Reminding Words

I have been reminded.

"Most beautiful things are reckless in some way...for the possibility that it is all for nothing."  --Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 

"A pencil disappears with use -- and so does an artist."  --Jonathan Safran Foer 

"Embrace the lines, the drips, the mistakes."   --David Diaz, illustrator

"It is creatively stunting to spend time solely in a homogenous community."   --Craig Thompson, author of graphic novel Blankets 

"No one's story is their own -- they are all stroking and brushing up against eveyone else's story." --Craig Thompson

"Art argues for connection, which is why it is often marginalized in our society."  --Jamaal May, poet

"Poems should be revised and recrafted for a reader, or it just stays a journal writing."   --Susanna Childress, poet

"If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together."  --African proverb

"I thought about joining the circus before joining the church. Then I found out it wasn't much different."  --Shane Claiborne, author of Irresistible Revolution

"Fiction is how we make sense of the space we find ourselves in."  --Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Purple Hibiscus

I have been reminded.

I have been reminded of words. Why I love them. What makes the powerful. How to use them. I have been reminded.

Until next time.