Living in the Unraveling: The Black Interior in an Age of Collapse

We are living in an era of unraveling. The systems we were taught to trust—institutions meant to guide us, economies built to sustain us, societies designed to evolve—are fraying at the edges. The illusion of fairness has shattered. The veil over capitalism’s rot is gone. Racism, never dormant, now moves with a new boldness. The future feels uncertain, aging within this system feels terrifying, and most days, it is easy to feel lost.

But we are not lost. We are here. And we are paying attention.

The Belle Noire Collective was born from the urgency of this moment, from the need to bear witness to what it means to exist as Black people in a world on fire. Not just through the lens of struggle, though struggle is ever-present, but through the full depth of our interior lives—our thoughts, fears, joys, and desires. We are not just reacting to the chaos around us; we are documenting, analyzing, and imagining our way through it.

This is not just a space for critique, though critique is necessary. We’re here to name the “nameless,” and imagine the “Impossible” as we face the flaws of modern life.

We do not only exist in response to destruction; we create in defiance of it. Within the wreckage of failing systems, we carve space for beauty, for thought, for a future not yet written. The Black interior is not a passive refuge—it is an active site of vision and construction, a realm where we define ourselves beyond imposed narratives.

In this age of collapse, our survival is not just about endurance but about articulation. What we name, we claim. What we imagine, we build. Yarn.Press stands as both archive and blueprint, capturing the now while daring to dream the after.