I CAME FROM TRINIDAD AT 5 YEARS OF AGE
MY MOTHER - FULL OF PULSATIONS
AND AGONIES AND REPETITIONS
- INSISTED ON BRINGING ME HERE.
HER DREAM
WAS STRONG
SHE ENCOURAGED ME
TO MAKE PAINTINGS
AND SANG TO ME
INCOMPREHENSIBLE SONGS:
"AGWE ARRORO
PROTECT YOUR LITTLE ONES,
RECEIVE
THE SPIRIT
OF ERZULIE:
OF EVERYTHING WHICH IS
MORE
THAN THAT
WHICH IS NECESSARY -
OF VUDUON:
THE MYSTERY THAT
IS GOD IN THE WORLD"
SHE KNEW
THE MOVEMENTS
OF CELESTIAL BODIES,
AND RELATED STORIES
BY GRAVITY
O
THE BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXITY OF THIS WOMAN:
MUSIC FOR THE EYES
