Shortly after a mildly-interesting dream I had yesterday, I ended up deciding upon a few things…
First, I want to try to do more interviews for this site (and maybe at some point, the podcast).
There are tons of sites out there about the orisha, about the history of the religion, or even just discussions about trivial stuff like what it means when a candle turns black or how much people charge for readings.
I’d like to do more interviews and Q&A — where people talk a bit about how they got into the religion, what they like and don’t like about it, etc. There are plenty of questions I’d love to ask and I’m sure I’m not the only one.
I want to make the site more about the community and less about what’s already readily available on other sites — superficial aspects of the religion like animal sacrifice, witchcraft, divination, or collecting beads and orisha like they are Pokemon. Not that I won’t still talk about that stuff. I just don’t want it to be the primary focus of this site.
I still have two more interview segments with Ócháni Lele left to post. After that, well, we’ll see… I have a few people in mind, but I haven’t yet approached anyone about it. If you have any suggestions, leave a comment on the site or via Twitter and I’ll see what I can do.
Second, I need to get off my butt and start going to more tambores and events.
I have been putting it off because of lack of funds, time, and motivation. I don’t think I’ll ever be the type to go to functions every weekend or anything (especially since all of the stuff I go to is typically a couple hours away), but it’s been quite a while since I’ve gone to anything and I really don’t have a good reason not to anymore.
Third, I know if I was determined to do it, I’d probably have saved up enough money to make ocha by now.
Even though I haven’t taken any money out of the fund since I started it, I haven’t been adding as much to it as I should. I think I’ve just sort of been holding out until I have some type of experience where I know without question that I need to make ocha. Anyone can tell me that I need to do it, but until I FEEL it, I’d just be going through the motions and wouldn’t get as much out of it. I’m hoping that between talking with others out there in the community and going to more functions, it might make things a bit more clear for me.
