Vogueのインスタグラム(voguemagazine) - 6月25日 23時49分

For the Artist Statements project, 11 leading Black contemporary artists reflect on the joys—and the sorrows—of Black American life. Tap the link in our bio to see more.

Above: Artwork by @theresachromati, who writes: "Words from Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower: 'Prodigy is, at its essence, adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may be channeled into destructive fanaticism. Without positive obsession, there is nothing at all.' Clarity may not be the destination; perhaps the only constant is to exist amongst duality. Moving throughout calm chaos. Screams next to laughter, caressing in dark fleshy places and eyes massaged by natural light. A space of learning and unlearning, leaping and catching my breath, being held and being pushed.

Titles by the artist in conversation with herself over the past few years:

Stepping out to step in

Step into me Theresa (guidance from her smile and a scrotum flower)

Tearing me apart, so much that I become beautiful (woman exploring a smile)

Running in Place and Sometimes Walking: at Times I Feel Loved and Paralyzed

Come as You are

Your Mother is a Woman That Moves Swiftly. Her Daughter Has to Keep Moving. The Beast is Behind me and Another is Always Approaching

Holding onto a Smile (Woman Exploring a Smile)

You Always Show Me More

She watches you the way she needs to while I figure out my way (woman grasping a leg and a scrotum flower)

Prepared (She’s With Me)

Changing my Stride

One Step and I Shall Form Again (Trust Your Movement)

Where Will the Pieces Land? (Reaching for a Scrotum Flower)

Stepping toward my darkest bits to hear a familiar song. The words have changed, but the melody caresses me all the same (woman lead by her intuition, supported by scrotum flowers)"

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