Haitian voodoo energizes artist's creativity

While most of us in the haitian community completely ignore voodoo as a culture there are other people who find inspiration in it.

Rich Jete, Pov Ranmase... they say...

Artist Nancy Josephson's work is on display at Baltimore's Visionary Art Museum and she finds her inspiration in Haitian art and the Voodoo religion.

She compares the voodoo ceremony to a  jewish bar mitzvah.

"I just totally recognized this as a place of home and safety," she said. "I'm initiated into the religion. I love going through the ceremonies. It's sort of continuous, almost like a bar mitzvah.

I say this with tremendous trepidation, though, because I know it's a real stretch for people who have only seen Haiti and voodoo in a demonic light."

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My 2 cents:  We are leaving our culture for others to be inspired by it.  while most Haitians will shy away from a conversation involving Voodoo, others openly admit that there are advantages.