I AM COMING TO SEE YOU

An Unfolding Artist Book

In I Am Coming To See You, a time-bending story is told about ancestral inheritances, love, and survival through time and space. In this newly created & unique book form, the audience is led to the center of the work by unfolding the pages back till the reader finds love, connection, and respect while simultaneously calling out the conditions within which that care must traverse. It is a book that tells, reflects, and is full of history while keeping your feet firmly planted in the present. The book form itself feels like unwrapping, pulling off layers of the city and society until we get to the expansive and open center of connection, nature, and finding one’s self. This story is one of my Black identity, and my continuous desire to find and connect with my ancestors through nature, writing, and self-discovery. A feat that becomes harder and harder with the confinement & gentrification of the city and the bombardment of ads and technology clouding our thoughts. I Am Coming To See You is a story many people who look like me and the like can deeply relate to. It is a story of finding yourself as an African American and reconnecting with your loved ones' faces and names who may very well be unknown. These 15 pages are devoted to exploring your ancestry and finding an answer to who you are. I came to realize you have to look back and talk to someone who has been historically silenced and hidden away from you, listen, and seek the many ways they speak to you filled within the world that surrounds us. When we are so bogged down by distractions, you may need to step out of the technology and city hustle to truly hear them.