Communal Dreaming - by Annika Hansteen-Izora

Communal Dreaming is a method of imaging new spaces to create, tend to love, and expand beyond the imagination of white supremacy.

Hey y’all. We’ve arrived in a new year, and the portal is still deepening. To quote @_BrothaG - rn I’m “[somewhere between zoom fatigue and exhausted by antiblackness].” Mind if we take a deep breath together? *pauses, takes three counts of a breath in, three counts of a breath out* 🌱 phew. thank you. I want to start this first newsletter with a longer essay I have on communal dreaming. I’m been feeling heavy disenchantment by the culture of white supremacy - and this essay speaks to those feels through practice of communal dreaming. This essay began from a session I held with Studio…

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