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"'What seems like a violent interruption seldom is.' Illnesses, job losses, relocations, pandemics—all the things that make us feel stuck and stalled—don’t permanently halt creative endeavors. I trusted that I would write the things I needed to write."
This put the wind back in my sails. Thank you, Sarah.
I like this bit: “We make our art from the fragments of our lives, those exploded bits that get created whenever something momentous goes off in our lived experience.” Thanks.
"'What seems like a violent interruption seldom is.' Illnesses, job losses, relocations, pandemics—all the things that make us feel stuck and stalled—don’t permanently halt creative endeavors. I trusted that I would write the things I needed to write."
This put the wind back in my sails. Thank you, Sarah.
I like this bit: “We make our art from the fragments of our lives, those exploded bits that get created whenever something momentous goes off in our lived experience.” Thanks.
Dear Sarah,
Your post is gorgeous and reflects your wisdom.
You remind me of Ecclesiastes 1.
May you see the miracle in the familiar and new.
With profound gratitude and humility,
Rodrigo