Calling In | From One To Another One

I am often "the one" and understand that it comes

with a heavy load of responsibility. regardless

of your choices, there will be questions,

assertions, assumptions and name calling

mixed together with a liberal smattering of self-righteous

"see? it's /not\ okay." sometimes, the choices

"the one" are asked to make are difficult

and painful. too often, the task of "the one" is

to solder together odd bits and pieces into what might look

like a hybrid gramophone/ boombox/ ipod hybrid

so it mimics a flawless rendition of multiple voices

in time and space. sometimes those voices have

to be sampled, remixed and accompanied

live. this is a deep and awkward labor.

sometimes, the one has to choose the terms of engagement

the way a recovering alcoholic enters a bar.

if the alcoholic is spiritually fit, they can withstand

with ease and grace the temptations

to be drawn back into their illness. what I hear you saying is ~

you see yourself as spiritually fit ~ you are an equal partner in the venture.

your place is one where you have the ability to co-create the experience,

direct the programming, define stated objectives, intend

outcomes ... with equality in revenue sharing.

if this is the case, if you seek not to improve your position within

patriarchal White Supremacy and are using this event to dismantle

it, then I applaud and admire you.

I will watch closely to learn how you do this. your brand is

unlike your mother's ~ which has always stayed close

to an indisputable mission to dismantle White Supremacy and patriarchy.

it may just be that you have grown large enough

to think about being able to walk in her shoes. and I trust

in her good role-modeling to see you through

this swamp of thoughtless entitled female White supremacist

behavior. so, my sister, I am watching carefully

to see how you do this tender dangerous work.

I have much to learn about the way

"one" has always been asked to create

change. and achieves it single-handedly.

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