“The U.S. is at a changing threshold. Let’s hope it doesn’t all get diluted in a big puddle of ambiguity. It would be great if our society had the power to regenerate, to heal the untenable parts of the past and invent itself anew. It’s the whole Euro-American Empire that needs to restart. Alas, past empires have preferred entropy over regeneration, but this time perhaps a better chance is available since the dimensions are global. I feel art is a testimony of the dignity of thought and feeling; it’s very resilience is a form of hope.”

-Lucio Pozzi, August 2020

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OBSzine is a multilingual publication that promotes art, thought and discourse by way of multigenerational and multinational collaboration. Lucio Pozzi founded the zine in 2016. In 2020, he invited me to become the guest editor for the 16th issue. I centered the theme on a fragment from one of our discussions; it’s the quote that introduces this page. The issue features writings and artworks generated by the minds of thirteen Black authors– visual artists, actresses, activists and poets.