Jordan Reyne - Bardo (2018)

“My experiences, unfortunately, are not unique,” she explains “So I couch them as folk-lore like I do with any other theme that is part of being human. My hope is that bringing such experiences to light helps others feel less alone with their stories. There are so many things we are unable to discuss openly, because the narratives around them are so powerful. The mother’s-love myth, for example. Anyone suggesting mothers do not automatically love their children is met with the kind of expressions you’d see if you had murdered someones cat, and instant, heated protests to the contrary. It’s a Great Unmentionable that renders people all the more alone for not being able to talk about it. It’s important to make counter-narratives to such things, just as we made counter-narratives to the ones suggesting only men can be clever and discover things, or that white people “civilize” the world. It is through being able to acknowledge such things that we can deal with them, and then move on.”