Making "Allies"
Puritans were the first allies. They risked their lives to help free slaves. There were White people marching alongside Black people in the Civil Rights movement. They were the second allies. Today’s America is seeing a new Civil Rights movement. There are privileged people who are truly here to listen and help. They too, are allies.
We're All Doing The Best We Can
Transparent process moment: Creating art is my therapy but sometimes l can’t bring myself to even do that. I’m extremely ambitious and driven so I can be pretty hard on myself when I feel like I’m not “doing enough.” There have been times i’ve literally cried because I didn’t scratch at least 2 things off of my to-do list (even if I was working at it the whole time—I just didn’t finish enough to scratch it off). This is me in art AND life.
I find myself having to be gentler with myself and give myself reminders saying, “Hey. It’s okay. We’re in a pandemic. You’re 600 miles away from your family. You haven’t eaten in days because the fridge is empty. Your job is not secure…and a series of other unfortunate events.” If you aren’t productive today, IT IS OKAY. So this resinated with me. Sometimes all I can do is hold myself together. And that’s okay. It’s all apart of the process.
