quotes
From Maggy’s PTW slides
quote from American Childhood (Annie Dillard):
There was joy in concentration, and the world afforded an inexhaustible wealth of projects to concentrate on. There was joy in effort, and the world resisted effort to just the right degree, and yielded to it at last. People cut Mount Rushmore into faces; they chipped here and there for years. People
... See more“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.”
– James Baldwin
“ To end on hope: collectively, in what ways do you feel we can effectually repair and improve our humanity ?”
Her response:
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;... See more
The problem of too many notebooks
Nikky Finney
“The mere consciousness of an engagement will sometimes worry a whole day.”
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
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