They Sang with a Thousand Tongues
This season of turning, things going to ground with the promise of new
life to come, has many stories from many cultures. It can be easy to get
caught up in the fear of unfamiliar stories making the ones we use to
give us hope in the cold and dark of winter. Another frame might serve
us better. In this essay by Bayo Akomolafe provides the hopeful frame of
many voices harmonizing in a joyous chorus. All the voices, all the
stories are necessary and critical. And no single story can carry the
tune.