Editor’s Note: Faithful readers of Dark Matter will perhaps recall the righteous fact of Will Maddoxx. We met years ago in a classroom and have kept right at it together as collaborators in learning community. My trick where I write the word “CULT” on a board and follow it with a teeny tiny “ure?” That’s me copying what Will did on a dry erase board before I walked in one day. All genius is borrowed. Anyway, the above image is Will’s work. It’s called “On the Edge of an Abyss, I am Finally Seen.” I was recently moved by words Will had for me via text. They are shared below with Will’s permission.
In 2016 I was so furious I left the country for a year. This time it is deep sadness and mourning. Realizing who we really are as a country and as a church and that my idealism about both has been crushed.
Yes. That’s where I am. Let us know how it’s going on your end. I’ve got the sketchbook and the guitar out at all times. Got Toni Morrison. Got running, cycling and a damn good dog. Got a few friends who mostly understand. But there must be a storm surge of anger out there somewhere off the coast of my hope and joy. I can see the water receding from around me, sucked out there somewhere by an energy bigger than I am.
In 2016 I was so furious I left the country for a year. This time it is deep sadness and mourning. Realizing who we really are as a country and as a church and that my idealism about both has been crushed.
"I’m frustrated but I’ll alchemize it".
Yes. That’s where I am. Let us know how it’s going on your end. I’ve got the sketchbook and the guitar out at all times. Got Toni Morrison. Got running, cycling and a damn good dog. Got a few friends who mostly understand. But there must be a storm surge of anger out there somewhere off the coast of my hope and joy. I can see the water receding from around me, sucked out there somewhere by an energy bigger than I am.
Beautifully put, my brother. We are a beginning.
thank you David :)
Thank you, Will! What a world. What a world.