Can Black Fantasy Shape Black Reality?
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can transform one million realities.” -Maya Angelou (The Heart of a Woman)
Words make and shape minds. Black fantasy is entertaining and can serve as a segway to a progressive, informed reality.
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen shares this idea: We are what we think. These questions come to mind: Can we fantasize our way into a growth mindset (versus a fixed mindset )?
Is counteracting the effects of systematic racism through fantasy-based literature possible? Will mind over matter propel us into an alternate reality that would help us dream big and do big things? It can, and it has.
Great ideas begin with “Pure Imagination,” the song written for the film Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I like these lines…
“Come with me, and you’ll be
In a world of pure imagination.
Take a look, and you’ll see
Into your imagination.
We’ll begin with a spin.
Traveling in the world of my creation.
What we’ll see will defy explanation.
If you want to view paradise,
Simply look around and view it.
Anything you want to, do it.
Want to change the world?
There’s nothing to it.”1
