Adia

“Take up space. Be risky in your observations. Be a maroon. Decide you ain’t ever going back to enslavement. Take a nap to receive a Word from your Ancestors. Be subversive. Embrace radical love that is outside the confines of tradition. Be suspicious of everything they taught you. Carry a research notebook. Be curious. Resist. Rest.”
― Tricia Hersey, Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

“your art
is not about how many people
like your work
your art
is about
if your heart likes your work
if your soul likes your work
it's about how honest
you are with yourself
and you
must never
trade honesty
for relatability”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“Capitalism was created on plantations. The roots of it are violence and theft.”
― Tricia Hersey, Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

“I feel like a legacy of exhaustion resides somewhere in all of us, but specifically resides in the bodies of those who have melanated skin.”
― Tricia Hersey, Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto