Buffalo Is the New Buffalo
the retreat into genetic and historical absolutes implies there is no use trying to write new stories. But I cannot abide that kind of intellectual fatalism, nor can most people who experience the deadly consequence of those Old Stories.
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
The resurgence of the indigenous peoples of the Americas means many things. One is that there are usually cracks somewhere in the inevitable and the obvious. Another is that capitalism and state socialism do not define the range of possibilities, for the indigenous nations often represent significantly different ways of imagining and administrating
... See moreRebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
I think “I’m in the reservation of my mind” has an incredibly destructive connotation for me now. It’s apocalyptic, when I think about it. The human journey has always been about movement. And a century ago, when we moved onto the reservation, my tribe stopped moving. All the innovation we’ve done since then has been just modeling after Europeans.
... See moreJoe Fassler • Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process
