I recently wrote about how much I enjoyed live illustrating tiata fahodzi’s Black Earth project, that led a discussion on how the creative sector can form an anti-racist response to the climate emergency. I was thrilled to receive this week their Green Care Packages inspired from the conversations that took place during the workshops and featuring beautiful collaborations. It includes an interactive booklet, a calendula skin salve as well as seeds from Community Apothecary and a dream pillow by the afrofuturist apothec∞ry. I never cam across such a delicate harmony of prompts and objects enticing readers to explore creative resistance and self care. The experience is both empowering and humbling and supports the ripple effect of the impactful discussions I had the honour to witness during the live illustration sessions. Some sketchnotes were extracted from those sessions and turned into editorial illustrations for the booklet and here are a few extracts.
Find out more about the Black Earth project here, in the words of its producer Marcus Bernard.