Monday, February 02, 2004

Alpha Kappaccino is going to be the bomb. I just have this feeling. At first I was worried about how many people would participate, but that quickly faded. Then the Zetas decided to have an auction on the same night and two of the people we asked are Zetas. Surprisingly, they said they weren't going to the auction and they would be at the poetry night. WEIRD, huh? Tonight we had a planning meeting. It's going to be great. Anyway, after the meeting a young lady asked if she could talk to me. I was like what's up because we never talk. She said she was talking to one of our classmates and this particular classmate said that we (Generation X) is so far removed from the struggle and we don't appreciate poets like Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. This comment was bothering her because Hughes is her favorite. I told her we may not appreciate it the way Hughes himself did, but that doesn't mean we don't appreciate it. Yes, poeple who were actually beaten understand the struggle more than we do because they lived through it, but that doesn't mean we don't. I know reading about things doesn't make me fully aware of what it was like to live through it, but it gives me something. Anyway, their poetry is not really about getting sprayed with waterhoses or attacked by dogs. Cullen doesn't even know how to identify and Hughes main thing is be proud to be black. Some of his works are ambiguous as well because he struggles (somewhat with the race issue). A few of his later works touch on Scottsboro and the different events in Alabama. It's not really about a struggle in sense of the Civil Rights Movement, it's more so a day to day struggle on being black. And anyway it is poetry. How is she just gone up and say we don't appreciate the poetry. When I think about poetry, my mind goes straight to Harlem Renassaince. That's the period I like the most. That's the period I relate to best. I don't know why, but it is. Anyway, then we got into religion. I like discussions about religion, as long as I can say what I feel and not hurt anyone's feelings. We talked about graven images, evangalists vs pastors, people catching the holy ghost, speaking in tongues (which I don't understand the purpose, someone help me) and churches that seem more like social organizations. We agreed on some issues, disagreed on others. Either way, I enjoyed the convo.
Posted by Nik :: 2/02/2004 :: 0 Comments:

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