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"There is in every person an inward sea, and in that sea there is an island and on that island there is an altar and standing guard before that altar is the 'angel with the flaming sword.' Nothing can get by that angel to be placed upon that altar unless it has the mark of your inner authority. Nothing passes 'the angel with the flaming sword' to be placed upon your altar unless it be a part of 'the fluid area of your consent.' This is your crucial link with the Eternal."

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         - 'Meditation on the Heart' by African American philosopher and theologian Howard Thurman

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An Inward Sea: Oral History is a collection of interviews recorded in Connecticut from Mach - May 2021. The scope of the interviews focuses on the events of the COVID-19 pandemic, extensive shutdowns, racial justice movements in the U.S, and reflecting on their impacts on the lives of individual citizens. 

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An Inward Sea: Oral History is a collaboration between Jennifer Wen Ma and oral historian and interdisciplinary artist Nyssa Chow.

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Production Team: Lance "Kamau" James, Producer; Phillip Fortune, Videographer and Editor

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