Elizabeth Axtman: Portfolio
The Love Renegade # 1
(Sincerely, All White Women)
2010
Video


For twenty years David Tuason wrote hate mail to black men (several public figures) in romantic partnerships with white women, landing him a four-year prison term. When the FBI finally apprehended Tuason, his letters were self-determined acts of vengeance for being left for a black man by his white girlfriend. It was in reading his quote “eating three meals a day with nobody---it’s the most horrible thing in the world” that gave entrance to see past Tuason’s hateful acts, revealing a person suffering from debilitating loneliness. Instead of addressing this loneliness and hurt he decided to spend the next twenty years methodically focused on hate and blame. I believe this is a place many people get stuck. We live in a culture that teaches people the opposite of love and forgiveness i.e., fear, revenge, hate, and force. The Love Renegade set out to locate Tuason in prison, sending him a letter asking him to consider focusing his energies on LOVE and FORGIVENESS. As well as, placing a copy of pages 106-107 from the book ‘What Happy People Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Life for the Better’ (the crux of The Love Renegade’s adopted manifesto).
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