“[E]verybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.” ~ Adam Phillips
St. Louis, Missouri
“[L]ooking led to noticing led to appreciating.” ~Gretchen Rubin
Santa Monica, California
“Dances come from dancing. I don’t make a dance. I dance and then something starts to make sense.” ~Twyla Tharp
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
“The right to have rights, or the right of every individual to belong to humanity, should be guaranteed by humanity itself.” ~Hannah Arendt
*Photo credit: Elizabeth Flaherty
St. Louis, Missouri
“Stories are real. And stories can change. If your story isn’t working for you, you can find a better one to take its place.” ~ Seth Godin
Los Angeles, California
“Grief is not a problem to be solved; it’s an experience to be carried.” ~Megan Devine
St. Louis, Missouri
“There are days we live/as if death were nowhere/in the background; from joy/to joy to joy, from wing to wing,/from blossom to blossom to/impossible blossom, to sweet impossible blossom.” ~Li-Young Lee
St Louis, Missouri
“You remember too much,/my mother said to me recently./Why hold onto all that? And I said,/Where can I put it down? ~Anne Carson
St. Louis, Missouri
“I will not waste my one life pleasing ghosts.” ~Joseph Fasano
Paris, France
“If we’re not supposed to dance,/Why all this music?” ~Greg Orr