Dr. Taylor Cummings

So endarkenment is something we talk a lot about enlightenment and the process and the journey to enlightenment.

But my studies really caused me to tap into endarkenment and to, like I said last time, not be afraid of the dark.

and understanding that that's truly where the light resides.

And so I think that that's a big part of it.

And so a big thing can be, you know, just the heaviness of the topics.

I think people sometimes are concerned, just like, you know, Taylor, this is a big undertaking in a lot of different ways, but also trying to communicate the practicality of it, you know, because like you said, people got to pay bills.

They got to eat.

They ain't worried about

space and stars and your soul.

You know, I'm trying to figure out what's happening right now.

And so me trying my best to communicate why that stuff is so important to your physical reality is where I'm at in that journey.

And I think that's something that the people in my life who care about me are constantly encouraging me to do.

Because if you're

too far gone for a lot of people, then it becomes, you know, irrelevant to them.

And so trying to find the relevancy for folks and just keep it lay, you know, just keep it real.

I was listening to Erykah Badu.

She said, what good are your words if nobody understands you?

And so really understanding what that looks like, especially as an academic, especially as a scholar.

And so the approach I took with my dissertation was very intentional in that way.

And more so just because it's who I am.