I can see why Utah is “God’s country”. As I looked at this, I thought of George Floyd. How is this America too, all at once? The question seems indecent; that so much pain and so much beauty exist at the same moment seems wrong. Scandalous. Utterly fucked up. Because it is.
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I’ve been thinking on biblical mythology lately. Biblically, rainbows represent promise. And I’m thinking about @prophiphop’s words: “I don’t hate America, just demand she keeps her promises.”
Utah, May 2020
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