This project explores the significance of classical African thought in terms of its applicability within contemporary contexts. The notion of the classical is used in preference to conceptions through which foundational African thought is more often characterised. These concepts are those of the “traditional” and the “endogenous”.
The endogenous character of many of theses schemes of thought is being challenged by a colonial and post-colonial modernity in which these once dominant but now often marginalised schemes of thought have become alien to the dominant epistemes through which modern African societies are organised and managed. The concept of the “traditional” is also not employed here since many of these schemes of thought are functioning within modern societies in a manner that foregrounds questions about the parallel existence of various forms of modernity, within and between societies.
The conventional understanding of the opposition of the traditional and the modern is therefore called into question by the active coexistence of styles of thought and action which represent each of these supposedly antithetical points of social development.
One of such forms of conflictual or heterotopic modernity is one in which the underlying premises of these pre-modern systems have a part.
Christianity, Islam and other more recent entrants into African experience might also be examined in terms of how they have been made endogenous to Africa.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Thursday, January 11, 2007
ON EXPLORINGDECADENCE
I have been able to move closer to the definitive shape I expect
this vision to take.I have resolved that,for the moment,I will use a
blog rather than a DVD to provide access to the material I am
developing.This will be easier for me to manage and also provide a
more interactive encounter of the viewer and reader with the material.
To elaborate on what I stated in my gumtree posting,I am integrating
philosophical,religious,spiritual and literary texts with erotic
imagery,including pornography.The purpose of this is to enable an
enjoyment of the erotic/pornographic image while providing the
opportunity to engage oneself in implications of that image at
philosophical,religious,spiritual and literary levels.
I achieve this by correlating the images with texts from these various
areas of discourse.The texts are drawn from various cultures and time
periods,from ancient Asia to the modern West,from the Bible to the
Hindu epic of the Mahabharata.
The variety of the texts is further developed through the contrasts
between the contents of the texts.Texts that celebrate sensuality and
sexuality are posted alternately with those that denigrate those
aspects of human life or demonstrate a wariness of them.The purpose of
this juxtaposition is to highlight the contradictions demonstrated
by human attitudes to sexuality.These contradictions are further
highlighted by the provocative pairing of texts that are wary of the
erotic with striking erotic images.These juxtapositions also lead
into philosophical reflections on the role of contraries in the world.
The wealth of the blog is also further developed by the fact that I,as
publisher of the blog, demonstrate relationships between the images
and the texts through a reflection on both of them.These reflection
not only makes explicit the relationships I perceive between the
images and the chosen texts,but take the blog to the philosophic level
that inspires it in the first place.This level is suggested by the
words of the porn actor Lexington Steele,which are quoted in the blog
header-his words about how he integrates his relationship with God
with his life as a professional fornicator,as he describes himself.
In my reflections on the relationships between the texts and the
images,I explore the manner in which they highlight the kind of
contradiction suggested by Steele's words.I describe the appeal of
the image for me and its relationship to the ideas at play.
The blog format enables this reflection to open in a separate window
that facilitates a seamless browsing experience.It also enables the
reader to contribute their reflections to the blog by making comments
in the comments links the blog provides,thereby making the encounter
an interactive one.
At the moment,I have twenty posts where images are paired with texts.I
have also uploaded some of my reflections on the pairing of images
and texts.
I will update the blog at the rate of one pair of images and texts a
week and one reflection on an image and text pair a week.
All the images and texts are within the law.
Saturday, January 6, 2007
TRAVELLER FROM BEYOND SEEKS PARTICULAR TERRESTIAL LIFE FORM
Passing through space near the third planet from the sun, I received news on my transmitter that life forms of the kind I seek are present on that sphere.
I alighted and assumed the identity of a man from a continent where the sun often burns hotter than in other places and where the people are therefore coloured a dusky hue.
It seems, though, that the creatures of this place are not so easily understood as on other planets, so I have chosen to use this medium in my quest for the kind of humans I am looking for.
Humans of negative gender but with positive character.
Who delight in the exercise of the mind.
I will respond to you as I take a break from exploring this wondrous sphere as shown in the products of human minds in books, art and the peculiar configuration of this world in natural forms.
