Kemet Incandescence

Description: I painted “Kemet Incandescence”

Ancestral Devotion

for the album cover of “Ancestral Devotion”, the new CD by Jazz musician Lonnie Plaxico. The piece was inspired from Africa’s ancient art that captures the spirituality of African culture, its reverence for the feminine principle and the sacredness of music. In experimenting with this different yet ancient genre of  two dimensional African art, I experienced such proximity to the very foundation of all civilizations; that I plan to explore it more. Through this painting, I wanted to honor the sacred feminine as well as the origin of the spiritual tradition of Light now known as “Sufism”.

~ Kemet Incandescence ~

Inner lamps all lit,

a billion ecstasies

are now speaking of Hu;

each, gracefully interweaving

in the Universe’s womb;

whispers of light are induced

in the pure child’s mind

through the rays of Shams,

royalty bestowed by the Divine.

You see, nobility never exiles,

although ever coveted by the fallen ones,

it dances in and out of these truths

the African genius has laid like gems

in the depths of humanity’s collective self,

yes we are these muses

who bore Kemet Incandescence,

through our Harps, Flutes and hands,

revealing the Music of the spheres

the pineal gland is immersed in:

Bismillah ir Rahmanir Rahim…

copyright 2009 Aïda Touré.