It was great to see that so many of you enjoyed the workshops with Nani and the performance. Many of you commented on the things Nani said in the performance and on Friday in the workshop. That's great! One student commented that Nani himself used "tradition" to describe visual and performing arts, and that he also drew distinctions between public staged dances versus private spiritually activated dancing. I hope you all can see how "tradition" and "art" are social and temporal constructs. In each cultural manifestation of an art form--and each individual's creation--it becomes something new. Ie: "tradition" is actually constantly changing. For example, motifs like fans or autos on fancy-wax prints are symbolic, still a "sign" for something--, just as an adinkra stamp may be, albeit not from the older repertoire.
I enjoyed students' photos and video links, but this week there was a little less attention paid to copy editing. Make sure you edit your grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.
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