I firmly believe that people are places, and that places are people. When you don’t have the people, you don’t have the place.
eryn kimura
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Interview with Diana Ruzova, The Creative Independent, March 21, 2025; Two consecutive complete sentences about residents, local institutions, and displacement in San Francisco. Full published interview read; kimura’s own words, not the nearby Audre Lorde or Jun’ichirō Tanizaki references. Author’s
- Interview with Diana Ruzova, The Creative Independent, March 21, 2025
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