Afrikan Artis an expression of making Intelligent, and complex functional symbols of the Earth and society.Afrikan Art is the reflection of the ALL. With the Afrikan as whole brain thinkers, the combinations of associations are formidable. In every element of nature, the cosmos and spirituality Afrikan Art is a way that influences and affects the senses, emotions, thoughts and soul of an individual, and the collective consciousness of the community that an individual dwells in. It involves all ranges of human activities, and modes of nurturing and healing, including music, sculpture, painting, storytelling, literature, architecture, furniture, hairstyles, skin scarification, jewelry, dress and textile, food, dance, defense, medicine, and even the modern aspects of film, photography and digital technology. The meaning of art has been studied and explored in disciplines of history, science, philosophy, aesthetics and psychological analysis, in its relationships with people.Afrikan Art celebrates life from the microcosmic to the macrocosmic. Our ancestors understood energy and vibrations and it's aspects to the senses. So sight, sound, smell, taste, texture, movement, was alive with intensity. All of life was celebrated through art. The transitions of seasons, cosmos, birthing, naming, initiation, rite of passage, marriage, rite of the elders, were all accented with colors, sounds, tastes, smells texture and music, As life is eternal, we celebrated the ascension of our elders to the Ancestors, where they are eternally accessible,where we can commune with their spirits and not the fatality of death. Aspects of art are then revealed in herbalism, meditation, relationships of family to the bonding of men and women, Men's Rites, Women's Rites, Funeral traditions, worship of the ALL, and the cosmos.Traditionally, the term art refers to any functional craft, skill or mastery. It came to be associated with "a special faculty of human thought, often classified with religion and science. Generally speaking, art is made with the intention of stimulating thoughts and emotions. Afrikan art is functional and all encompassing!(C) Adenike AmenRa, Oct. 5th 2010
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