DEOZI
  • DEOZI HOME PAGE
  • DEOZI VISUAL ART
  • DEOZI BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
  • DEOZI MUSIC
  • DEOZI SPEAKS

UTMOST RESPECT TO THE MOTHER OF MOTHERS!

5/13/2012

1 Comment

 
Picture
MOTHER'S DAY, has always been celebrated, in degrees and variations, by the ancients through their most venerated and ancient Ancestors (If you search through my past works on the side, you will see other depictions of mother veneration).The ancient Egyptians saw the power of a Mother via Mut, Ma'at, Neith, and Aset (Isis). The Akan via Asase Ya, the Yoruba via Oshun and Yemoja, the Taino via Atabey, are all expressions of Motherhood; and some thought it not wrong to make this analagous to the Source's relationship to all people and the entire universe.

What does this say to us? Our Mothers, are in fact, the Mother of mothers!

This tradition has always been with our people; but We most importantly, should remember the mother's of persecution and struggle. The list are too many to name: Yaa Asantewaa, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Harriet Tubman, Queen Nanny (feel free to add on in comment), and of course, YOURS! 

Julia Ward Howe, a humble abolitionist and poet, is given credit in proclaiming this specific day in the United States of America. Anne Jarvis succeeded in making it an actual holiday in the year 1914 C.E. To my knowledge, there is no record of them being knowledgeable of the veneration of mothers in ancient civilizations, but I think their move is something reflective of a universal truth, that all people should be agree upon and cherish: 1) we must give honor and respect to the ones we all come out of, and 2) honor the ones that impact you as a mother despite if they gave birth to you or not. A Happy and Joyous Mother's Day to you all! DEOZI! deozi@deozi.com
1 Comment
    If you love the work of DEOZI, please support
    Click on the number button and recommend DEOZI

    DEOZI:

    For Artwork Service, Contact deozi@deozi.com!

    Archives

    December 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    January 2010

    ART GLYPHS

    All
    Addictions
    Akonnedi
    Answer
    Atabey
    Be Natural
    Boukman
    Brotherhood
    Confusion
    Daddy Power
    Deminan
    D.N.A.
    Empress Returns
    Family Unity
    Foreign Policy
    Ignorant Cereal
    Indigenous
    Justice Never Pretty
    Kheper Ra
    Kweku Anansi
    Little People
    Living Egg
    Lord Of All Time
    Marcus Garvey
    Melanin Gifts
    Mother Earth
    Mother Nature
    Mothers Day1
    Nana Esi
    Nathaniel
    Nation Babee1
    Neter Heru
    Neter Ptah
    Nyame
    Orunmila
    Religious Imagery
    Set
    Take The Stage
    Tano And Bea
    The Empress
    Wasteland
    Wolf And Sheep
    Writing Systems Of Africa
    Zeal For Haiti

    RSS Feed

DEOZI MEANS DRAWING ENDLESSLY ON ZEALOUS IMAGINATION!
  • DEOZI HOME PAGE
  • DEOZI VISUAL ART
  • DEOZI BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
  • DEOZI MUSIC
  • DEOZI SPEAKS