MormonTimes.com: New Harmony: Art achieves harmony by humility
Jerry Johnston
Perhaps that's why Hawaii's called "Paradise." Everything blends. Edges disappear. The sharpness is gone.
That notion struck me while I was at the Polynesian Cultural Center the other day. I decided to run it by Naauao Panee, a singer and musician at the center who teaches at BYU-Hawaii. He had some interesting insights.
"It all seems to link," he said. "When the first missionaries came in, they banned the Hawaiian language. The language fueled the performing arts. So, for 50 years, many things were lost. Then a wise Hawaiian queen opened them up again."
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Recent comments
Not sure I agree with Jerry's premise, but there is no reason...
NOT DRIVEL | June 11, 2008 at 3:57 p.m.
ummm, yeah, that article just tries to bring individual artists down...
Chris Plummer | June 11, 2008 at 12:41 p.m.
Why do you waste our time with this drivel, Jerry?
Anonymous | June 11, 2008 at 9:02 a.m.
