This afternoon we had a very interesting and engaging guest lecture from David Stickman Higgins. David is a world class, multi-disciplined, drummer and percussionist, also a poet, actor, educator, conceptual artist and father. An avid researcher and collector of "The hidden-in-between language of African-Caribbean culture, roots, belonging and heritage." Finding out about ancestors by exploring blood-lineage. Examining the evidence. Unearthing the real history.
David is involved in creating and delivering a wide range of innovative arts projects since the mid 1980's. His Projects comprise connecting cultures and communities across generations, ages and abilities, in schools, colleges, museums, galleries, country houses and prisons. A good example has been his Passport Project.
During the talk David performed some of his poetry which at first I didn't understand, he was so energetic and lively bounding about across the room. As he went on I started to understand the meaning behind what he was saying and it was actually more interesting than I had first thought.
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