To be heard…
A THREAD FOR THE WRITERS
We all have our reasons, I presume....
A THREAD FOR THE WRITERS
We all have our reasons, I presume....
For me, the concept of being understood has always felt somewhat intangible.
As a young child, I suffered from a terrible stutter.
Only the people who loved me bothered to hear me.
The ability to write well – I thought – would free me from a future of larger misunderstanding.
As a young child, I suffered from a terrible stutter.
Only the people who loved me bothered to hear me.
The ability to write well – I thought – would free me from a future of larger misunderstanding.
I studied words. I read books. I journaled. I got published. I drew. I found pen pals. I built websites on the world wide web and dug for information.
I learned to write and I learned to communicate, but rarely still was I understood.
I learned to write and I learned to communicate, but rarely still was I understood.
Between #2 pencils, pens, mechanical pencils, Sharpies, typewriters, word processors, desktops, laptops & smartphones, I’ve long had the tools to enrich my words.
Through poems, raps, song lyrics, technical documents, bulletin boards, blog articles, newspaper editorials and magazine features, I’ve sent my thoughts out to the world.
But still, I’ve rarely felt understood.
But still, I’ve rarely felt understood.
It’s hard enough to explain what it feels like being Black in a very white world, but it’s even harder to grasp the complexity of circulating Black thought in a paradigm that sees such thought as divergent.
In this issue, I will...
Check for the next @vrtxmag, coming to you in December.
#BlackMedia #BlackPress #BlackLiberation
Check for the next @vrtxmag, coming to you in December.
#BlackMedia #BlackPress #BlackLiberation
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