Discussion: Evaluating the Progress of Social Change

4.22 The Welder | Cherrie Moraga

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The Welder | Cherrie Moraga

I am a welder. Not an alchemist. I am interested in the blend of common elements to make a common thing.

No magic here. Only the heat of my desire to fuse what I already know exists. Is possible.

We plead to each other, we all come from the same rock we all come from the same rock ignoring the fact that we bend at different temperatures that each of us is malleable up to a point.

Yes, fusion is possible but only if things get hot enough – all else is temporary adhesion, patching up.

It is the intimacy of steel melting into steel, the fire of your individual passion to take hold of ourselves that makes sculpture of your lives, builds buildings.

And I am not talking about skyscrapers, merely structures that can support us of trembling.

for too long a time the heat of my heavy hands has been smoldering in the pockets of other people’s business- they need oxygen to make fire.

I am now coming up for air Yes, I am picking up the torch.

I am the welder. I understand the capacity of heat to change the shape of things. I am suited to work within the realm of sparks out of control.

I am the welder. I am taking the power into my own hands.

The Welder | Cherrie Moraga

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