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Dear Sovereign Self · July 13 · 15 min

Ultralight Beam

Send us Fan Mail I’ve loved Kanye West’s Ultralight Beam for years. This week, I realized I hadn’t actually been listening to the song…I had been living it. What began as a reflection on one lyric from Chance the Rapper’s verse became an exploration of prayer, protection, identity, Lot’s wife, and the strange temptation to keep turning around after life has already begun carrying you somewhere new.

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Send us Fan Mail

I’ve loved Kanye West’s Ultralight Beam for years.

This week, I realized I hadn’t actually been listening to the song…I had been living it.

What began as a reflection on one lyric from Chance the Rapper’s verse became an exploration of prayer, protection, identity, Lot’s wife, and the strange temptation to keep turning around after life has already begun carrying you somewhere new.


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