I love the way this piece makes salient something I haven’t been able to articulate as I have been bombarded with the Titanic sub news. It’s been weird/uncomfortable being a refugee reading about all these exploring men. It’s weird for so many reasons, but you’ve helped me name a few. Thank you.
Damn. Once again, I am reminded, as I catch my breath, how very much words matter and how they are so often limited by the imagination and perspective of those uttering them.
And if you explore more about Columbus, and the timing, might be curious to consider that he and his crew were very likely Jewish and truly were sponsored asylum seekers from the inquisition.
"I think we do not call them explorers because we do not think women and children can be explorers. I think we do not call them explorers because we do not think home is worth discovering. And I think many of the people within the borders think they live in lands that cannot be discovered. They think they are supposed to discover, not be discovered."
I love the way this piece makes salient something I haven’t been able to articulate as I have been bombarded with the Titanic sub news. It’s been weird/uncomfortable being a refugee reading about all these exploring men. It’s weird for so many reasons, but you’ve helped me name a few. Thank you.
Damn. Once again, I am reminded, as I catch my breath, how very much words matter and how they are so often limited by the imagination and perspective of those uttering them.
Thank you.
And if you explore more about Columbus, and the timing, might be curious to consider that he and his crew were very likely Jewish and truly were sponsored asylum seekers from the inquisition.
Meg, this is poetry ❤️❤️❤️
"I think we do not call them explorers because we do not think women and children can be explorers. I think we do not call them explorers because we do not think home is worth discovering. And I think many of the people within the borders think they live in lands that cannot be discovered. They think they are supposed to discover, not be discovered."
This paragraph contains so much.