Looking Beyond the Single Point that is Now
I have been immersed in some heavy conversations and reading this week. HEAVY. Racism. Sexism. Elitism. It’s January and by the end of the week, it’ll already be February. January’s Dear Teachers was about Now. Summing up my January essays into a single, cohesive message: We move now, together, with what we have in our grasp- with hope that both we and things will grow. As I look at February’s writings, I see the month’s messages moving to either side of this point on the timeline: yesterday and tomorrow. As I mentioned before, my work this week has sunk me deep into what’s in front of us now. I’ve also been exploring what happened in the past to get us to this now. I’m finishing up reading The New Jim Crow and Evicted , both extremely powerful books. Finally, I can look ahead with clearer eyes. To the work that needs doing. Desperately. I see some helpful reminders in my own writing and the voices I’ve heard recently that I will share soon. As the image quote