ELISE DERINGER

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Witness and Prophet

Spaces. Spaces that hold room to see. Space as witness. 

Space where you are the witness. 

A prophet sees not only the future, but that which is already there but still unseen. 

It is not that what the prophet sees is not there, it is simply that it is not visible to 

everyone yet. There comes a time where silence is a betrayal, where refusing to see; 

where not looking clearly; where turning a blind eye or not speaking are as wrong 

as participating in acts of injustice. 

The witness is interested in truth. 

The prophet is here to illuminate truth: this truth is simple. 

The truth is that there is nothing truly new – the only newness is noticing. 

The only newness comes from noticing.