by David Mc

Created on: August 04, 2008

With the SUN ENERGY, and not with a child, presently, I reach for my past and think toward the future for a smooth transitional subjective icon to use in considering a cloth of design for a baby or child in the Kwanzaa season. One I choose to use for my image of future events in conjecture. Here when considering Kwanzaa, the weaver, designer and enmesher of the cloth, in lieu of my first and natural thought, I lean toward my thought of my nephew's Christmas time, of his culture and environment, him donned in a robe of the season. Knowing this is a time to remember and recall his times with his friends and in the future, his childrens', I move to secure something to be kept throughout his life time similar to a nativity setting used by my father to mark the history through the season. I envision for him relaxation and a reminshing in the spirit, of the spirit and time of this celebration, his holiday. The young man, I watched grow into a fine elementary school youth. I think not deeply toward his clothing needs as a whole since I know his parents have secured most of his attire but I think on what will aid him in fitting into the spirit and power of the celebrating culture.

My thoughts drift to his father, whom I admire for his strong upbringing of him and his mother whom I herald for choice of father. I engender the depth of the profit of his world and all that I can do to move him into a light that is speaking of what good we are creating and what good we should be doing with the time allotted. I map my goals for the aquiring those acoutriments remaining from of the likes of Kwanzaa. From a study of my foundation and the merits and goals of the Kwanzaa celebration, so that I may plot with the same plan an oriented gift, sprinkled with the knowledge and experience of the best we can muster to offer each other from our store of gifts during the season.

Here we start with my knowledge of Kwanzaa and its originator, a Dr. Malangua, I believe him to be, one of history in America, who sought the traditions of Africa, and what I know of his gatherings. Then I regard the time spent with an associate of the sciences who showed evidence of his orientation of his country and what he knew of Kwanzaa generated from his organization called the East African Harvest. The time shared here, edified me in some of the African ways of remembering time. The games with smooth stones, the goal of the recitation of proverbial African speech from the various participating countries,

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