WednesdayNov 4th, 20207:30am I did not watch the news last night. Instead, I looked at a small robot color in the states once they were called. Borders made by men so thin on this paper. To scale, the robot hovering from left to right making tiny halted rotations as it colors in blue and red… Read More »

Burn the Flag 11/01/20 I have never really been a flag waver, and after these last four years and in particular the months leading up to the election, I am much more at home with flag burning, than flag waving. In fact I have burned many flags in dance settings, over the years. (always burn… Read More »

I. When they pressure-washed the pigeon nests the finches came out to singYou can hear dominance invert in melodyI’ve been thinking about how birds screech to assert healthy strengthA dignified prowess until their mortality vertebratesAnd makes drywall bones crumble to dustYou watch our planes fracture in opaque omissionThe more complex the birdsong, the softer linen… Read More »

Jeff gave me a wand. It’s gold and silver tinsel taped to a long plastic stick. Later that night it felt like my flag, one I can feel proud to twirl. The way the light sparkles on the tinsel is enough to make me smile. I hate the u.s flag. I don’t think people realize… Read More »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YeDF-EGuB4 In response to the invitation to share my reflections on the movement of power immediately following the recent presidential election in the USA, I broke out and literally dusted off my copy of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination by Robin D.G. Kelly. I recorded my favorite excerpts so that I could listen to… Read More »