“HIV is no respecter of persons. Any of us could find ourselves with the disease, and then what? We tend to stigmatize as a way to deceive ourselves about our invincibility. But it is a delusion.” WayPersonsDiseaseDelusionDeceivingHivInvincibility Author:Kwame Dawes
“The rich and complex history of South Carolina is the history of the African diaspora, and in many ways, I felt acutely the sense of this collective memory of migration, suffering and transformation while living in South Carolina.” WaySufferingFeltMemoriesRichTransformationSouthComplexesCollectivesCarolinaMigrationSouth CarolinaDiasporaCollective Memory Author:Kwame Dawes
“The aesthetic, as I understand it, is really about the way in which we understand beauty and speak and think about beauty.” ThinkingWaySpeakAesthetic Author:Kwame Dawes
“For me, reggae music and its aesthetic are touchstones in both simple and complex ways. Reggae's capacity to be a folk music that is created in a wholly modern context of the recording studio (and sometimes that is the sole performance space) is riddled with the kinds of contradictory impulses that we have come to expect from the post-modern. I revel in this, for it gives me, shall I say, permission.” WayGivingKindSometimesSimpleSpaceModernCapacityPerformancesGive MeComplexesFolksStudiosPostsImpulseAestheticSolePermissionContradictoryReggaeFolk MusicTouchstonesRecording StudioReggae MusicSimple And Complex Author:Kwame Dawes
