Intissar

“In the wake of violence, acute or prolonged, we ask what we might need, how we might weather this time, how we might care for each other, how we might cultivate the space which encourages honesty, which encourages surrender. How we might build a small world, where we might feel beautiful, might feel free.”
― Caleb Azumah Nelson, Small Worlds

“We know death in its multitudes, but we’re all very serious about being alive.”
― Caleb Azumah Nelson, Small Worlds

“Language always has to be so exact and I never know exactly how I feel.”
― Caleb Azumah Nelson, Small Worlds

“I’ve only ever known myself in song, between notes, in that place where language won’t suffice but the drums might, might speak for us, might speak for what is on our hearts.”
― Caleb Azumah Nelson, Small Worlds