Imagine to Remember

There is an Akan aphorism, Sankofa. Sankofa can be translated as “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten”. Its symbol is a bird with its feet facing forward and its head turning back, an egg in its mouth, the representation of what has been retrieved, what one went back Continue reading

He had been missing for many years when his remains were found. For years his family searched for him.. The police did not take his case seriously. He and I were not close but we lived for many years as neighbours when we were children, going to the same school, living in the same building. Continue reading

The world has been ending since it began. The prophesied times are coming to pass, because we are here. Wars and rumours of wars, the slaughter of innocents. Everyday is an end and everyday is a beginning. At this very moment lives are falling to pieces, mothers and fathers holding limp, cold, heavy flesh, bodies Continue reading

The birds have begun their yearly pilgrimage. They have left us in search of warmer waters and softer winds. Skies grey, and winds quicken and the birds understand that the time has come, with their young in tow, they make the first flight in their seemingly endless journey south. But not all the birds will Continue reading

As a young girl I witnessed suffering and cruelty, at home at times but even more so out in the world. I remember questioning my mother about this. I would see the addicts in the depths of their withdrawals, those cast aside homeless, sick, rejected, refused even the simple acknowledgement of their existence by passersby. Continue reading

⁣There are parts of me that are hidden even to me, it is as though I am not one but many different “selfs” and the truest iteration of me, of anyone, is not the sum of my parts, but is entirely whole and is not made up of varying parts or selfs. I often feel Continue reading

For many of us our adolescence and early adulthood are marked by our search for romantic love. Marriage yes, but only as a natural consequence of finding love, love always being the ultimate goal. And in a disturbing turn of events we now have the self-proclaimed experts who tell us we don’t need love, completely Continue reading

As a child I had vivid dreams in my sleep and vivid visions in waking. I had hunches and premonitions and watched them come to pass. I had moments of such intense joy running, screaming, swinging and laughing. I had absolute serenity. I was fixating on the ray of sunlight coming through the veins and Continue reading

Loneliness may be the defining experience of our time but solitude remains a rarity, this is one the paradoxical truths of our age. Loneliness today is more than just a physical or even spiritual separation because it is accompanied by something else, the ever present force of distraction and temptation from our many devices. So Continue reading

Simone Weil wrote “Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on”.  This currency, this inheritance is also passed down from parent to child, generation to generation, it is in the blood and in the milk. We know Continue reading