From the moment we are born,
the world tends to have a
container already built for us
to fit inside: A social security
number, a gender, a race,
a profession or an I.Q. I ponder
if we are more defined by the
container we are in,
“If something inside you is real,
we will probably find it interesting,
and it will probably be universal.
So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work.
Write straight into the emotional center of things.
Write towards vulnerability.
Don’t worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable;
worry about being absent or fraudulent.
Risk being unliked.
Tell the truth as you understand it.
If you’re a writer, you have a moral obligation to do this
and it is a revolutionary act –
truth is always subversive.”
~ ANNE LAMOTT
(Thank you Captain. My Captain! For sharing this beautiful piece with me today!)
To all my fabulous teachers, mentors, friends, students, and colleagues who keep my fire lit! Especially to my son, who plays outside the box and asks me the most profound questions at 3:30 in the morning. 🙂 I’m always learning. Love to you all! #WorldTeachersDay
Let’s help Dexter get to the top! Time is running out! Vote now!
#LoveYouDexterAndWill #HeARTsSpeak #CelebrateShelterAnimals
And Will, is that a Boston College blanket underneath I see? I smell Latin! Santa went to Harvard dude. 🙂
It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. … No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others. ~ Martha Graham, Dancer and Choreographer
JACQUELINE P. ASHBY 