Passing through space near the third planet from the sun, I received news on my transmitter that life forms of the kind I seek are present on that sphere.
I alighted and assumed the identity of a man from a continent where the sun often burns hotter than in other places and where the people are therefore coloured a dusky hue.
It seems, though, that the creatures of this place are not so easily understood as on other planets, so I have chosen to use this medium in my quest for the kind of humans I am looking for.
Humans of negative gender but with positive character.
Who delight in the exercise of the mind.
I will respond to you as I take a break from exploring this wondrous sphere as shown in the products of human minds in books, art and the peculiar configuration of this world in natural forms.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
THE END OF UNINTELLIGENT PORNOGRAPHY
Why must our minds and spirit be separate from our enjoyment of the glorious pleasures of the flesh?
Why must I leave my mind and education at the door when I want to enjoy the unbridled demonstration of that lust that makes the world go round?
Philosophers like St. Augustine, Buddha, Hegel, Nagarjuna, critics of the erotic as well as hard core sensualists, come together in this DVD.
A feast for the senses and the mind.
The great conflict of mind and body is here enacted in a canvas that spans all ages of time and all regions of the earth.
You are left to form your own conclusions.
An experience you will never forget. Erotica will never be the same again.
Stunning images that take you to the debauchery of ancient Rome, the glorious celebrations of the flesh in the modern West, the cornucopia of the flesh that emerges from Africa.
Explorations of the senses and the flesh as evil are contrasted with explorations of them as fundamental to our heritage as humans.
Hard core pornography from the mistresses and masters of the art, celebrations of the art of the body, words of poetic power and philosophical thought,
There is something here for everyone.
Ogle great pictures, read powerful text, challenge your mind, titillate yourself with uncompromising erotica.
Puzzle over what St. Augustine and Buddha are doing in a porn DVD.
The choice is yours.
Why must our minds and spirit be separate from our enjoyment of the glorious pleasures of the flesh?
Why must I leave my mind and education at the door when I want to enjoy the unbridled demonstration of that lust that makes the world go round?
Philosophers like St. Augustine, Buddha, Hegel, Nagarjuna, critics of the erotic as well as hard core sensualists, come together in this DVD.
A feast for the senses and the mind.
The great conflict of mind and body is here enacted in a canvas that spans all ages of time and all regions of the earth.
You are left to form your own conclusions.
An experience you will never forget. Erotica will never be the same again.
Stunning images that take you to the debauchery of ancient Rome, the glorious celebrations of the flesh in the modern West, the cornucopia of the flesh that emerges from Africa.
Explorations of the senses and the flesh as evil are contrasted with explorations of them as fundamental to our heritage as humans.
Hard core pornography from the mistresses and masters of the art, celebrations of the art of the body, words of poetic power and philosophical thought,
There is something here for everyone.
Ogle great pictures, read powerful text, challenge your mind, titillate yourself with uncompromising erotica.
Puzzle over what St. Augustine and Buddha are doing in a porn DVD.
The choice is yours.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Dear Mr.Jakubowski,Good afternoon.Thank you very much for your prompt and courteous response to my phone call this morning.Its a heady experience being able to talk to you and get your permission to send a publishing project to you for your guidance and possible participation.
This project is inspired by,among other sources,your conception of erotica as demonstrated in The Mammoth Book of Erotica and encapsulated in your assertion that "Erotic writing at its best[transcends]pornography".It has plenty of sex,but it also embodies people's "feelings,imagination and a radiant sense of discovery of the joys that flesh can bring".
It is also inspired by the words of the pornographic actor,Lexington Steele, in an interview at http://www.getbig.com/iview/steele040315.htm where he describes how his work as a dedicated pornographic actor led him to a creative flexibility in his spiritual life.
The project explores the issues thrown up by your evocation of the delights of the senses in relation to sexuality and by Steele's description of himself as a professional fornicator who interprets his life as a prostitute in terms of divine guidance.
The project explores these questions by juxtaposing evocations of the senses and the flesh as obstacles to an enlightened or spiritual life with those that celebrate the senses and sexuality,particularly in relation to philosophical and spiritual issues.
