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(E)theric Mneumonics response


 In September 2025, artist Tawfik Naas and Kumbirai Makumbe presented me with the task to respond to their research project  “(E)theric Mnemonics: Unfolding Reflections: Through Dreamt Springs of tRaNsFeRRari [𝘾𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜] ♫ 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔, 𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 ♫”. What started as emails between the two friends turned into a question of what the ether is, defining care, and how humans develop ways of being. This is how I responded to the two collaborators' musings.  (Read More)

Blue




“Blue is a scattered love that disappears and reappears and moves me
How’s it possible that so many shades can mean so many things?” (Read More)


Crane Flower

“When I was growing up, there were crane flowers (birds of paradise) in a bundle in front of my house “ (Read More)

The First Black Woman Was a Clown 
“The first woman was a fool
The first human was a black person
The first black woman was a clown” (email to request poem)

Mistaken Lover 
“Mistaken lover
I thought I saw a ghost at the end of the dessert 
I was parched and you were shaped out of water 
A fountain erupts in you and I am desperate to taste it”  (email to request poem)