“Hope is a Mother Bird,” Jerome Stueart, (11x 15) watercolor, mixed media on paper.
When I saw that Sen. Bernie Sanders was going to go back into rally mode, and go across the nation, teaching people how to fight oligarchy, I was filled with hope. I’ve also been watching Rep. AOC give instructions and insight over instagram, Youtube, and other social media. Reps Chris Murphy, Jasmine Crocket, have also been trying to help people make sense of what’s happening and give us a game plan of what to do. I hear Pete Buttigieg is possibly going to give weekly talks about what Democrats are doing right now.
All of this is to HELP US—because we are the power in this situation, but we don’t know our powers. We need help to find out HOW to make our voices heard even as votes are happening to take those powers away.
Fight oligarchy. Call your representatives. Join rallies. Educate yourself through these people and other organizations. We can be taught how to fight back. It’s not too late.
This bird–the same bird that flew onto Bernie’s podium in 2016–it’s back. It’s bigger. It’s ready to fight. It is HOPE and HOPE FIGHTS.
This bird in the painting felt so much like it was sitting on a nest– parenting us, helping us hatch. The people, for a moment, when I was sketching, looked like a whole mass of eggs. We are being educated, taught how to fight, and reminded of the powers that we have.
Let hope hatch in your heart.
Bear Witness 