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OIL: A few thoughts on the motion picture “Origin”

https://socialtimesinc.com/media/ben-jerrys-and-ava-duvernay-want-you-to-read-banned-books/ There are years that tear apart Years that hemorrhage. Years that kill all sorts of birds (especially the ones that mock) And years that go set out a watchman To stop the bleeding. Ava Duvernay’s cinematic interpretation of “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” written by author Isabel Wilkerson (simply titled “Origin”) was… tastefullyContinue reading “OIL: A few thoughts on the motion picture “Origin””

Blax Hx 2023: Stories & Fairytales

More on Arks and Middle Passages… Who knew the unlearning would seem as though a vice to even ourselves? Who knew it would feel like hell? Have you ever listened to Anita Baker’s ‘Fairytales’. I was afraid of this song as a child; along with ‘Little Walter’ by Toni! Tony! Tone! (I just got theContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Stories & Fairytales”

Blax Hx 2023: Battlefields, Arks & Middle Passages

They found her on the battlefield. She looked as though she’d traveled from some far off land. They’d get these types every now and then. Lost Souls is what they called them. But one took a second glance at her right wrist. It did not have the cut that many have. Instead there was aContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Battlefields, Arks & Middle Passages”

Blax Hx 2023: In the Name

There is power in your name. Study its history, its origin. Love on it. Write it down, ball up the paper, see how it unfolds. No matter how many hard or soft covers beckon its beginning and end; no matter how many faces they give it, there it is. Etched inside. Parting red seas. AContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: In the Name”

Blax Hx 2023: Care FULL

Careful with your voice. It carries a vibration. Different than sketching words onto lined canvases.When you speak it is a forced-feeding of sorts. It is your self outside of itself. Walking beside another. Braiding her hair. Shaving his beard. Coming closer and closer to orifices that don’t belong to the original speaker. Being chewed, swallowed.Continue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Care FULL”

Blax Hx 2023: Broken Cages

Once we realize how imprisoned we are…. Only then can we appreciate broken cages Can we admit to the ache in our wings Can we recognize the great importance of a call(in’), its song, and its flight

Blax Hx 2023: ☮️ by ✌🏾

I was born on an army base in Texas. With the word ‘kill’ leading the way – war shielding a precious love. Near borders. In desert-like summer heat. To parents who inherently knew the importance of 2×2; but too young to realize the gravity of the nails placed in wooden boards. Around the corner fromContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: ☮️ by ✌🏾”