dream world

But from deciding how many loops to include on a coaster, to making sure even the trees blend in seamlessly with an area's design, building a dream world is a painstaking task.

“I lean into the darkness of myself. I like to face the darker aspects of what I find in a dream when I find dark things in my psyche and dream world,” he says.

As a kid, going to a Black Montessori school outside of her neighborhood, and coming back home to its lushness and vibrancy — what she calls her “dream world” — Halsey saw the beauty and resources within this place that she wanted to magnify for the next generation.

I knew they were gestures done with folks’ hands, whether that was a hand-painted sign, a sign that’s put up as a graphic for advertising that’s very DIY, whether that meant clothing, style, I just knew: “OK, I’m in my dream world now.”

"I'm a middle-class school teacher who's now in a dream world."