Living Proudly In A Destructive World

You are a leader. You are a soldier.

I see the lessons and challenges my mother had to reckon with: fear and responsibility.

The black imagination is everlasting, and through will, we survive. Not many people can turn pain into beauty.

I'm inspired by the history we've embodied: in every invention, every dance, every rhythm, every Serena Williams with a broken record over and over again.

I would tell all my loved ones to breathe, because they are the ones I am creating for.