"We appreciate clouds for what they are, they are enough because they are there. 

They evolve or not, change or not, flow, merge, grow; they are enough because they are there. 

They are what they are regardless of the names we assign them or even if we never see them. They are enough because they are. 

They are enough. 

These were my initial thoughts about blue, my meditations while these papers dried. In my mind I was connecting the luscious Berkshire clouds to body autonomy, which links to trans rights and reproductive justice and the right to have an unapologetic abortion.  

And then on May 14th another white supremacist shot 13 people and killed 10 Black people and we let him. After Charleston, after Ferguson, after Oscar Grant, after Winthrop Massachusetts, after, after, after.....so many lynchings, Black Wall Street, and so much else. We, specifically white Americans, have chosen to not have a lot of tough conversations with our families and neighbors and we let 10 more people die.  

We choose to polarize ourselves and stay in our bubble of people who mostly agree with us and we write off the crazy fringe. Maybe some of us have moved family members who weren’t too far gone. But we didn’t fully address white supremacy or do anything to protect those injured by it. 

I don’t know how to end it or how long it will take. But at the very least we need to address white supremacy at every turn, even if we are tired. Because these 13 Black families surely are tired. 

I remembered each of the 10 Black victims on these clouds. And then, on May 24, while drafting this message and preparing the pieces to be mailed, a shooter ran into Robb Elementary School."