Published Stories
Ground 2 Sound
On March 1, 2024, Tacoma turned out at the Ground 2 Sound Festival to show the impact and intersections of art and activism, and to focus on the crucial importance of clean waters in our Puget Sound Region. Read the selected pieces and honorable mentions from our themed call!
A Perfect Brightness of Hope by Genevieve Arnold
I’ve always had hope, not wishes or desires, but hallelujah hope. The kind that thrusts you out of bed in the morning. Since my earliest years, hope has been my companion. She introduced us. At first, she loaned me hers until I found my own. When I did, it became our shared love language and the expectant eyes through which we viewed the world. That’s why it was ok when she died. I wasn’t ready (is anyone?) Death showed up breathless and raring to go like it was late for a very important date. Feeling sick on Sunday; gone on Friday. Not necessarily a surprise. She was sick: leukemia.