Beautiful Words Of Cornel West

I’ve got to forge a unique style and voice that expresses my own quest for truth and love. That means following the quest wherever it leads and bearing whatever cost is required. I must break through isolated academic framework, while at the same time, I must build on the best academic knowledge. I must fuel the fire of my soul so my intellectual blues can set others on fire. And most importantly, I must be a free spirit. I must unapologetically reveal my broken life as a thing of beauty.

I try to give heart to intellect by being true to the funk of living. For me, this can only be seen through the lens of a cross and realized in the light of love. This is the reason I greet each person struggling through time and space in search of love and meaning before they die as brother or sister no matter what their color. I affirm them as brother or sister to acknowledge their human struggle and suffering.

-Cornel West

This is an excerpt from Dr Cornel West’s “Brother West” Living and Loving OUTLOUD that I could not stop myself from sharing. The words turned into streaming tears of emotion running down my face. What I wouldn’t give to spend an afternoon talking philosophy and music with this gifted man of words.