Kings&Prophets [chapter13]
By grandmaster mumbles• Nahum 3:1, Nahum 3:6, Ecclesiastes 1:2–4, Job 28:3–6, Isaiah 26:17, Malachi 1:10–11, Proverbs 23:33, 2 John 1:5
We are proud to debut Kings&Prophets [chapter13], a new work by spoken word artist Baraka Noel aka grandmaster mumbles. This piece grew out of the theme “Beginning” and was written in response to the passages listed. Mr. Noel was selected to participate in Spark and Echo Arts’ illumination project by 2012 Curator and poet Emily Hazel.
Details
Year
Words and music
Production
Photos
Artist Curated by
Artist Location
Scripture
Nahum 3:1
1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
Nahum 3:6
6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
Ecclesiastes 1:2–4
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Job 28:3–6
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. 6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
Isaiah 26:17
17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD .
Malachi 1:10–11
10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Proverbs 23:33
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
2 John 1:5
5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
grandmaster mumbles
Nahum 3:1,6
“Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not… And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”
Baraka Noel aka grandmaster mumbles is a poet, spoken word artist, and creative collaborator living in California.
“one of the best traveling poet live acts on the planet.”
– illiterate magazine