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Americans had the opportunity to come together through dance and music during the 1920's Jazz Age and the 1950's Rock & Roll Era; however, ignorance; i.e., racism and greed prevented the healing of our people and our country. Therefore, if indeed a motion picture about King Akhenaten/Nefertiti is to be made, it should be a vessel to connect Akhenaten's truth of the "Aten" conveyed in the bas reliefs of the Amarna Period and the "big love" present day Kalahari Bushman dancers describe in Bradford Keeney's book "Shaking Medicine". Once we learn the "inner movement" (see Wikipedia)involved in African dance as demonstrated by Wyoma's"African Healing Dance", the future will become a brighter place. Friedrich Nietzsche, who never made a positive observation about the Germans,--in fact he accurately points out that they were too stiff, said "a day without dancing is a day wasted". Furthermore, he wrote "people do not realize that they need to learn how to dance just as one needs to learn the process of thinking".
Akhenaten confiscated the ecclesiatical lands and turned them into public courtyards ("Moses and Monotheism", Sigmund Freud)for the people to enjoy. He eliminated the "Nas-Ra" (intermediary between men and God) because he wanted his people to "FREE-ly" experience the healing power of dance which is the perfect combination of joy and melancholy, the ecstacy of the present yet fleeting moment acheived during dancing; which is essentially deep relaxation and expanded awareness resulting in the balancing of the body, mind, and spirit;--for unlike the Romans, from whom we have inherited so much, dancing in public was a privilege of the Egyptian people, especially the poor. I feel it is really unfortunate that most Americans are not even aware of the existance of this glorious silver lining. [/LIST]
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