Toward Flight

Abstract

This reflection attempts to make sense of the ecological wisdoms embedded within Morrison’s Song of Solomon and their implications toward an embodied Apocalyptic Education (2020).  Particularly, the depictions of characters within the novel uncover an angst, uniquely illustrative of our experiences as hated people, while also placing emotional pressure on readers to think outside of civilization, toward healing, new ways of existing, even toward flight. Central to these pathways lie the significance of grief: grief as a function of consciousness raising, as a cultural tool toward re-memory, and grief as a communal endeavor toward flight.