A Diaspora Journal
by Joshua Ellison · 11/01/06
Diaspora means feeling proximity across distance, but it’s usually a solitary path.
Because everyone experiences it differently, the biggest challenge of thinking and talking about Diaspora is to define it–to give solidity to an emptiness that can reach into every part of the planet and take on a million peculiar variations.
Exile and loss are core symptoms. Those sensations are real, often acute. For many, the experience begins with treacherous passage from old worlds to new ones. It can mean endless seeking and precarious survival. Sometimes, the tumult is life-long and relentless. Or a primal wound that reopens itself incessantly in the mind. These are the shapeless contours of absence and longing.
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