^{Rug & Vase} recognizes and _{makes full use of}

^{the liberatory space} of seeing people _beyond

^{the hegemony} of identities _{the marketplace}

_{currently trafficks} in via ^{artificial hierarchies}

_within a culture war ^context,

and works instead from

^{a default life philosophy} of seeing all people _{as worthy of dignity}

^{regardless of class} and privilege dynamics _{to make work that}

^{celebrates the freshest voices} and greatest ideas _{in the spaces}

deemed unmarketable by the powers that be.

or in other words

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• _{we can sing our songs as loudly as we want}

and once again

1. the azimuth traced
2. from our homelands
3. to us 
4. maps the altitude of 
5. our bodies of work- 
6. at-play- 
7. and-rest.