The texts would be drawn from almost,if not every, era and location known to history.They would move from ancient Africa to Asia to the modern West.These juxtapositions would be made made further provocative by being placed alongside images of graphic sexuality,often pornographic,which not only celebrate the body but seek to inflame the senses through the artful depiction of sexuality.
\n \nI\'m using a blog as a workshop or pilot for this project.I see the project as consisting of a blog and a book complementing each other.The blog would provide regular,perhaps daily updates in a medium that would provide a broader range of accessibility to the materials than a book \ncould.It would provide links to the sources of the texts and images used.It would also allow for reader participation in a manner that books cannot,through comments links where readers can leave their comments.The blog would also enable a level of global accessibility of the book\'s subject matter that could be channeled into greater demand for the \nbook.An aspect of the project,which I am considering placing in the book too,would be my plan of enabling links to commentaries provided by me,to the texts and images,reflecting on their significance in relation to the theme of the project.\n\n \nThe book,on the other hand,would provide an ergonomic comfort that a computer cannot provide.The lure of the computer or of even a handheld computing device still cannot replace the sheer pleasure of holding a book.\n\n \nThe blog is at www.exploringdecadence.blogspot.com. A google search finds it easily.\n \nI see this project as providing a bridge between what could be described as the low brow appeal of porn and the highbrow satisfaction provided by classic writings which denigrate or celebrate the sensual and the \nerotic.It would therefore attract readers by appealing to different sides of human nature.\n \nI can have the first full demonstration of the project ready in one month or less.\n \nThank you.",1]
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I'm using a blog as a workshop or pilot for this project.I see the project as consisting of a blog and a book complementing each other.The blog would provide regular,perhaps daily updates in a medium that would provide a broader range of accessibility to the materials than a book could.It would provide links to the sources of the texts and images used.It would also allow for reader participation in a manner that books cannot,through comments links where readers can leave their comments.The blog would also enable a level of global accessibility of the book's subject matter that could be channeled into greater demand for the book.An aspect of the project,which I am considering placing in the book too,would be my plan of enabling links to commentaries provided by me,to the texts and images,reflecting on their significance in relation to the theme of the project.
The book,on the other hand,would provide an ergonomic comfort that a computer cannot provide.The lure of the computer or of even a handheld computing device still cannot replace the sheer pleasure of holding a book.
The blog is at www.exploringdecadence.blogspot.com. A Google search finds it easily.
I see this project as providing a bridge between what could be described as the low brow appeal of porn and the highbrow satisfaction provided by classic writings which denigrate or celebrate the sensual and the erotic.It would therefore attract readers by appealing to different sides of human nature.
I can have the first full demonstration of the project ready in one month or less.
Thank you.
Toyin Adepoju
This project is inspired by,among other sources,your conception of erotica as demonstrated in The Mammoth Book of Erotica and encapsulated in your assertion that "Erotic writing at its best[transcends]pornography".It has plenty of sex,but it also embodies people's "feelings,imagination and a radiant sense of discovery of the joys that flesh can bring".
It is also inspired by the words of the pornographic actor,Lexington Steele, in an interview at http://www.getbig.com/iview/steele040315.htm where he describes how his work as a dedicated pornographic actor led him to a creative flexibility in his spiritual life.
The project explores the issues thrown up by your evocation of the delights of the senses in relation to sexuality and by Steele's description of himself as a professional fornicator who interprets his life as a prostitute in terms of divine guidance.
The project explores these questions by juxtaposing evocations of the senses and the flesh as obstacles to an enlightened or spiritual life with those that celebrate the senses and sexuality,particularly in relation to philosophical and spiritual issues.
The texts would be drawn from almost,if not every, era and location known to history.They would move from ancient Africa to Asia to the modern West.These juxtapositions would be made made further provocative by being placed alongside images of graphic sexuality,often pornographic,which not only celebrate the body but seek to inflame the senses through the artful depiction of sexuality.
