As a writer and a teacher of writing, one of my tasks is to help dismantle the myth of the solitary author. In fact, we exist within a web. One that sustains us–and we, in return, bolster the community when we acknowledge all the invisible and visible ways we are supported. I believe that one essential role of being a writer is to grow our vision, to adjust our perspectives. This might be a Zoom date with another writer where we simply discuss our potential work or it might be a masked walk with an old friend—right now, we have to actively seek out the connections.