This past week I haven't been on FB as much b/c I've gotten into a lot out of unprompted one-on-one conversations with black and brown artists like Stacey Rose, Michael R. Jackson, James Anthony Tyler, Michel Hausmann, and many others. The dialogues were personal, complex and a key reminder: I get so much more depth and reality from actual conversations than from surfing the scroll.
In 2014 I was engaged in fellowships at BAX and National Black Theatre and talking with other black artists. When Chiron Armand said he had been 'policed out of his body' by bible and flag...that became a key theme for me. I returned to it in my work and also a meditation. What does it mean to be 'policed out of our bodies' by flag and bible? But that revelation only happened because I had an actual dialogue with Chiron. And I was having a dialogue because I actually knew him for years. I was not just popping into his life to get ideas for my work and then vanishing.
The unsexy, un-Twitter work is important and it happens in private, off-the-record, among friends. Post, tweet, blog, yes...but also reach out to your circle. And if you're a white artists who doesn't talk to black artists...reach out to YOUR circle...whatever that looks like. Just don't pop into the DM's of a black artist to 'surf black' and then leave. If you're not down for the cause, admit it to yourself, and do better with YOURSELF first. Make honest inroads and establish connections with black people outside of trauma and horror. If you want to just surf...go to Youtube. It's great and there are tons of great speakers you can listen to for free, surfbort until it's time for brunch, and then go back to your avocado toast. Your distant black 'acquaintance in the arts' is not your free TED TALK speaker.
But blk artists...keep talking. This is more than a 'check in' call. This is a continuous, necessary, fluid, complex community. The real work starts with honest dialogue, peer review, and personal reflection...off social media.
In 2014 I was engaged in fellowships at BAX and National Black Theatre and talking with other black artists. When Chiron Armand said he had been 'policed out of his body' by bible and flag...that became a key theme for me. I returned to it in my work and also a meditation. What does it mean to be 'policed out of our bodies' by flag and bible? But that revelation only happened because I had an actual dialogue with Chiron. And I was having a dialogue because I actually knew him for years. I was not just popping into his life to get ideas for my work and then vanishing.
The unsexy, un-Twitter work is important and it happens in private, off-the-record, among friends. Post, tweet, blog, yes...but also reach out to your circle. And if you're a white artists who doesn't talk to black artists...reach out to YOUR circle...whatever that looks like. Just don't pop into the DM's of a black artist to 'surf black' and then leave. If you're not down for the cause, admit it to yourself, and do better with YOURSELF first. Make honest inroads and establish connections with black people outside of trauma and horror. If you want to just surf...go to Youtube. It's great and there are tons of great speakers you can listen to for free, surfbort until it's time for brunch, and then go back to your avocado toast. Your distant black 'acquaintance in the arts' is not your free TED TALK speaker.
But blk artists...keep talking. This is more than a 'check in' call. This is a continuous, necessary, fluid, complex community. The real work starts with honest dialogue, peer review, and personal reflection...off social media.
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