\n \nI\'m using a blog as a workshop or pilot for this project.I see the project as consisting of a blog and a book complementing each other.The blog would provide regular,perhaps daily updates in a medium that would provide a broader range of accessibility to the materials than a book \ncould.It would provide links to the sources of the texts and images used.It would also allow for reader participation in a manner that books cannot,through comments links where readers can leave their comments.The blog would also enable a level of global accessibility of the book\'s subject matter that could be channeled into greater demand for the \nbook.An aspect of the project,which I am considering placing in the book too,would be my plan of enabling links to commentaries provided by me,to the texts and images,reflecting on their significance in relation to the theme of the project.\n\n \nThe book,on the other hand,would provide an ergonomic comfort that a computer cannot provide.The lure of the computer or of even a handheld computing device still cannot replace the sheer pleasure of holding a book.\n\n \nThe blog is at www.exploringdecadence.blogspot.com. A google search finds it easily.\n \nI see this project as providing a bridge between what could be described as the low brow appeal of porn and the highbrow satisfaction provided by classic writings which denigrate or celebrate the sensual and the \nerotic.It would therefore attract readers by appealing to different sides of human nature.\n \nI can have the first full demonstration of the project ready in one month or less.\n \nThank you.",1]
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I'm using a blog as a workshop or pilot for this project.I see the project as consisting of a blog and a book complementing each other.The blog would provide regular,perhaps daily updates in a medium that would provide a broader range of accessibility to the materials than a book could.It would provide links to the sources of the texts and images used.It would also allow for reader participation in a manner that books cannot,through comments links where readers can leave their comments.The blog would also enable a level of global accessibility of the book's subject matter that could be channeled into greater demand for the book.An aspect of the project,which I am considering placing in the book too,would be my plan of enabling links to commentaries provided by me,to the texts and images,reflecting on their significance in relation to the theme of the project.
The book,on the other hand,would provide an ergonomic comfort that a computer cannot provide.The lure of the computer or of even a handheld computing device still cannot replace the sheer pleasure of holding a book.
The blog is at www.exploringdecadence.blogspot.com. A Google search finds it easily.
I see this project as providing a bridge between what could be described as the low brow appeal of porn and the highbrow satisfaction provided by classic writings which denigrate or celebrate the sensual and the erotic.It would therefore attract readers by appealing to different sides of human nature.
I can have the first full demonstration of the project ready in one month or less.
Thank you.
Toyin Adepoju
Friday, December 15, 2006
toyin adepoju: i have developed two new sites i would like your views about
Oshodi Oshodi: ok, where they dey?
toyin adepoju: start with
toyin adepoju: vaginarumbles
toyin adepoju: you might not be able to doi so at work sha
toyin adepoju: but when ready go to
toyin adepoju: ifastudentandteacher.blogspot.com
toyin adepoju: click on VIEW MY COMPLETE PROFILE
toyin adepoju: dat will take you to all my blogs
toyin adepoju: the two new ones are
toyin adepoju: vaginarumbles
toyin adepoju: and
toyin adepoju: exploringdecadence
toyin adepoju: vaginarumbles
toyin adepoju: correlaltes ifa,orisha traditions and other philosophical and spiritual traditions with graphic vidsual erotica-porn
toyin adepoju: exploringdecadence correlaltes philosophical and spiritual traditions with graphic vidsual erotica-porn under the inpiration of the words of the porn star lex steele on his relationshipm weith God
toyin adepoju: contrastive ideas about the body and nature are juxtaposed with images celebrasting what could be unbderstood as a celebrsation of decadence through porn
toyin adepoju: thereby foregrounding the delight of the graphically erotic and the wariness and even condemnation of the erotic by a broad spectrum of phiolosophical,spiritual and literary expression covering a broad sweep of space and time,including the 5th century st augustine,the buddha nd the bible
Oshodi Oshodi: that is strong stuff, very serious
Oshodi Oshodi: Vagina rumble
toyin adepoju: thanks.i want to explorte the corelation of porn and humanities deest concerns
toyin adepoju: i see myself as following the footsteps of ifa and the bible where the erotic and the spiritual exist in hasrmony
toyin adepoju: i want to explorte the corelation of porn and humanities deepesst concerns
Oshodi Oshodi: ok, where they dey?
