“Whose job is it in times like this to connect ideas, realities and people?” ~ Mwende Katwiwa … I just came across the following 8-min talk from Rethinking Life, and its message is definitely worth spreading, especially for all kinds of artists out there. “[I]t is the artist’s job to unearth stories that people try to […]
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Rays of sunshine on a gloomy day, A splash of color when life feels gray, Help yourself get out of the darkest pit, Breed self-compassion, because you deserve it— … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … […]
I’ve learned that you’d have to spend a great deal of time by yourself—without other people to distract you—in order to get to know who you really are. It is very scary. The journey into the self is just about the most terrifying thing one can go through. How sure are you that you won’t […]
When I begin to feel like I don’t have courage enough for life, or strength enough for this, I try to pick up pieces of courage from the shambles of a life now and then shattered, of a world which I often do not understand but continue to marvel at with wonder and with openness. […]
“…And you don’t care about those first three pages; those you will throw out, those you needed to write to get to that fourth page, to get to that one long paragraph that was what you had in mind when you started, only you didn’t know that, couldn’t know that, until you got to it.”—Anne […]
I was just about to log off and crawl to bed when I saw, popping up among the random whatnots on my Facebook News Feed, these three words: … … I did a double take, and stared at those three words for a time. … Those three words, they did more for me than had […]
“Anti-Cinderella.” — I was engaged in a conversation with an American UN Peace Corps Volunteer for Education in my high school alma mater when I first heard of this term. She, an enthusiastic woman whose advocacy is creative writing, was relating to me how surprised she was to find that storytelling activities at the high school level […]
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