A to Z with deity Akwaeke Emezi — Apartamento Magazine
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A to Z with deity Akwaeke Emezi — Apartamento Magazine
“Being able to say ‘this is who I am’ when everything else feels uncertain, flimsy, prone to dissolution, may be the greatest comfort we have. Is anything more seductive, more empowering?/ To be alive is to subject oneself to the reality of being permeable/ so, while I welcome the pleasure of those moments when I feel like myself, I don’t think I w
... See moreEloghosa Osunde • A Long Talk: conversation between Eloghosa Osunde & Joshua Segun-Lean.
More a Verb Than a Noun
The resolution comes in the Trinity, the outpouring of love in one direction. This is the Mystery of God who is always beyond any concept we can imagine. The mind cannot capture the Trinity, for the Divine can only be known in relationship. God is relationship itself: "Christians believe that God is formlessness (the Father),
... See moreLove is this deep knowing in my bones that I am because everything else is. Love is taking responsibility to allow all that is to fully unfold and express itself. “To fall in love outwardly”, because we can feel the unconditional love that the land gifts us if we allow our hearts to be open and fully receive.
Emerge • Belonging and Butterflies in Times of Breakdown
Devotion is desire transmuted across time into love. It is an elevation of attention; a singleness of purpose, but in service to something greater than ourselves.