toyin adepoju: start with
toyin adepoju: vaginarumbles
toyin adepoju: you might not be able to doi so at work sha
toyin adepoju: but when ready go to
toyin adepoju: ifastudentandteacher.blogspot.com
toyin adepoju: click on VIEW MY COMPLETE PROFILE
toyin adepoju: dat will take you to all my blogs
toyin adepoju: the two new ones are
toyin adepoju: vaginarumbles
toyin adepoju: and
toyin adepoju: exploringdecadence
toyin adepoju: vaginarumbles
toyin adepoju: correlaltes ifa,orisha traditions and other philosophical and spiritual traditions with graphic vidsual erotica-porn
toyin adepoju: exploringdecadence correlaltes philosophical and spiritual traditions with graphic vidsual erotica-porn under the inpiration of the words of the porn star lex steele on his relationshipm weith God
toyin adepoju: contrastive ideas about the body and nature are juxtaposed with images celebrasting what could be unbderstood as a celebrsation of decadence through porn
toyin adepoju: thereby foregrounding the delight of the graphically erotic and the wariness and even condemnation of the erotic by a broad spectrum of phiolosophical,spiritual and literary expression covering a broad sweep of space and time,including the 5th century st augustine,the buddha nd the bible
Oshodi Oshodi: that is strong stuff, very serious
Oshodi Oshodi: Vagina rumble
toyin adepoju: thanks.i want to explorte the corelation of porn and humanities deest concerns
toyin adepoju: i see myself as following the footsteps of ifa and the bible where the erotic and the spiritual exist in hasrmony
toyin adepoju: i want to explorte the corelation of porn and humanities deepesst concerns
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Dear Mr.Jakubowski,
Good afternoon.
Thank you very much for your prompt and courteous response to my phone call this morning. It's a heady experience being able to talk to you and get your permission to send a publishing project to you for your guidance and possible participation.
This project is inspired by, among other sources, your conception of erotica as demonstrated in The Mammoth Book of Erotica and encapsulated in your assertion that "Erotic writing at its best [transcends] pornography". It has plenty of sex, but it also embodies people's "feelings, imagination and a radiant sense of discovery of the joys that flesh can bring".
It is also inspired by the words of the pornographic actor, Lexington Steele, in an interview at http://www.getbig.com/iview/steele040315.htm where he describes how his work as a dedicated pornographic actor leads him to a creative flexibility in his spiritual life.
The project explores the issues thrown up by your evocation of the delights of the senses in relation to sexuality and by Steele's description of himself as a professional fornicator who interprets his life as a prostitute in terms of divine guidance.
The project explores these questions by juxtaposing evocations of the senses and the flesh as obstacles to an enlightened or spiritual life with those that celebrate the senses and sexuality, particularly in relation to philosophical and spiritual issues.
The texts would be drawn from almost, if not every, era and location known to history. They would move from ancient Africa to Asia to the modern West.
These juxtapositions would be made further provocative by being placed alongside images of graphic sexuality, often pornographic, which not only celebrate the body but seek to inflame the senses through the artful depiction of sexuality.
I'm using a blog as a workshop or pilot for this project. I see the project as consisting of a blog and a book complementing each other. The blog would provide regular, perhaps daily updates in a medium that would enable a broader range of accessibility to the materials than a book could. It would provide links to the sources of the texts and images used. It would also allow for reader participation in a manner that books cannot, through comments links where readers can leave their comments. The blog would also enable a level of global accessibility of the book's subject matter that could be channelled into greater demand for the book. An aspect of the project, which I am considering placing in the book too, would be my plan of enabling links to commentaries provided by me, to the texts and images, reflecting on their significance in relation to the theme of the project.
The book, on the other hand, would provide an ergonomic comfort that a computer cannot provide. The lure of the computer or of even a handheld computing device still cannot replace the sheer pleasure of holding a book.
The blog is at www.exploringdecadence.blogspot.com . A Google search finds it easily.
I see this project as providing a bridge between what could be described as the low brow appeal of porn and the highbrow satisfaction provided by classic writings which denigrate or celebrate the sensual and the erotic. It would therefore attract readers by appealing to different sides of human nature.
I can have the first full demonstration of the project ready in one month or less.
