4 months ago
Francis James commented on the video Talking Stick + Marni Rice

02/09/08

I enjoyed the Ms. Marni Rice, Master Lee, and Mr. Patrick stories. All three posses a spiritual and philosophical resonance and allows the listener/viewer to access their unique world views. The story mix was most fortunate fro the listener. One tale focused on materialism, one existential pain, and one as a point of origin. The minimal visual background as counterpoint to the stories was most effective and meditative.

Storytelling is a skill or artform that many believe postmodern man has lost. It's good to know that this tradition is alive and being preserved in the Rubin Museum of Art. It's comforting to see (via video) and hear an oral culture in the Third Millennium. The hermeneutics of everyone’s
“life-text” as “life that is lived,” provides an endless source of meaningful material to be constructed and reconstructed as artful praxis.

Congratulations!

Francis James