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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.90,0:00:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello loved ones!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.63,0:00:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.50,0:00:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,welcome back to Audre Lorde Resurrection Sunday.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.78,0:00:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um... catching up! I'm catching up \Non the Sundays that I missed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.88,0:00:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this past weekend we were in Houston,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.03,0:00:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facilitating Mobile Homecoming, grounding,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.36,0:00:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a team of awesome facilitators,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.59,0:00:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Fullness: an all day institute \Non erotic power and spiritual wellness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.05,0:00:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspired by Audre Lorde's \N"Uses of the Erotic/Power of the Erotic."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.01,0:00:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was incredible,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.16,0:00:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a hundred people \Nparticipated throughout the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.89,0:00:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was powerful to witness all these folks
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.92,0:01:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stepping into their full, embodied power\Nin relationship to their sexuality,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.19,0:01:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their sexual practice, their political practice, \Ntheir creative practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.26,0:01:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their spiritual and religious practice,\Neverything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.36,0:01:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, one of the poems that we used, \Nand did an oracle with during the institute,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.57,0:01:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Audre Lorde's "Love Poem", from her collection \NNew York City Headshop and Museum.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.30,0:01:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm gonna share it with you right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.03,0:01:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}"Love Poem"{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.83,0:01:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Speak earth and bless me with what is richest{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.43,0:01:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}make sky flow honey out of my hips{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.60,0:01:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}rigid as mountains{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.69,0:01:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}spread over a valley{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.42,0:01:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}carved out by the mouth of rain.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.52,0:01:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And I knew when I entered her I was{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.29,0:01:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}high wind in her forests{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.80,0:01:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}hollow fingers whispering sound{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.58,0:02:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}honey flowed from the split cup{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.12,0:02:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}impaled on a lance of tongues{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.35,0:02:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}on the tips of her breasts, on her navel{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.99,0:02:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and my breath, howling into her entrances{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.39,0:02:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}through lungs of pain.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.89,0:02:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Greedy as herring-gulls{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.39,0:02:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}or a child{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.26,0:02:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I swing out over the earth{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.18,0:02:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}over and over{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.32,0:02:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}again.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.74,0:02:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I love this poem for many reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.15,0:02:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two that are really important in terms of \Nthis whole context of survival,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.18,0:02:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and re-defining survival \Nwith the guidance of Audre Lorde,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.48,0:02:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are that this is a poem where she talks explicitly \Nand makes a connection between
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.08,0:02:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her sexual practice, her intimate embodied love \Nfor women or for a woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.54,0:03:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her spiritual practice of connecting with nature, \Nconnecting with the earth itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.58,0:03:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the valleys and the rain\Nand everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.98,0:03:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that the Fullness Institute \Nwas really all about that...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.60,0:03:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can we activate our embodied practice,\Nand our intimacy with each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.76,0:03:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our intimacy with ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.13,0:03:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a resource that has us be more alive, \Nmore connected with nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.74,0:03:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more in tune with our spiritual power.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.01,0:03:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we're really excited about what all the participants in the institute will do with that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.35,0:03:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they go forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.92,0:03:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are thrilled about all of \Nthe co-sponsoring organizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.65,0:03:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 different organizations who are doing this work,\Nhelping people live fully in their bodies year round,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.53,0:03:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can check that out if you go to the\NMobile Homecoming tumblr:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.93,0:03:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mobilehomecoming.tumblr.com
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.50,0:03:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the other thing that I think is \Nreally important about this poem,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.51,0:04:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--and this speaks to your assignment should you choose to accept it--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.40,0:04:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that when Audre Lorde first submitted this poem for publication with her publisher at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.38,0:04:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Broadside Press, which is one of the most important\Npublishers of the black arts movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.40,0:04:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her editor pushed back
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.26,0:04:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said that {\i1}Oh, this is confusing,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.96,0:04:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}there's something you know about the pronouns,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.67,0:04:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*{\i1}"I" entered "her", you know, that doesn't...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.53,0:04:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}that doesn't really make sense...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.67,0:04:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Audre Lorde was like
