“…I will name, expose an decry violence, harm, evil and depravity..."
“The colonizer’s perversion of testimony will no longer hold my memory in a grip of death and the covenant of unholy silence. I will name, expose an decry violence, harm, evil and depravity— even if it’s in my family—until they are uprooted and destroyed. Future generations will flourish because I know and can discern good from evil, and have apprehended the mandate of indictment.”
d e t a i l s:
8.5x5.5” || 74-77pp || acrylic || recycled saree ribbon || silk tassel || inner back pocket
About “The Witnesses” series:
We must bear witness! The book is a testament holder; our experience is a lens; our discernment is the voice instructing us on what to put down. Nothing that intersects with our journey is coincidental— it’s all part of the testimony and testament we are called to keep.
Every day this society seeks to banalize teastained women’s disposition and cheapen our demeanor to get us to think we are just as they are—yet we are not. What is a witness? One who can testify. Soulful sojourner, this is who you are by Divine birthright.
This series is an encouragement to those of us who understand that we are living witnesses attesting to our unprecedented ancestral significance. Those of us carrying and leaving history for those coming after us by being responsible witnesses of the times to which we have been entrusted. Do you understand?
Always with love and obedience to the soulful sojourners,
Chimene
“The colonizer’s perversion of testimony will no longer hold my memory in a grip of death and the covenant of unholy silence. I will name, expose an decry violence, harm, evil and depravity— even if it’s in my family—until they are uprooted and destroyed. Future generations will flourish because I know and can discern good from evil, and have apprehended the mandate of indictment.”
d e t a i l s:
8.5x5.5” || 74-77pp || acrylic || recycled saree ribbon || silk tassel || inner back pocket
About “The Witnesses” series:
We must bear witness! The book is a testament holder; our experience is a lens; our discernment is the voice instructing us on what to put down. Nothing that intersects with our journey is coincidental— it’s all part of the testimony and testament we are called to keep.
Every day this society seeks to banalize teastained women’s disposition and cheapen our demeanor to get us to think we are just as they are—yet we are not. What is a witness? One who can testify. Soulful sojourner, this is who you are by Divine birthright.
This series is an encouragement to those of us who understand that we are living witnesses attesting to our unprecedented ancestral significance. Those of us carrying and leaving history for those coming after us by being responsible witnesses of the times to which we have been entrusted. Do you understand?
Always with love and obedience to the soulful sojourners,
Chimene
“The colonizer’s perversion of testimony will no longer hold my memory in a grip of death and the covenant of unholy silence. I will name, expose an decry violence, harm, evil and depravity— even if it’s in my family—until they are uprooted and destroyed. Future generations will flourish because I know and can discern good from evil, and have apprehended the mandate of indictment.”
d e t a i l s:
8.5x5.5” || 74-77pp || acrylic || recycled saree ribbon || silk tassel || inner back pocket
About “The Witnesses” series:
We must bear witness! The book is a testament holder; our experience is a lens; our discernment is the voice instructing us on what to put down. Nothing that intersects with our journey is coincidental— it’s all part of the testimony and testament we are called to keep.
Every day this society seeks to banalize teastained women’s disposition and cheapen our demeanor to get us to think we are just as they are—yet we are not. What is a witness? One who can testify. Soulful sojourner, this is who you are by Divine birthright.
This series is an encouragement to those of us who understand that we are living witnesses attesting to our unprecedented ancestral significance. Those of us carrying and leaving history for those coming after us by being responsible witnesses of the times to which we have been entrusted. Do you understand?
Always with love and obedience to the soulful sojourners,
Chimene