The Afternoon of Reflection and Meditation with Sacred Visual Art: Panel Discussion
The Afternoon of Reflection and Meditation with Sacred Visual Art was a curation of artists and community culture bearers here in New Orleans. During the panel, they reflected on what the good life means to them on a personal level, post-pandemic. Dr. Harold Morales welcomed the audience with a wonderful and important introduction of how world and religion studies have often created boundaries around other forms of traditions and cultures that we are a part of. The roots of the Good Life Project are grown through community and joy, finding value in the moments that are celebrated in the midst of the struggles and pain that have been endured. We hear the panelists reflect on their art, photographs, values, success, loss, and what it means to be in relation with the Good Life and how that has shifted in the current times that we are living in. We see this, particularly in connection to the Mardi Gras Black Masking Indians and Regalia, which is an immensely present tradition in the rich culture here in New Orleans.
Thank you to Carol, Demond, Sherice, Dartayna, Keshuna, and Michael for sharing their personal experiences of artistry and how important Mardi Gras is to not only themselves but to the community here in the city.
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Reactions of Audience to the Community Panel
Kim Vaz-Deville
The Afternoon of Reflection and Meditation with Sacred Visual Art was a curation of artists and community culture bearers here in New Orleans. During the panel, they reflected on what the good life means to them on a personal level, post-pandemic. Dr. Harold Morales welcomed the audience with a wonderful and important introduction of how world and religion studies have often created boundaries around other forms of traditions and cultures that we are a part of. The roots of the Good Life Project are grown through community and joy, finding value in the moments that are celebrated in the midst of the struggles and pain that have been endured. We hear the panelists reflect on their art, photographs, values, success, loss, and what it means to be in relation with the Good Life and how that has shifted in the current times that we are living in. We see this, particularly in connection to the Mardi Gras Black Masking Indians and Regalia, which is an immensely present tradition in the rich culture here in New Orleans. Thank you to Carol, Demond, Sherice, Dartayna, Keshuna, and Michael for sharing their personal experiences of artistry and how important Mardi Gras is to not only themselves but to the community here in the city. After the panel discussion, the audience provided feedback to the Community Panel. The feedback is available here.