Tayari's Blog: KUUMBA!

Posted by TayariJones on December 31, 2006 10:45 AM
Filed under Writing

Today is the sixth day of Kwanzaa, Kuumba. (My good friend, Jafari, created the beautiful Kwaanza display pictured here.)

Today, January 31, is the day to celebrate the creative arts and the creativity in each of us. The official website of Kwaanza explains the principle of Kuumba as:

To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.

I really like this broadly drawn application of creativity. So often, we describe someone as "creative" only if she is a writer, painter, dancer, etc. But each of us is creative and we can put this gift to work every day. Sweet Honey in The Rock performs a lovely song called "Seven Principles". With their breath-taking harmonies, they interpret the seven principles of Kwaanza. For Kuumba they sing, "All that we touch is more beautiful!"

Let's spend this day touching everything and everyone that we can.

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Comment #1, by Teri E-B [TypeKey Profile Page]

as the year closes, i'd like to say thanks for your blog, tayari. it's part of my reading ritual. looking forward to 2007!

teri

December 31, 2006 12:22 PM

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