☽ In times of grief, we need artists

as toni morrison said: this is precisely the time when artists go to work.

𓆟｡⋆ To the poets, the conjure women, the brujas, the painters,

To the scribblers, the collagists, the reiki practitioners, the singing bowl-slangers,

To the archivists, the diviners, the orators, the fact-checkers,

To the visionaries, the loudmouths, the herbalists, the grief circle facilitators, and the spiritual vessels… keep going.

Have heart that your work matters. Have heart that even if peace takes forever and a day, a global social shake-up is happening now.

From the Ali Kazak Collection of the Palestinian Museum Digital Archive: “From the Revolution to the Intifada, a Long Way of Innovation” (1988)

Vela Scarves’ Palestine Solidarity Capsule. 100% of profits from hoodies in this collection, as well as the keffiyeh hijabs, go toward aiding for people in Palestine.

“Abed Al-Azzah in the Aida Refugee Camp. West Bank” (2003) by Alessandra Sanguinetti

Palestinian girls watch their teacher during a ballet class at Gaza College in Gaza City (2012) by Mohammed Salem

Racial trauma and ethnic cleansing is happening now; neocolonial trauma is happening now.

So collective healing is of utmost importance, right now.

“Hayat teaches yoga to the residents of her village, Zataara, on the outskirts of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The women call it ‘inner resistance’ and are increasing in number each week.” Words by Abby Young-Powell in The Guardian; photograph by Tanya Habjouqa

“No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear” 2015) by Toni Morrison for The Nation

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