The Role of Reflection in African Culture

i'm doing these sculptures right now, of these figures, you know, trying to figure out how abstract to make them. And in a way, for the first time, it's kind of this freedom to to be black, just to be blunt. I mean, i was saying something about flash of the spirit, and this historian, burney powers, who's on the committee, was like, walter, what did you say? And he immediately understood what i was talking about. But we then started talking about the role of reflection in african culture, riht light and darkness,. These are kinds of things that i've been just curious about through my readings and things