The following is my speech for indoctrination into my cult, so let me know if you want in :) I’ve written about imagination several times before as it relates to queerness, leather, and gender. In being forced off the hamster wheel of overly busy New York City life, I’ve been thinking a ton more intentionally about imagination. Adults notoriously suck at imagination. Year after year the grind of capitalism and sober reality chips away at innocence and wonder. Imagining is a trait relegated to children— playing pretend and dreaming and fantasizing is for those who haven’t yet been exposed to how the world actually works. The adults of the world even use this knowledge to control children with lies about Santa Claus, or even with threats of the Boogeyman if you also had a sadist for a father. Growing up means orienting yourself within the confines of what’s narrowly defined (the more oppression one faces, the narrower this becomes) as acceptable for being a human. This is not news.
In all the way. <3
I want in!!! Thank you for this <3