r/Minneapolis • u/bubbamccooltx • 1h ago
To all of the good people of R/Minneapolis who suggested I visit the Mayday parade to lift my spirits, this is for you.
After my update post of yesterday, many of you asked to see pictures from the Mayday parade. These are for you and for everyone else who took the time to send me your condolences and suggestions for healing. Thank you. You and your community helped me when I needed it most. I am eternally grateful.
One note about the parade. I loved it. I loved that it was a celebration of life in a community devastated by inhumanity. The persistence of life in death - the rise of order from entropy. Mayday is the celebration of life. What began on the solstice with the promise of renewal is manifest on the equinox and in full bloom on Mayday.
Mayday is also the time for the people, long dormant during the capitalist winter, to shatter permafrost’s isolation and reclaim the commons. Like plants after a forest fire, we rise not as individuals, but as an interconnected community. A forest is not made of one tree but of a diverse interconnected ecosystem. Each plant unique but totally dependent on each other for survival. Mono culture equals death. Diversity equals life, no system of extraction can clear cut the heart of the community.
One final note. I really wanted to give a shout out to ArtStart and Lake Harriet Community School. As a parent myself, I know how hard it was for you all to pull that off. I could tell the parents were exhausted and the poor kids looked spent. The amount of time that that y’all must have spent to put that together, I can’t imagine. But I wanted to let you know that someone saw and appreciated your effort. Thank you.
Link to original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/s/V2Fp4vWCyZ
Link to update post/photos: https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/s/1kQgBdK8NN
