Rage and tenderness are located so close to each other. Often they are walled off, each in their own isolation chamber. In time the barriers between become less formidable,
Racial Grief : Reflections
We need to take on the task of acknowledging racial grief in a theoretically and socially responsible way.A sustained focus on the intangible wounds that form the fissures underneath visible phenomenon of discrimination should be taking place …Racial melancholy is both the technology and the nightmare of the American dream. Adapted from : The Melancholy Of
Tender Re-emergence
I was driving down a small road and came upon a cemetery and was struck by this sadly sweet remembrance for a child. As spring finds it way in my little city, there are buds and flowers everywhere. This gentle weather has initiated much activity. All around me, people are running in new gear, the
Memory and Desire 2
As I move closer to my book’s completion I find myself reflecting on the choice I made to reshape truth to more accurately convey the substance of the experience. Fiction and nonfiction take hands and walk the reader down the same path. Author and memoirist , Tomas Gonzalez speaks to this in an interview which
Outer Eye
Outer Eye This image was taken from the inside of a castle in Northern Italy. Someone whether guard or resident could look outward, to see the enemy when it encroached. When their were no marauder they could view the villagers, living their lives on the fertile fields below, or they might just pause to take