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Art is a medium for the divine, we have to trust our impulses and create mental space for inspiration to strike. We can’t force our art to reflect a social movement in the same way that we cannot force our own point of view to resonate through. It will happen on its own, if we look for inspiration by being OF the world with patience. Not actively analyzing, but letting go of all rules and running with the lightning

Mind expanding read so far. We have started to worship so many idols in our common day. Celebrities, law and order, success, democracy, even alumni for your Alma mater. We must accept that these are all idols. Idols are man made objects, systems, etc that call into moral question. Like we can call ourselves a “good person” because we follow the law, but the law is man made. More knowledge in here…

First movie is now watchable🥳

Going slow these days I need to finish this so I can watch the movie

Down in Ohio

It’s getting real

Pretty good stuff

So real and lit

Informative and provocative, the point of the book is to simulate the uncomfortable but necessary conversations between white people and black people. Acho does this in a lightning fast read, full coverage, and colloquial manner that accomplishes its goal of conversation in literary form.

Shit getting real

Really liking this, Card is a great writer who builds unique, relatable, gripping characters that turn pages. Definitely recommend, I would say read Enders Game first unless you can just accept Ender is a genius.

Kind of boring run of the mill sci-fi

So fucking awesome

Pushing through

Almost like a textbook so super dense. Likely it will never be finished…

Need to push through these last 70 pages I have put the book down for a while😅

Low key boring and hard

It’s good but I’m jumping around a lot and haven’t done any of the “assignments” in a journal yet