From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #1598 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Wednesday, October 24 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 1598 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: The Only Black Man at the Party/Art Nouveau ["David J. Phillips" Subject: Re: The Only Black Man at the Party/Art Nouveau On 24/10/12 15:1620, Shari Eaton wrote: > Curious how you're uncomfortable with Joni's relation to racism. > >> Knowing only what I've heard Joni utter about it, it has seemed to >> me to re-inforce the most banal racial tropes. > > Not sure what you're referring to... > I'm referring to the association of directions with races and racial attributes: "as she elaborated in the concert film Painting with Words and Music, Mitchell believes the wheel distributes human qualities by the compass points of a racialized globe. Wisdom is of the North and the white race; heart comes from the soulful blacks of the South. Clarity is the gift of the Easts intelligent yellow race and introspection from the spiritual red men of the West (Fellezs 166; Tosoni)" (from the grier article) djp ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #1598 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------