Beloved reader,
As I write this, I think of all my loved ones and community members who are struggling with turbocharged anxiety and fear.
I think of those of us who have pulled back from the world in an attempt to devour the dragons roaming freely in our imaginations.
I think of those of us who are trying desperately to survive decades of solitude.
Beloved reader, I think of you.
Did you know that all of this — this worldbuilding, this spirit-work — was designed for you?
Did you know that when everything/ everything/ everything feels like it's on fire, I think of you, darling reader?
May you realise in the now-now time signature, as Mos Def would say, that you embody divine sublimity. May you keep singing your canticle in this curious-curious lifetime and the next. May you know that you are the source of this song.
With love,
Diriye
DIRIYE OSMAN'S new book, The Butterfly Jungle, is out now and can be ordered via these global retailers: https://bit.ly/3L9SLR4
Song of the moment: 'Closer' by FLOETRY.