Inspired by Jason Reynolds, this message is FOR EVERY ONE…

Thoughts and a prayer…

Today my art is beckoning me into a deep truth. I am a reflection of you and the world is a reflection of us.

This is not just some new age BS, but a stark commentary on how this planet works. No alarms can ring loud enough. We are at the intersection of our souls.

It actually doesn’t matter who they come for next. That very notion already places us in a state of detriment. Omar El Akkad has shifted my perspective on this and he’s right.

“No, there is no terrible thing coming for you in some distant future, but know that a terrible thing is happening to you now. You are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice. You are being asked to dismantle the machinery of a functioning conscience.
Who cares if diplomatic expediency prefers you shrug away the sight of dismembered children? Who cares if great distance from the bloodstained middle allows obliviousness.
Forget pity, forget even the dead if you must, but at least fight against the theft of your soul.”

Praying for liberation from systems of supremacy, survivalism, and the binary thought patterns that keep us trapped in cycles of pain. The first step towards better is highly personal. I can only hope you’ll want to join me.