Exhibited at The Armory
With support from The Somerville Arts Council
“Through These Realities challenges the narratives of mass media that invalidate the experiences of people of color through the interactions of poetry and photography. Six photographers of color have created a series of images inspired by work from six poets of color. These images incorporate the figurative and literal visual elements related to associated poetry—prompted by a James Baldwin quote. Artists use poetry and photography to validate their realities, reveal the discrepancies between the dominant culture, and solidify the normality of people of color living in the everyday.”
there is this thing. I speak vaguely because it’s hard for me to define. it sits in the in-between, perhaps—the unseen, the here and there. the future and the present.
there is this thing. this feeling, this incredible awe, this incredible— the incredible discovery that I am living here. that I am here.
It is amazing to think that I am here. I don’t know how to make that clear. that I know not of my origin—
that one day—poof!
I am here.
I am incredibly grateful for being here. and to God be all the glory.