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The Keeper of the Flame with Quincy Howard
In Episode 18, Quincy Howard talks about living in the Deep South, being a Story-keeper and what brought him to Oaxaca, Mexico. Interview starts at 27:40.
Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedImage Description: Quincy wears a black hoodie, bright yellow hat and glasses. He is holding and looking through a camera. He wears a bracelet and has several tattoos near both wrists. In the background is a fallen tree, grass and a water body. He is doing fieldwork on Sapelo Island. Quincy Howard is a visual documentarian and ethnographer from Columbus Georgia, dedicated to the preservation of culture, tradition, and story-keeping within the Black South. Quincy strongly believes that we deepen our relationships with ourselves by deepening our understanding of who and where we come from. A descendant of agricultural alchemists from Southwest Georgia and the Sea Islands of South Carolina, Quincy pays homage to his roots through ritual, culture/land veneration, and the utilization of ancestral and spiritual technologies. Quincy engages the use of sound, moving/still images, and his own lived experiences to conjure up memory that recalls both the past and future; his body exists as a vessel and his camera as a portal for stories to travel through. Quincy’s work aims to recall, protect, and ultimately advance the tradition of “story-keeping” within the collective Black South.We talk about:
Growing up in Columbus, Georgia near the Chattahoochee River
Black land loss and exploitation of Southern magic
Story-keeping and Protection technologies (i.e. oral history)
Being the Griot/Keeper of the Flame in his family
Knowing where our ancestors are (buried)
The energetics of his different family lines
Tending to his bloodlines and grief work
What it’s like being a Cancer Moon
Story as a living being
When stories start leaving Elders
The South as a womb-space
When Quincy moved to St. Helena Island (via the Sea Islands)
How he is relating to the Women of the Red Clay in Oaxaca, Mexico
Finding home/feelings of home + much more!
RESOURCES:
Website: His/Story - Quincy Quest
Instagram: @quincy_quest
Substack:
ADDITIONAL MENTIONS:
“It ain’t that deep” by Mr. Tomonoshi
William Padilla Brown
HOW TO SUPPORT QUINCY’S WORK:
Buy him a Roll of Film!
Follow the podcast on Instagram @throughlinepodcast
The intro music on this podcast is sourced from PixaBay, a vibrant community of creatives, sharing royalty-free images, videos, audio and other media.
To access the transcript: please click the “transcript” button below the title of the podcast next to the “share button”Subscribe now
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By Simone JohnsonIn Episode 18, Quincy Howard talks about living in the Deep South, being a Story-keeper and what brought him to Oaxaca, Mexico. Interview starts at 27:40.
Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedImage Description: Quincy wears a black hoodie, bright yellow hat and glasses. He is holding and looking through a camera. He wears a bracelet and has several tattoos near both wrists. In the background is a fallen tree, grass and a water body. He is doing fieldwork on Sapelo Island. Quincy Howard is a visual documentarian and ethnographer from Columbus Georgia, dedicated to the preservation of culture, tradition, and story-keeping within the Black South. Quincy strongly believes that we deepen our relationships with ourselves by deepening our understanding of who and where we come from. A descendant of agricultural alchemists from Southwest Georgia and the Sea Islands of South Carolina, Quincy pays homage to his roots through ritual, culture/land veneration, and the utilization of ancestral and spiritual technologies. Quincy engages the use of sound, moving/still images, and his own lived experiences to conjure up memory that recalls both the past and future; his body exists as a vessel and his camera as a portal for stories to travel through. Quincy’s work aims to recall, protect, and ultimately advance the tradition of “story-keeping” within the collective Black South.We talk about:
Growing up in Columbus, Georgia near the Chattahoochee River
Black land loss and exploitation of Southern magic
Story-keeping and Protection technologies (i.e. oral history)
Being the Griot/Keeper of the Flame in his family
Knowing where our ancestors are (buried)
The energetics of his different family lines
Tending to his bloodlines and grief work
What it’s like being a Cancer Moon
Story as a living being
When stories start leaving Elders
The South as a womb-space
When Quincy moved to St. Helena Island (via the Sea Islands)
How he is relating to the Women of the Red Clay in Oaxaca, Mexico
Finding home/feelings of home + much more!
RESOURCES:
Website: His/Story - Quincy Quest
Instagram: @quincy_quest
Substack:
ADDITIONAL MENTIONS:
“It ain’t that deep” by Mr. Tomonoshi
William Padilla Brown
HOW TO SUPPORT QUINCY’S WORK:
Buy him a Roll of Film!
Follow the podcast on Instagram @throughlinepodcast
The intro music on this podcast is sourced from PixaBay, a vibrant community of creatives, sharing royalty-free images, videos, audio and other media.
To access the transcript: please click the “transcript” button below the title of the podcast next to the “share button”Subscribe now