of Tuesday Verses, is one of the most positive and beautiful people I have met in this ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:44:00 GMT

Setting the Record Straight

Dear Poetry, Richmond and National Community:I am writing this blog out of a feeling of personal responsibility to make a clear line in the sand to separate Slam Nahuatl from what I refer to as "other...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:37:00 GMT

End Hunger Poet Slam V: Lets paint our faces, recite poems like we are Gods and...

End Hunger Poet Slam V:  Lets paint our faces, recite poems like we are Gods and pretend this Carnival will never end&January 15, 2009, Richmond, VA --  There was magic in the cold, sharp air in Ric...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:40:00 GMT

Updated Standings after Slam V

Slam Nahuatl Standings1 Daniel 24.5 * Slam I Winner2 Alchemist 18 * Slam III Winner3 Roscoe Burnems 16 *, ** Slam II, IV Winner4 Rasul the Knowbody 13.5 * 5 El Poeta 10.5 * 6 Angel 8 * Slam V Winner7 ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:33:00 GMT

End Hunger Poet Slam IV: Planting Seeds in Richmond

December 18, 2008, Richmond, VA -- "Grapes&Green&Seedless&" These were the three simple words that began one of Jive Poetic's poems at Slam Nahuatl's End Hunger Slam V. Jive Poetic went on to questio...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:09:00 GMT

Updated Standings after Slam IV

1 Daniel 19.5 * (winner of Slam I)2 Alchemist 17.5 * (winner of Slam III)3 Roscoe Burnems 16 *, ** (winner of Slam II and IV)4 Rasul the Knowbody 12 * 5 El Poeta 10.5 * 6 Robaloo Shun 5 * 7 Megan Rick...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:51:00 GMT

Updated Slam Nahuatl Standings after Slam III

1 Alchemist 16 *  2 Daniel&nbs p;14.5 *  3 El Poeta 10.5 *  4 Rasul the Knowbody 11 *  5 Roscoe Burne...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:55:00 GMT