Paper Trail
A brief video-chronicle of the Black Arts Movement alongside the writing of JeNae’ Taylor.
past this down to me
give me a story that fills silent vacancies
covering echoes that long to be shallow
…
i just want to know you
as the being you wanted to be/were/was/am still
Prompt, complete each line then place in a safe place to be given to someone as an heirloom
I am
Otherwise known as
Because in
So I chose to
For example:
i am JeNae’
otherwise known as creator and adventurer
because in 2014 my body bore witness to many inhumane travesties
so i chose record this history through the lens of poetry while searching for God
Top Image: Barbara Jones–Hogu, Unite, screen print, 1971.
JeNae’ Taylor is a creative thinker, youth enthusiast, thought producer and possibility believer currently moving throughout Chicago.