She’s the Alpha AND the Omega and proof that if there is a God - she’s a Black woman! @nichellenicholsofficial inspired us, me and @tony_puryear to create our graphic novel @concrete_park . This illustration by @tony_puryear will always be my favorite pic of Ms. Nichols. She’s saying our books motto, “The past is painful, the present precarious, but the future is free!” She played the iconic character ’Lt. Uhura’ on @startrek but did you know her name, Uhura means freedom? And that’s no accident. The #abolishionist and visionary #generoddenbury named her that ‘on purpose,’ planting seeds of a future to come IF we worked for it now! How are we doing? Idk…damn, the heavy issues we’re struggling with now Ms. Nichols sought, in her character and life’s work, to help guide us through then. We should’ve taken better notes. Will we ever get there? Again, idk, but I feel ordained by this wonderful woman to continue on the path a bit further. But now, look at her - uhm - so gorgeous! I’m smiling now. Heck, I’m lucky…I met her at San Diego Comic Con years ago and she was stunning. Beautiful, smart, kind, all smiles and so petite. All light, no shadows. Whoever thought she’d leave us. Not me. Nah, let me take that back, she’s not gone, she’s just been teleported to a higher dimension. And if the great #StevieWonder says, “They say that heaven is 10 billion light years away…”, perhaps for us to see her again we need only close our eyes and transport ourselves to the highest frequency in our hearts. And voila! There she’ll be again. Guiding our journey through the stars n’ …bars. Leading us to higher ground. Thank you 🙏. Godspeed to a true Queen, and mistress of the universe. Xo, e. Reposted from @erikaalexanderthegreat https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgs2YaGr3p9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
