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Anand Pandian posted an update
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Today is the birthday of visionary Black speculative fiction writer Octavia Butler, who passed on in 2006. Let’s celebrate her memory with favorite passages or moments from her books. Here’s one that stays with me, from Parable of the Sower: “Someday, I think there will be a lot of us. And I think we’ll have to seed ourselves father and farther from this dying place.”
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A friend sent me this podcast and I’m really excited to listen to it!
Maybe a bit generic, but I think my favorite line is still “Everything you touch, you change”
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I am rereading the parable books as we speak. In the midst of Parable of the Talents, in the part before things get REALLY, REALLY, dark. This happens to be the beginning of the section I’m about to start, 2033:
Partnership is giving, taking
learning, teaching, offering the
greatest possible benefit while doing
the least possible harm. Partnership
is mutualistic symbiosis. Parthership
is life.
Any entity, any process that
cannot or should not be resisted or
avoided must somehow be
partnered. Partner one another.
Partner diverse communities. Partner
life. Partner any world that is your
home. Partner God. Only in
partnership can we thrive, grow,
Change. Only in partnership can we
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I knew Octavia Butler during my secondary education in Nigeria (an equivalent of high school) and we were obliged to recite her quote;”Be who you are not who someone else thinks you ought to be” ~ Octavia Butler on the assembly ground every week. It shaped many of the students.
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Fascinating story, @Adekunle thank you for sharing
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Climate Change Theatre Action’s plays this year are inspired by Octavia Butler’s work. Join us on Dec 5th at Creative Alliance (the event is on the EDC calendar)! I’ll post a ticket link as soon as it’s available.
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