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Rose Butler is Free!
Created for Sojourners for Justice Press’ project, “Black Women, Violence and Resistance.”
Release the memory of the tragedy that bound Rose Butler to earth. Can you look at this poster and relish only in her unwavering momentum? Breathe freedom into the living altar of her memory. Let’s imagine her moving on. Let’s speak no more of the horrors that keep her tied to this reality. Light a candle and imagine her singing, sighing, out-stretching toward infinity. Warm and free. She is that light! Beautiful and striking. She does not need reigns or saddle to control the bestial angel she rides. It is not tame, yet it heeds her call alone. It’s taking her home.
Ink, Acrylic Paint, Graphite, Charcoal, Digital Color, 2023