Wow, thank you for introducing me to Octavia Butler. This is so interesting, and also terrifying that she was so prescient about 2024. I feel afraid for what's coming, but looking at the much bigger picture of humanity as a whole feels more promising - like maybe we have to go through some stuff in order to do our human "thing".
It makes sense that Butler describes the work as channeling. After Parable…, I then read the Star Hawk book which also describes a post-collapse California dystopia. It is painful to recognize both as cautionary tales. I find courage in knowing that I am willing to recognize the mechanisms that brought us to this place. It is an exhausting time, to be sure. I try to avoid burning out and disassociating. Trying my best to “Keep calm and carry on.”
Wow, thank you for introducing me to Octavia Butler. This is so interesting, and also terrifying that she was so prescient about 2024. I feel afraid for what's coming, but looking at the much bigger picture of humanity as a whole feels more promising - like maybe we have to go through some stuff in order to do our human "thing".
It makes sense that Butler describes the work as channeling. After Parable…, I then read the Star Hawk book which also describes a post-collapse California dystopia. It is painful to recognize both as cautionary tales. I find courage in knowing that I am willing to recognize the mechanisms that brought us to this place. It is an exhausting time, to be sure. I try to avoid burning out and disassociating. Trying my best to “Keep calm and carry on.”
Powerful and thought-provoking.