I’m really getting into decolonization or maybe… re-indigenousation? Anyhow… Been plotting and scheming (like colonizers do! 😂) about how to tap into indigenous culture in Taiwan. The Ketagalan Cultural Center was an excellent first step. I already have a plan unfolding in my mind to host a series of movies there to build a bridge between my (our) stolen African indigeniaty, and how it has evolved, in one way, into genres of music that have been the most impactful globally. There’s this movie that I want to show somewhere SOOOOO bad.

Soul to Soul. It’s one of the craziest movies I’ve ever seen. Happened to catch it on a plane ride some how. Never heard of it before that. I’m not even going to attempt to explain how and why it’s crazy, but it’s crazy. The kind of crazy I want to share with other people… At a cultural center… For indigenous people. 😁

Another movie, that’s crazy, is Summer of Soul… Maybe I can just keep finding movies with Soul in the name and make… The Soul Series… 🤔🤔🤔😂

I also, today, embarked on my journey to learn an indigenous language. Hmmm… Maybe I’m done with colonizer languages. I’ve clearly lost the will to seriously pursue Chinese. My Chinese is “good enough”. My English is also “Good enough”… at least that’s what my students tell me. 😂 Spanish is pretty easy and I was once fluent. I think it would just take moving somewhere for a while to reactivate it but… Why? English and Chinese lets you talk to A LOT of people… How many?… Gemini?

“A conservative estimate, accounting for some overlap, would be in the range of 2 to 2.5 billion people. Given the current world population is around 8.2 billion, that means you could potentially communicate with roughly 25% to 30% of the world’s population.”

Yeah, I’m good. Plus AI is kind of, more and more, devaluing proficiency and multiple languages (rereading and want to note that languages+cultures are great ways to expand your mind).

From preliminary Gemining it looks like I’m gonna pursue the Atayal nation since they’re closest to me and Wulai is dope.

Culture and language has people’s minds LOCKED DOWN. Don’t believe me? Try talking to your Trump friend about how wrong Trump is… Oh? What’s that? You got rid of all your Trump friends… Huh… Whose culture has who locked down…? 🤔🤔🤔😂

Anyhow, the point I wanted to make is your culture and language limit the thoughts you can think. I’m bilingual but multi-cultural. I can hold conflicting ideas without conflict. I can effortless move between WORLDS… many worlds…

Still not making the point. The point is that there are indigenous ideas I’ve run into and am trying to assimilate, and maybe have to some degree, where my knowledge (wisdom and understanding) would go WAY UP speaking an indigenous language and being fluent in an indigenous culture.

I’m just on Day 1. Catch me on Day 1080 and ask me how it’s going.

Oh! Here’s one of those ideas summarized by Gemini… Like… I get it, but it’s hard to get if no one around you gets it and practices it. Kind of like trying to explain guanxi to an American. I don’t know if the Atayal nation has something like ayni in there language and culture, but they’re definitely going to have concepts and practices and thoughts I don’t, and can’t, know.

Ayni (pronounced “eye-nee”) is the Andean principle of reciprocity, fundamental to Quechua and Aymara cultures. It defines a system of mutual support, where individuals contribute labor or resources with the expectation of receiving assistance when needed, ensuring community well-being and balance.