Stop Finding Things |
Bea has asked me to stop finding things. I think
this means Im a tad obsessive when I lose the cell phone chapstick
good pen for the nth time. Her India film
is generating a buzz...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:56:00 GMT |
Is This The End Of The Griot Trail? |
No doubt Im missing Papa. Karamo and I call him
every couple days. Hell be in Dakar for his flight back to NYC, to the
Bronx where he lives half the year, were flying there to catch ours.
Its a...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:34:00 GMT |
Meditations in an Emergency |
Abdullah, our big bear of a driver, had asked if he could have some
time with his family in Severe, but it was a surprise when he asked the
four of us to join them for what turned out to be one of t...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:20:00 GMT |
The Golden Monica |
How does it feel to be reading Ben Marcuss The Age of Wire and String
in Dogon country, Mali, Central West Africa? It feels great and it all
makes sense and makes me smile. Here you got this wonder...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:38:00 GMT |
Happy Trails |
How pleasant this trip has been With you beside me in the tent The desert songs you sang to me And the river. And the city. Now to return to what Who knows. The way it goes. Will we be togethe...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:36:00 GMT |
Back to Where to Start |
So much happened in pays Dogon that I can only hope hope hope will get across in the film. It surprises me how hard I'm finding it to theorize here in text re: orality. I've always loved this part, ...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:29:00 GMT |
Back to Bamako |
It seemed logical, at first, to go the farthest awayand then start to come back. But then Ram and I got to thinking. As in,what if something happened and we were in Timbuctoo fine howdy doo.Thus came ...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:20:00 GMT |
Tireli |
Sure enough, Amasayygou (Dolo, of course), is at the Kastor forbreakfast at 7. We lay out the days plans, the weeks plans: visitswith the elders, the diviners, the traditional healer, the griot, the...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:23:00 GMT |
Lamonts Suitcase |
Abdul drives in a day early, and we are all overwhelmed at seeing him and Lamont's suitcase, which is intact and unmolested. While we have been traveling Bamako- Timbuktu, the suitcase has been all th...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:05:00 GMT |
Last Dreams in Timbuktu |
Sana is going to let us scout his house. Abdul showed up a day early (with Lamont's suitcase, yea!) so we drive. Bea, Karamo hop out to follow Sana, I am slower and when I get out they're gone. ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:03:00 GMT |
