some feelings about the sacred
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Some Feelings about the Sacred. Eric Arnould ACR 2012 All images from my personal collection. Hafiz says everything…. I like this ancestor ( Nommo ) watching over me…. Dogon. I find it reassuring that Nimba surveys the rice fields. Liberia. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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SOME FEELINGS ABOUT THE SACREDEric ArnouldACR 2012
All images from my personal collection
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HAFIZ SAYS EVERYTHING…
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I LIKE THIS ANCESTOR (NOMMO) WATCHING OVER ME…
Dogon
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I FIND IT REASSURING THAT NIMBA SURVEYS THE RICE FIELDS
Liberia
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MAYBE I HAVE A SPIRIT TWIN, IS THAT WHY I’M LONELY?
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I’VE SEEN ENOUGH NOT TO MOCK THE THUNDEROUS POWERS
Shango staff, Benin
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AND SOME SACRED POWERS SCARE ME DEEPLY, NOT ONLY THIS BUT…
The fetish is not a representation, it is.
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THEM
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I TREASURE THE ENIGMA OF THE SACRED
The Dogon say the Telem could fly; if they could make this, why not?
Obviously they also cut off heads
Telem, ca. 14-15th century, Mali
4cm
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THE SACRED IS ALSO ALIEN, DON’T GET COZY These were made
for hundreds of thousands of years everywhere on earth according to the same basic pattern
They weren’t made by H. sapiens
Acheulean hand axe
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OBVIOUSLY, IMAGES ARE NOT THE ONLY LINK TO THE SACRED
And sometimes reaching the sacred takes discipline…
But drinking the ink can bring a blessing
Slate with Quranic text, Niger
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INHABITED, EMBODIED LINKS
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HAFIZ SAYS WE NEED SILENCE TO LET THE BELOVED IN
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SACRED THINGS CAN BE Active and passive Immanent and present Alien and familiar Powerful and impotent Reachable and out of reach Enigmatic and mundane Being and nothingness Frightening and reassuring Ethereal and embodied
BUT ALWAYS INTENSELY FELT
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A LIBATION FOR YOU
Drinking millet beer in Bobo Dioulasso