a new room by nwaka okparaeke (2017)

ᴵ ᵂᴿᴼᵀᴱ ᵀᴴᴵˢ ᴬᴮᴼᵁᵀ ᴬ ᶜᴿᴱᴬᵀᵁᴿᴱ ᵂᴴᴼ ᶜᴬᴺ ᴺᴼᵀ ᴱᴹᴮᴿᴬᶜᴱ ᴵᵀˢ ᶠᴬᵀᴱᴰ ᴰᴱᴬᵀᴴ

kwaku gave me magic colour pencils on my birthday and when i go to the sea they come with me i go to margate only to margate this place tugs these colours out of me

i haven't made a cover since 2011, here i go

ᵖᵒʳᵗᵃˡ ᶜʳᵉᵃᵗⁱⁿᵍ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᵇⁱᵃⁿᶜᵃ ˢᶜᵒᵘᵗ ⁱⁿ ᴺʸᶜ ᵒⁿ ᴶᵃⁿᵘᵃʳʸ ²⁵ᵗʰ, ²⁰²²

ᴴᴱᴬᴿᵀ ᴼᶠ ᵀᴴᴱ ᴬᴺᶜᴴᴼᴿᴱˢˢ ᴮʸ ᴮᴵᴬᴺᶜᴬ ˢᶜᴼᵁᵀ ᵖᵉʳᶠᵒʳᵐᵉᵈ ᵒⁿ ᴼᶜᵗᵒᵇᵉʳ ²ⁿᵈ ᵢₙ ₛₒᵤₜₕbₐₙₖ Cₑₙₜᵣₑ

ᴼˡᵘᵇⁱʸⁱ ᵀʰᵒᵐᵃˢ ˢˢ²²’ ˢʰᵒʷ ᵒⁿ ᴶᵘⁿᵉ ¹¹, ²⁰²²

it’s a thought never crossed

to anton, to kwaku's mama sue, to my dad, to scout, to v, to brian, to tylar, to lola, to ama, to marlow for telling me to figure it out after i said i don't think i can put a show together in 6 days, to the crowd who looked on in wonder, to jonah for the restrictions, to love, to friendship, to imagination

ᵃ ˢᵐᵃˡˡ ᵉˣᶜᵉʳᵖᵗ ᵒᶠ ᶠᵃⁿᵗᵃˢʸ ᵗᵃˡᵉ ᵀʷᵢₙₑ fᵣₒₘ ᵐʸ ᵂᴵᴾ ᶜᵒˡˡᵉᶜᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᵒᶠ ˢᵗᵒʳⁱᵉˢ ᵀᴴᴵᴺᴳᴺᴱˢˢ

And yes that is me, I am the rabbit.

i learned this week that the cover of the kate's album 'the dreaming' was her homage to houdini and his wife who played a significant role in his performances...before he was bound up with chains to a tank or box, she would surreptitiously pass him a key concealed between her lips so he could escape his eleborate tricks. apparently kate found this idea "unbearably romantic" and created the scene with her husband.