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Of Cotton, Clay, and Water: A Black retelling of the Anthropocene narrative (2026) Main Menu Beginning with the ending The Vase Complete This retelling operates on polychronic time Growing cotton Black textile lifecycles The Trans*atlantic, blue space racism, and Flint, Michigan: Water as a means of oppression Clay as a finite element “To freedom", jumping ship, and following rivers: Water as a site of freedom Clay as a memory (archive) Ending with a beginning

Clay as narrative/law

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Laws and narratives have appeared miraculously and exist perpetually in stone across religions and literature. In the Old Testament, Moses was given the Ten Commandments by God, 10 rules to live by etched into two stone tablets, on the top of a mountain. In The Broken Earth Trilogy, the lore tablets loom over the narrative. They are quoted at the end of chapters, alluded to in dialogue, and only at the very end does the reader understand (in part) their origin. However, both the Ten Commandments and the lore tablets are rules written with language and words. They were both misunderstood and changed, some parts listened to and others ignored.

This vase tells a narrative without any words. While the stone was still soft, I carved the narrative in. The narrative on this piece of stone comes from someone who is inside of it, rather than being delivered by an omnipotent and all-knowing God or studied lorist. Still, I had complete agency over the story I was going to tell. I played the role of lorist while I carved the narrative. What to say, what to leave out?

This retelling of the Anthropocene will definitely be misunderstood.

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