Thank you.
Toyin Adepoju.
Good afternoon.
Thank you very much for your prompt and courteous response to my phone call this morning. It's a heady experience being able to talk to you and get your permission to send a publishing project to you for your guidance and possible participation.
This project is inspired by, among other sources, your conception of erotica as demonstrated in The Mammoth Book of Erotica and encapsulated in your assertion that "Erotic writing at its best [transcends] pornography". It has plenty of sex, but it also embodies people's "feelings, imagination and a radiant sense of discovery of the joys that flesh can bring".
It is also inspired by the words of the pornographic actor, Lexington Steele, in an interview at http://www.getbig.com/iview/steele040315.htm where he describes how his work as a dedicated pornographic actor leads him to a creative flexibility in his spiritual life.
The project explores the issues thrown up by your evocation of the delights of the senses in relation to sexuality and by Steele's description of himself as a professional fornicator who interprets his life as a prostitute in terms of divine guidance.
The project explores these questions by juxtaposing evocations of the senses and the flesh as obstacles to an enlightened or spiritual life with those that celebrate the senses and sexuality, particularly in relation to philosophical and spiritual issues.
The texts would be drawn from almost, if not every, era and location known to history. They would move from ancient Africa to Asia to the modern West.
These juxtapositions would be made further provocative by being placed alongside images of graphic sexuality, often pornographic, which not only celebrate the body but seek to inflame the senses through the artful depiction of sexuality.
I'm using a blog as a workshop or pilot for this project. I see the project as consisting of a blog and a book complementing each other. The blog would provide regular, perhaps daily updates in a medium that would enable a broader range of accessibility to the materials than a book could. It would provide links to the sources of the texts and images used. It would also allow for reader participation in a manner that books cannot, through comments links where readers can leave their comments. The blog would also enable a level of global accessibility of the book's subject matter that could be channelled into greater demand for the book. An aspect of the project, which I am considering placing in the book too, would be my plan of enabling links to commentaries provided by me, to the texts and images, reflecting on their significance in relation to the theme of the project.
The book, on the other hand, would provide an ergonomic comfort that a computer cannot provide. The lure of the computer or of even a handheld computing device still cannot replace the sheer pleasure of holding a book.
The blog is at www.exploringdecadence.blogspot.com . A Google search finds it easily.
I see this project as providing a bridge between what could be described as the low brow appeal of porn and the highbrow satisfaction provided by classic writings which denigrate or celebrate the sensual and the erotic. It would therefore attract readers by appealing to different sides of human nature.
I can have the first full demonstration of the project ready in one month or less.
Thank you.
Toyin Adepoju.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Ultimately, an effort at discursive and existential intertextuality
Discursive interttextuality- intertextuality within and between texts
Existential interttextuality-cross reference between aspects of existence and between texts and what they refer to in the extra textual world
The Ifa system discursive intertextuality occurring in terms of cross references between various texts
Existential intertextuality occurring between the texts and their referents in the larger world and between aspects of the larger world-a pattern suggested by insights arrived at through the texts
Joyces Ulysses allusiveness, mythic and historical resonance within the framework of one day in the life of the central character
Dante’s divine comedy interpreting his journey in terms of social and cosmic developments
Perhaps Homer Iliad war the cosmic universe of the gods-the larger world that continues before, during and after the catastrophes of war
Through constant allusion to the world that exists outside the field of battle and to the nonhuman actors participating in war
Discursive interttextuality- intertextuality within and between texts
Existential interttextuality-cross reference between aspects of existence and between texts and what they refer to in the extra textual world
The Ifa system discursive intertextuality occurring in terms of cross references between various texts
Existential intertextuality occurring between the texts and their referents in the larger world and between aspects of the larger world-a pattern suggested by insights arrived at through the texts
Joyces Ulysses allusiveness, mythic and historical resonance within the framework of one day in the life of the central character
Dante’s divine comedy interpreting his journey in terms of social and cosmic developments
Perhaps Homer Iliad war the cosmic universe of the gods-the larger world that continues before, during and after the catastrophes of war
Through constant allusion to the world that exists outside the field of battle and to the nonhuman actors participating in war
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