It’s clear that Chapman has accepted the charge of the true artist: to create art that makes us hear, makes us feel, and, above all, makes us see.
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The Commons Crit: How Anthony “Ay-Jaye” Nelson Finds Victory and Healing Through Movement
The crux of the matter, as Nelson puts it: “Be where you are in the moment and ground yourself in it.”
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The ultimate truth in Durham
Believe it or not, the war of the worlds is not happening in downtown Durham, and all the scattered piles of concrete is not evidence of the existence of Godzilla. But the massive construction and the sound of human beings yelling to their lungs’ capacity may make you wonder. Do a little investigation, and you’ll […]
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Mountains and mammies
Driving back from the N.C. Writer’s Network conference in Asheville, I stopped at an all-American gas station. I knew this was an all-American gas station because there were four or five huge American flags in front of it. I was feeling pretty all-American, too. I was with my girlfriend and we were driving a brand […]
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The magic of Jaki Shelton Green
In the ’90s, Nike ran a series of commercials for Air Jordan sneakers that featured his Airness with Spike Lee as the character Mars Blackmon. The gist was that Jordan’s prowess came from his shoes. “It’s gotta be the shoes,” was Mars Blackmon’s refrain. The first thing I noticed when Jaki Shelton Green sat down […]
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Missing Tyrone
She hangs a picture of her grandson Tyrone In the hallowed space on her wall Between JFK and Martin Luther King When news of the JFK assassination came cross the TV She was doing her daughter’s hair She dropped the hot comb and burned her daughter’s leg When King was killed, she spilled coffee all […]
