Every Successful Artist Comes From

Something That Had The Quality Of A Dimly Lit Stage Set Just Before The Curtains Rise On Opening Night. There Was A Rhythm To It, A Beckoning, And A Bittersweet Tear In Time.

I Didn't Leave Africa, I Left Nigeria, And For Political Reasons. But ... I've Never, Never Left Africa, And I Certainly Never Left What It Means To Be Ibo. That Is Something You Carry With You.

If You Encounter A Human Shadow Burned Permanently Into The Concrete In Hiroshima, You Realize That This Is The Trace Of A Very Ordinary Person Now Elevated Into The Emblematic. Time, Shame, Complicity, Or Discomfort Are The Only Things That Make Us Pretend History Is Impersonal Or Far Removed From The Power And Consequences Of Our Every Lived Moment.

Sometimes We Say We Want An End To Hate Or Racism Or Sexism. But We All Participate In Keeping These Structures Alive. If Everyone Decided To Relinquish The Past What Would Happen To People Who Feel That There Hasn't Been Proper Atonement Made To Them? And What Happens To The Person Who Feels That The Constant Atonement Is Their Identity?

I Read Everywhere. It's Like A Bodily Function. I Don't Need Quiet. I Write And Read With The Tv On. I Follow The Tv Show While I Read. Tv Doesn't Require A Lot Of Brainpower.