ENKINDLER

Published by Reggae Festival E-Guide 6/26/06

It’s the little things that matter most in life… try going a month without a favorite snack. I don’t think I’d last a month without ice cream. I know that it makes all the difference in the world to hear a please and thank you; especially when it comes from a teenager. Sometimes these things can be small, like someone letting you go ahead of them in a grocery line. It could be something that happens everyday, yet goes unnoticed by most such as a sunset. The truth is there are many things around us that seem insignificant, but are important nonetheless.

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Published by Reggae Festival E-Guide 11/1/05

It has been said that the best way to serve society is to rebel against it. In 1955, American laws supported race segregation. Two women ages 15 and 18 and a Sunday School teacher in Montgomery, Alabama were courageous enough to rock the boat. These young ladies chose to break the law in order to further the cause of equality, dignity, and freedom amongst people of color living in the southern United States. They refused to give up their seats to white men on a bus.

By their actions, these three African American women essentially pioneered the modern civil rights movement. Claudette Colvin, Mary Louis Smith and recently departed Rosa Parks changed the face of America forever.

Following their arrest for refusing to give up their seats to white men, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church proceeded to boycott the busing system of Alabama. Ninety percent of black people formerly using the buses walked or car-pooled to get to work and school. The boycott lasted 13 months. By 1957, the segregation laws were deemed unconstitutional.

With the passing of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks last week, let’s celebrate her courage. Her commitment to eliminate every visage of discrimination, was the basis of her stand. The non-violent protest to end the denial of basic human rights was an exemplary example for people everywhere. Rosa Parks rebelled with dignity and honor, thus possessing the necessary tenants of a righteous revolution! With dignity she stood against the status quot and provided a catalyst for those seeking self-determination and right of choice. Though she bore no children of her own, she was once quoted in saying, “I consider all children as mine.” Truly she became the mother of the modern civil rights movement in America.

We are grateful for her steadfastness. Praise Jah for her as an example to us all. Thank you Mrs. Parks for your humble service to humanity. Consider where in your world you may find the courage to stand in service non-violently, against the enemies of freedom, dignity, and equality.

In Jah’s Name I Pray,
James

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Powerless in the process
Transformed by all I’ve seen
Reserving judgment on “reality”
Best intentions require best inventions
of balance and discernment’s choices
Illumination from hidden voices
Guidance from the outer lands
could this be my long lost clan?
Rebirthed at the Crossroads of a Woman
Abort the fear, throw away the plan
Dispel the Shadows that inhabit your heartland
I remember you now as I hold your hand
now my heart untamed and unbound
joining in the fellowship of the unfound
a paradox of power requires resolution in the final hour
Apocalypse breathed from sacred lips
Time is punishment in the age of this eclipse
Poised for the future with Mother hips
aligned with the light
two souls in bliss

Written 1/22/05

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God is all that we are not,

all that is beyond the fingertips

of our imaginations will to grasp

or ability of our mind to project

Yet, the evidence of the Supreme

has cloaked the Universe in wonder

leaving stars like road maps

to navigate the space between our souls

and that of The Divine

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2012: Exclusive Release Video of New Artist!!!

DJ Crazy James and Afrobugger announce new recording to be released! “Are you ready for 2012?”

A circus-like soundtrack, furious with new musical freedom unseen or heard of  since Pink Floyd.

They are a true audio/visual package duo.

Catch them live if you can.  With elements of the sublime: Club DJ meets Blue Man Group performance art.

Add a little spoken word and freestyle and you have Poetry in Motion.

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Reggae Artist, father, and Freedom Fighter! A Strong Voice Against African Apartheid

ONE year since his murder…

LUCKY DUBE: tribute

This video was origionally made for Reggae Festival E-guide (myspace)

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Nelson Mandela

Published by Reggae Festival E-Guide 5/17/06

This week I took a trip to a beach in Northern California. It was a beautiful day. As I hiked up the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, I considered how fortunate I was to have this opportunity to be here.

At the top of the ridge, I sat facing the sun and cleared my head of the week’s stresses. I contemplated many things before settling my mind. I prayed for my family, my friends, and the people trapped in Darfur. I wondered what I would do if I was forced to leave my home, friends, and family. I thought of the incredible loss one must feel being a refugee in Chad. My heart felt broken for those suffering. Since Sudan doesn’t export oil or gold, it is land and power that the Janjaweed militants want. My mind couldn’t grasp the greed and anger that led to these atrocities. So, I continued to pray and meditate. In the end, it is simply hatred and violence that fuel the genocide. Yet, in the stillness I remembered the words of Nelson Mandela…

“If hatred and violence is taught, then compassion and love can be taught also.”

I began to pray for those who are perpetrating these inhumane acts. I asked Jah to change their hearts and teach them to love their neighbors. I asked for a miracle of change.

Please join me in praying this week for a miracle of change to happen in the hearts of these oppressors, so they may become able to love. Pray that they would be humbled, so they may learn compassion.

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Beauty

Beauty is my children in my arms at rest
Beautiful is the time that we have left
it is an image transformed
from mind to canvas
Beauty is a bridge stretched beyond a great crevasse
it is a burden carriaged by love
it is an Angel reaching down from up above
Beauty is two lovers engaged in a kiss
Beautiful is a Dandelion sent away by a children’s wish
It is illumination gained from a written word
and a sentence whispered by the trees
understood and never heard
Beauty is a rainy day while kept warm inside
it is a trust given without prejudice or pride
a wrong undone with out effort or strain
Beauty is a silent dignity whilst enduring pain
Beautiful is the Ocean
with it’s Glory and Power
it is adaptation to light in the darkest hour
Beauty is fear denied and severed
Inner Beauty is forever
Beautiful is sacrifice
beauty is not afraid to die

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what is a Rose?
something hidden, something revealed…
Revelation
Beauty beyond my hands to create
Untouchable with thorns set firmly in place
gnarled with bugs in it’s face
Still Sweet Smell to appreciate
Red runs towards the within
Vibrant as a noon day rainbow
in a child’s sprinkler canopy
Nothing to prove
Much to live for
Dangerous
Love and Pain dancing amongst natures wonder
another splendid created thing
Painted by the Queen’s Card men
Unnoticed Illusion
One with the Earth’s outer shell
more than a spectacle
Amazing

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My Truth Sonnet

Dreams are the poetry of sleep
Pain is a language of loneliness
Truth is the foundation of a promise
Death is the beginning of time
Balance is the tempest of change
Fear is the loss of faith
Power is the revelation of strength
Desire is a tendency of courage
Sadness is the key to honesty
Mercy is the wine of the soul
Lies are the warmth of shame
Circumstance is the possibilities of being
Control is the desperation of freedom
Grace is a crimson rose of mourning

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