(Portrait features Audre Lorde, a gaze as sharp and clear as a prism, her face framed by a halo of silver-threaded natural hair. She is wrapped in a heavy, woven shawl of deep crimson and earth tones, standing before a backdrop where the jagged skyline of the Bronx melts into a vast, open sea of… Continue reading Black HERstory: Audre Lorde
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Black HERstory: Maya Angelou
(“Sovereign Portrait” features Maya Angelou. She is draped in a vibrant, multi-colored kente cloth wrap, her hands folded in a gesture of profound stillness. Surrounding her is a rhythmic, ascending flight of gold-leaf birds—a reference to her “Caged Bird” who finally found the sky. The background is a texture of stacked, ancient books that transform… Continue reading Black HERstory: Maya Angelou