"Am I Alive?"

and other questions

Today is perhaps the first time I’ve ever walked through Bed-Stuy without feeling subsumed — in nauseating hyper-empathy, feeling the pain and desperation of everyone I encounter…All this is to say: it’s a pretty day and I had a nice walk in the park. The question is: now what? Or, what now?

The clarity I feel in this moment comes after a night out to t…