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People are waking up to the truth of their manipulation under toxic systems.
Grind culture is a collaboration between white supremacy and capitalism. It views our divine bodies as machines.
Our worth is not connected to how much we produce. Another way is possible.
Rest is our protest. Rest is resistance. Rest is reparations.
the beauty of womanism is its holistic view of change. It centers the deep shared commitment Black women have to their family and community.
I know that my visualizations of what a world without capitalism and oppression looks like is based on something I have never experienced in this lifetime. It is dreamwork and alchemy.
We must reimagine rest within a capitalist system.
This work is about a slow unraveling that will require our participation for our entire lives. It is a cultural shift, rooted in an embodiment lens.
We are not resting to be productive. We are resting simply because it is our divine right to do so. That is it!
“Poetry is not only dream and vision: it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundation for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.”3
Poetry, like rest, can be scary to engage with because of the mystery it allows for, but this is exactly why we must face our fear and dream and let rest guide our healing and curiosity.
Meditations for rest I deserve to rest now. I am worthy of rest. I am not lazy. How could I be lazy? My Ancestors are too brilliant for that. Capitalism wants my body to be a machine. I am not a machine. I am a magical and divine human being. I have the right to resist grind culture. I don’t have to earn rest. Do less, watch how I thrive. Ease is my birthright. I Will Rest!
