"The young generation is in control of an enormous future and I want them to fight with all their might to live a life just as big, filled with hope. "—Yayoi Kusama
In the hopes of creating a better world for future generations, activist and artist Patrisse Cullors, who co-founded the #BlackLivesMatter movement with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, speaks out against racism and state violence through her work as an organizer and artist, inspiring people and the creation of new movements around the world.
We received so many wonderful submissions last week that we've decided to pick TWO winners, who answered our question, "When do you feel "Self-Obliteration" - like you're a part of something bigger than yourself?"
Rachel Grayczyk (@rachelgaz) wrote: "The first law of thermodynamics states that energy can be transformed from one form to another, but can be neither created nor destroyed. Therefore, we are all infinite. I see infinity in the eyes of the grieving families that I work with who have known loss and yet know that a certain energy forever remains. I see boundlessness in the human ability to heal - waking each day and regenerating, nurturing broken bodies and broken hearts. I have felt infinity deep within my own soul as I embraced the beauty of sorrow and understood that boundless joy and deeply rooted pain could coexist peacefully on one plane. When we begin to understand that everything exists at once and time is an illusion, we find infinity within ourselves."
Kharen (@itskharenpo) wrote: "I see infinity and boundless simply by looking up. Right at the ground the sky starts. That sky continues onward and upward, past our atmosphere continue into the vast expanse that is space, laced with endless stars which each contain even more endless planets all of which, no matter how numerous, equate to how much I love you. He answered as he held her hand close."