New Creative Prompts from Sharon Bridgforth
“What Does Infinite Love Want Us to Know Right Now?”
November 19, 2020 • 2 minute read
Journeying with Mermaids, Oracles, and dem Blessings: Readings and Reflections/Prompting Creativity
with dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/Sharon Bridgforth
“I started thinking that there are things that I wish I could tell my child self, and so I started writing those things. I saw those things as blessings.”
with artwork by Yasmín Hernández
In this series of three videos, artist Sharon Bridgforth offers creative and reflective prompts pulled from the Oracle and dem Blessings decks of her dat Black Mermaid Man Lady project.
From the artist:
In this three-part video series I will pull cards from the dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/Oracle Deck and dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/dem Blessings. These are Ocean decks, so they speak to what is under the surface. They are Ancestor/Soul decks, so they’re all about Love. Based on the cards that I pull, I will Offer prompts for you to write/draw/collage/move—Journey with.
My question is always, “What does Infinite Love want us to Know right now?”
Sending Love your way,
Sharon & dem
datblackmermaidmanlady.com
Journeying sessions 2 and 3 will be published here in upcoming weeks.
Journeying Session 1
You are invited to write/draw/collage/move/respond/walk with the following prompts, which came via the readings I Offer in this session’s video.
Download a PDF of the Journey 1 prompts here.
Journeying Session 2
You are invited to write/draw/collage/move/respond/walk with the following prompts, which came via the readings I Offer in this session’s video.
Download a PDF of the Journey 2 prompts here.
Journeying Session 3
You are invited to write/draw/collage/move/respond/walk with the following prompts, which came via the readings I Offer in this session’s video.
Download a PDF of the Journey 3 prompts here.
About the Artist
Sharon Bridgforth came of age during assassinations, riots, the Civil Rights and Black power movements, and Soul music. She strives to queerly embody the unbending dignity, commitment to community, self-determination, and Love of Black cultures that was modeled for her. A Doris Duke Performing Artist, Sharon is a writer who creates ritual/jazz theatre. Widely published, she has received support from Creative Capital, MAP Fund, and the National Performance Network. A New Dramatists alumna, Sharon has served as a dramaturg for the Urban Bush Women Choreographic Center Initiative’s Choreographic Fellowship program and is Executive Producer and Host of the “Who Yo People Is” podcast series. Learn more at sharonbridgforth.com.