Joyful Resistance Part I #8

"Joy as an act of resistance" - quoted from poet Toi Dericotte, is an idea, a way of being, and turn of phrase that I was introduced to visiting Initiatives of Change in Richmond VA, January 2020 at the invitation of cultural storyteller and curator Alicia Aroche. Two months later the whole world shut down. Two months later, George Floyd's murder inspired a long-overdue global action, thought and consciousness mobilization putting BLM front and center of the world stage. Summer 2020, at the peak of the protests, I sat down to create with all this on my heart. Joy is an energy. It's the antidote to so many negative and destructive emotions and ideas, instantly breaking down barriers and fort...View all