The Visions of Octavia Butler
God can’t be resisted or stopped, but can be shaped and focused.
Octavia E. Butler • Parable of the Sower
Cooper’s mom taught her “that dreaming is at the core of politics. If things are going to get better, Black women have to stay invested in the project of dreaming.” The kind of tenacity it takes to turn a blueprint into reality can look like a ridiculous flight of fancy to someone standing outside one’s dream.
Ruha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
Octavia Butler on Creativity, the Generative Power of Our Obsessions, and How We Become Who We Are
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The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination
Ursula K. Le Guin • 9 highlights
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We’ll have to be very careful how we allow our needs to shape us.
Octavia E. Butler • Parable of the Sower
Octavia Butler (amb)
All successful life is (Fractal)
Adaptable, (Adaptive)
Opportunistic, (Nonlinear/Iterative)
Tenacious, (Resilient/Transformative Justice)
Interconnected, and (Interdependent/Decentralized)
Fecund. (Creates More Possibilities)
Understand this. (Scholarship, Reflection)
Use it. (Practice/Experiment)
Shape God. (Intention)