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“ To end on hope: collectively, in what ways do you feel we can effectually repair and improve our humanity ?”

Her response:

Make room for each other. I think we live in a world—I don’t think, I know—we live in a world that keeps spaces so narrow, and I think that writing poetry—the arts—is the biggest lane of all. That’s why I love being a poet;

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“Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become.”

"You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." — Ernest Hemingway⁠

People who don't pause exist more in their head than their body. The mind is top-down, rigid, quick, enforcing an established view. The mind is waiting for the other person to be done so they can say what’s rattling around inside. The body is slower, needs more time, and then words bubble up organically, one after another, without planning. People... See more