dream world

“For anyone born in those years, their whole dream was to have success in America. It was our dream world. In our early days, all the music we were playing was coming from America — we were mimicking it.”

“In a dream world, eventually, I’ll be able to live in my home and continue my career,” Vance told McCain, shrugging off questions about whether she wants to be first lady.

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.