Imani Copeland
@imanijcope
Imani Copeland
@imanijcope
"Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops." Pg. 49
Things give meaning to the lives of people who are deprived of authentic human contact. It is not necessarily a quirk of the poor: the millionaire builds an ostentatious house; the CEO wears a Rolex; the politician has a few people in his pocket; the dictator has his disposable private army; the preacher surrounds herself with unread theology
... See more“To collect is to organize the world in your own image, and Aurora Sedge clearly had a very strong sense of who she was. You can tell a lot about a person by what they collect.
Jarring
Why do we collect?
Maybe you can still sing when your body won’t let you dance.
Arielle’s word of the year 2025