WDTrip #4

1–2 minutes

To read

*Writing practice: to take a provocative image and immerse myself in the imaginary world, writing from a particular character point of view, emotion, or etc.

Photo on 1-10-20 at 3.32 PM #3

Say my name! Tell me who I am!

The voices lie they tell me one thing and then another and another and another and another and another and

(In my right mind, not the left, I imagined the voices and they were content to remain just that, imagine that, but now and ever after I fear they come from unlikely sources like the walls and the corner of the roof, under the rug). Vicious vicious sounds accusing and threatening, condemning and

(In my right mind I can ignore the voices their shriek and timbre)

So they tell me one thing and you another.  Who is this being I am wearing, this skin that may come off at any minute, this dress, this mop of hair I put my fingers in my hair and pull and pull and it won’t budge! Won’t move! How am I supposed to–

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Ama Ndlovu explores the connections of culture, ecology, and imagination.

Her work combines ancestral knowledge with visions of the planetary future, examining how Black perspectives can transform how we see our world and what lies ahead.