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.53,0:04:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}no, there's nothing wrong with the pronouns,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.35,0:04:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}y'know, I'm saying exactly what I want to say{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.14,0:04:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the way that Broadside Press \Nhad been marketing her work
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.64,0:04:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was as a mother, as a Black Nationalist woman,\Nas a teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.49,0:04:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not as her whole self,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.22,0:04:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a Black, lesbian, warrior, poet, mother,\Nwho she was.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.26,0:04:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she took a stand with this particular poem,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.59,0:04:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which Broadside Press did publish \Nin her next collection,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.48,0:04:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New York City Headshop and Museum,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.29,0:04:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she also read the poem publicly\Nall around New York City
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.42,0:05:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as one of her acts of declaring who she was\Nand how she worked,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.78,0:05:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how her spiritual practice worked,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.52,0:05:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the role of her love for women \Nwas in her life,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.58,0:05:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just as an abstract idea, but also as \Nan embodied way of engaging with the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.85,0:05:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was really a poem that allowed her \Nto unapologetically declare who she was,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.09,0:05:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when someone interviewed her about why she named herself in these ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.62,0:05:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why every time she spoke she came to say \N"{\i1}I am a Black lesbian warrior poet mother,{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.26,0:05:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}doing my work, come to ask you \Nare you doing yours?"{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.93,0:05:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone asked her, {\i1}y'know, why do you have this whole litany of words when you introduce yourself?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.51,0:05:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she shared that she had not known that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.46,0:05:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Langston Hughes, a poet who had mentored her,\Nwho she knew personally,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.16,0:05:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was very important to her as a poet,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.12,0:05:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he's important to all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.20,0:05:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also as a person who she knew,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.27,0:05:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who gave her advice about her own poetry,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.82,0:06:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she never knew about his sexuality,\Nabout that aspect of his life until after he was dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.49,0:06:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she decided at that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.23,0:06:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she wanted everyone to know \Nthe parts of herself that mattered to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.98,0:06:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she knew that she wouldn't be able to predict \Nwho would find healing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.67,0:06:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in her ability to unapologetically declare \Nwho she was,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.19,0:06:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would be out there who could identify \Nwith a piece of who she was
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.86,0:06:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would live to see her example.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.98,0:06:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I love that, I love hearing that and knowing that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.63,0:06:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of course, I am a person \Nwho found her work after she passed on.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.54,0:06:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm absolutely empowered by the unapologetic way \Nshe described herself,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.47,0:06:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm sure many of us, many of you watching \Nthis video are also empowered by her bravery.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.98,0:06:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So! Your assignment for this week\Nin the name of Audre Lorde
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.37,0:06:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.96,0:07:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is something about yourself that \Nyou want to declare more unapologetically?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.65,0:07:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could have to do with your sexuality \Nor sensuality or your practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.51,0:07:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it could really also be anything, y'know, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.96,0:07:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you are an artist but you've been kind of underplaying that part of who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.22,0:07:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would it look like to unapologetically \Ndeclare yourself as an artist?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.17,0:07:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To highlight your creative practice\Nwhere people can see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.09,0:07:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or whatever it is, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.65,0:07:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you really wanna highlight your relationship with your siblings more...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.48,0:07:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[{\i1} CANNOT HEAR THIS PART {\i0}]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.05,0:07:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...what would it look like to say
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.35,0:07:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}Y'know what? Being a sister is a crucial part of who I am, and I really want to spread that to the world{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.40,0:07:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or for whatever reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.55,0:07:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With no apologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.81,0:07:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, my siblings are amazing, \NI'm obsessed with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.48,0:07:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No apologies for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.24,0:07:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So whatever that is for you, the idea is for you to unapologetically express that this week.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.32,0:07:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you wanna leave a comment, if you wanna \Nemail me I would love to hear about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.22,0:08:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you want a poem blessing \Nlike the participants in the Institute got,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.57,0:08:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distilled from Audre Lorde's "Love Poem", \Nyou can figure out how to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.66,0:08:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either right below this video or at\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.98,0:08:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,summerofourlorde.wordpress.com
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.90,0:08:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much for listening,\Nfor watching,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.81,0:08:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sending you much much much much love.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.21,0:08:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MWAH! Happy Resurrection Sunday.