Hoop Dreams
On the sport of love
The concept “Hoop Dreams” originated from a line in an old piece that states, “Maybe my wedding finger got hoop dreams too.
So I painted…
And I wrote this poem entitled Team Player:
And I listened to Tracee Ellis Ross talk about lonliness:
And I read this Substack article:
I think about relationship dynamics a lot. How expectations are placed across the spectrum of gender. How it can feel like there’s a gamification to finding a partner. How that implies winners and “losers” or at lease those on the bench…which is a constant something to grapple with. How I’m scared, like really scared of some of y’all, but ultimately still hopeful and show up to the court.
