#The belief that black ppl had no ‘capacity for the written word’ v claudia being so proximate to the book.
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Louis w the camera. claudia w the diary..
#coming back to this#yn.#iwtv s2#louis de pointe du lac#claudia#something about the common belief in the west & the value of the written/textual/photographic as ‘objective’ & true#being a proof that ur surviving the different ages u encounter#the shift from jim crow new orleans to post ww2 paris#for once u r the tourist! but ur also the spectacle#bc black american culture particularly new orleanian black culture is the ‘trend’ in europe. jazz clubs.#CLUB DAKAR.#armand loving louis bc he sees him as a tether to the ‘age’.#claudia’s collection of the written word. asserting her own existence and how she brings Death.#The belief that black ppl had no ‘capacity for the written word’ v claudia being so proximate to the book.#she talks to the book! its her friend.#shes always on the verge of death if u think abt it
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