Lucy

“Where does this openness to the “other” come from in artists? Some may grow out of empathy earned because artists are themselves often exiled from a normative tribal identity. There is also training to extend that empathy. In art, we constantly train ourselves to inhabit or portray the “other.” Artists learn to be adaptable and blend into an environment while not belonging to it, which also requires learning to speak new tribal languages.”
― Makoto Fujimura, Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for our Common Life

“You say your life is unraveling. Your life cannot unravel. Your life is your life. You haven't lost it. It's just different now”
― Jeffrey Cranor, Welcome to Night Vale

“I forgot that I had violets tied to my rifle. He began to scold me: “A soldier should be a soldier, not a flower picker …” He found it incomprehensible that I could think about flowers in such circumstances. A man was unable to understand it … But I didn’t throw those violets away. I took them off and put them in my pocket. I got three extra turns of duty for them …”
― Svetlana Alexievich, The Unwomanly Face of War

“the truth is we all achieve greatness. the only difference is the size of our audiences”
― Jomny Sun, Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too