I just picked up why the cage bird sings for 50 cent at a library. I couldn’t believe it because I have been meaning to read it. I absolutely love Maya and reading through her black voice.
Those were beautiful answers Dominique. You’ve a very poetic imagination. When I thought about the question a bit, I came to essentially the same answer. A caged bird sings to sustain hope that he will be set free one day and to experience as much freedom as he can in his captured state. It’s a very evocative question. Thinking about it made me think of Emily Dickinson and of African slaves. If I’m not mistaken Emily Dickinson was something of a recluse for health reasons and probably because of anxiety as well. But she felt her world was expanded through her poetry and through her studies. Similarly African slaves continued traditions of musical and rhythmic storytelling which later combined with other styles to create Rock and Roll and probably Samba, Salsa, Merengue, R&B and other musical styles. I think they wanted to feel free. So they sustained these traditions even at the risk of being punished to maintain a sense of autonomy, of identity and of freedom. The yearnings of the soul don’t change. P.S. You look lovely
@@aknor that’s very sweet of you, thank you 🌻 you know what they say, “poetry begins not where the knife enters, but where the blade twists.” 🤭 Thank you for sharing. i didn’t know about these parts of history about Emily Dickinson and the African slaves. somehow, it appears that the longing for freedom and expansion of one’s own world and experiences seem to weave one individual to another, regardless of which time period we belong in 🤔
@@aknor that’s an interesting question. I actually haven’t gotten the chance to have an interpretation in word form because it instantly made sense to me due to some of the things that has happened in this life so far. but, I will try my best to find words to describe how it meant to me. For me, it kinda felt like…there’s so much blood on the streets so i’m gonna use it as ink, not only to honor those whose lives were taken but also due to the fact that resources are scarce. Also, it gave me that kind of feeling about how they portray in movies the stories about some group of powerful people back in the medieval times, about how they force the commoners to give their harvest and sometimes they don’t get contented with that, they also hurt the people or burn the village afterwards or something 🤔
I just picked up why the cage bird sings for 50 cent at a library. I couldn’t believe it because I have been meaning to read it. I absolutely love Maya and reading through her black voice.
Those were beautiful answers Dominique. You’ve a very poetic imagination. When I thought about the question a bit, I came to essentially the same answer. A caged bird sings to sustain hope that he will be set free one day and to experience as much freedom as he can in his captured state. It’s a very evocative question. Thinking about it made me think of Emily Dickinson and of African slaves. If I’m not mistaken Emily Dickinson was something of a recluse for health reasons and probably because of anxiety as well. But she felt her world was expanded through her poetry and through her studies. Similarly African slaves continued traditions of musical and rhythmic storytelling which later combined with other styles to create Rock and Roll and probably Samba, Salsa, Merengue, R&B and other musical styles. I think they wanted to feel free. So they sustained these traditions even at the risk of being punished to maintain a sense of autonomy, of identity and of freedom. The yearnings of the soul don’t change.
P.S. You look lovely
@@aknor that’s very sweet of you, thank you 🌻
you know what they say, “poetry begins not where the knife enters, but where the blade twists.” 🤭
Thank you for sharing. i didn’t know about these parts of history about Emily Dickinson and the African slaves. somehow, it appears that the longing for freedom and expansion of one’s own world and experiences seem to weave one individual to another, regardless of which time period we belong in 🤔
@ “Poetry begins not where the blade enters, but where the blade twists” I’d never heard this before. What does it mean to you?
@@aknor that’s an interesting question. I actually haven’t gotten the chance to have an interpretation in word form because it instantly made sense to me due to some of the things that has happened in this life so far.
but, I will try my best to find words to describe how it meant to me.
For me, it kinda felt like…there’s so much blood on the streets so i’m gonna use it as ink, not only to honor those whose lives were taken but also due to the fact that resources are scarce.
Also, it gave me that kind of feeling about how they portray in movies the stories about some group of powerful people back in the medieval times, about how they force the commoners to give their harvest and sometimes they don’t get contented with that, they also hurt the people or burn the village afterwards or something 🤔