New on SAPIENS: 'Taken together, anthropology and poetry can expand the possibilities of what we as humans believe “truth” to be'
in this case), helps craft a searing truth of what it means to be Black and/or Black Queer in the U.S., attempting to imagine spaces of respite and celebration under the threat of violence and death. Metaphors such as this can reveal and/or conceal, depending on how they are used.
Consider a set of grandparents who have been married for 50 years sharing the story of the day they first met. The “facts” might be simple: But the story these grandparents tell might employ devices like embellishment and metaphor, because those are more indicative of theWhat if the truth of their story becomes about how his heart fluttered when she looked deep into his eyes like she could see his soul? What if it were about how the musicality of his voice sounded like blended flutes to her ears when he spoke to her that first time?, comes through the recollection of how they felt in that moment.
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