we look at danger and we laugh our heads off

-saying on a Congolese t-shirt

crawl through your cross

wait for Easter

a poem will greet you on the Way

listen to its music

dance like a baby

Adam will catch you

when you fall

don't panic

it's been entered before

hug it like a favored toy

*So much of the creativity of a culture is a response to the reality of sickness, whether this is in the realm of oral tradition, written literature, music, dance, visual art, or the festival mobilizations of communities.  Healing always points toward a renewal of creative powers, toward a condition that is vital, stirring, strong and whole, as befits a creative beginning.  Art embodies and expresses these creative virtues, which link art inextricably to healing.

-Lawrence E. Sullivan