Meditating Gunrunner with Audre Lorde

It has become fashionable to separate spiritual (psychic and emotional) from the political, to see them as contradictory or antithetical. “What do you mean a poetic revolutionary, a meditating gunrunner”?

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When you inhale Audre Lorde’s inspired scent, you’re taken to a beach house in St. Croix where she spent the final chapters of her life. The base notes of Sugar, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Cedar, and Amber match the contrasting depth and levity of Caribbean island living. The middle notes of Orange, Black Cherry, Peach, Plum, Camphor, and Sage accompany you both through your walk to the nearby beach.

You take in the tall tropical trees with slightly bruised fruits at their feet, the noisy birds whose chirps must be raving about the view from up there, and the waves, always the waves. The spirals that surround you catch your attention, and you point out how they reflect Audre Lorde’s own writing and philosophy. Beach merchants offer bright, colorful displays of fruits, herbs, and greens that create the top notes of this scent, Grapefruit, Mandarin, Lemon, Chamomile, and Lavender. 

As you sip a tall glass of tamarind guava limeade, you talk about the heavy freedom in queerness, the responsibility to embody all the parts of ourselves, the dangers of silence, and the uses of the erotic.