Reading your essay brought to mind something Audre Lorde wrote in The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action - “And of course I am afraid, you can hear it in my voice because the transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation, and that always seems fraught with danger”
What you’ve done feels very much in that spirit. Choosing to articulate something so painful, to give shape to it in words & physical form rather than let it remain unspoken, takes a rare kind of courage. It’s deeply moving, and genuinely inspiring.
Reading your essay brought to mind something Audre Lorde wrote in The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action - “And of course I am afraid, you can hear it in my voice because the transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation, and that always seems fraught with danger”
What you’ve done feels very much in that spirit. Choosing to articulate something so painful, to give shape to it in words & physical form rather than let it remain unspoken, takes a rare kind of courage. It’s deeply moving, and genuinely inspiring.
Love that message