Season One – Mirrors of Truth
A journey through inheritance, the fires of the present, and the voices that continue to illuminate the future.
Season One explores the ways art helps us understand the forces that shape our world.
Beginning with the histories and narratives we inherit, the season moves through the tensions and urgencies of the present moment before arriving at the voices of writers whose ideas continue to illuminate new possibilities for the future.
Across a series of video essays and reflections, these episodes explore how storytelling, film, music, and literature help us examine identity, memory, power, and imagination.
Season One Introduction
In this short introduction, I share the ideas and themes that shape Season One of Mirror & The Window.
Chapter I
The Inheritance
Before we confront the tensions of the present or imagine the future, we must first understand what we carry with us. This opening episode reflects on the histories and narratives that shape identity and belonging.
Episode 101
Chapter II
Fires of the Present
The present moment carries its own tensions and urgencies. These episodes confront the forces and questions that demand our attention today.
Episode 102
The Fire and the Furies
Episode 103
We Were Never Meant to Survive
Episode 104
The Present Threat
Chapter III
Seeds of Fire
TThe season concludes with three writers whose words continue to illuminate our present moment. James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and Octavia Butler each challenged the world with extraordinary clarity and imagination.
Episode 105
James Baldwin
Episode 106
Audre Lorde
Episode 107
Octavia E. Butler
Stories help us understand what we inherit, what we face, and what we might still become.
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