p. 20 sense in mind of not being here/there, no way out/in, as if door set up its own reflection > “caught between the two we live in the Diaspora, in the sea in between” > imagine people so stunned by their circumstances, so heartbroken as to refuse reality > space: measure of ancestor’s step through door to ship, one caught in few feet between: frame of doorway only space of true existence
the
mediator
between
(in trying to move beyond i returned / was returned)
p. 28
this existence in the diaspora is like that - dreams from which one never wakes.
Tricia Hersey: I would give people permission to reimagine what rest can be. Resting is anything that connects our minds and bodies and souls. Resting could be daydreaming, resting your eyes. It can be a longer shower in the morning. It could be not returning the text immediately. Detoxing off of social media and technology. From a biological standpoint, when we rest, our brain is doing so much beautiful work. It's really in a productive state of downloading new information, helping our organs to heal. And so, even from the biology of it, we really need to uplift rest and center it in our lives just for our health and wellness.
~~~ in search of stillness ~~~
i might find a silence
in being heavy there is a weightlessness
There is softness in being still. There is life to be found in leisure.
ocean as breath
breath becomes the ocean
in breath catch
in and out
in wave crash