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Quote by Elizabeth Acevedo: Write the stories you've always wanted to read. Allow yourself to be the main character.. Become both the window and the mirror for those who read your work. Lean into fear. Write the hard poem.
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Apr 25, 2017
Not just poetry, but poetry OUT LOUD!
Quote from Poet Laureate of the United States Juan Felipe Herrera: Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action.
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Apr 24, 2017
#MondayMotivation: Juan Felipe Herrera
Stanza by Mary Oliver over pic of dandelion. Text reads Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.
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Apr 19, 2017
#WisdomWednesday: Mary Oliver
A Miles Davis quote over the interior of a record store: It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
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Apr 17, 2017
#MondayMotivation: NEA Jazz Master Miles Davis
A quote by Shirlette Ammons: I think that as artists that's part of our job, to question and to interrogate the system that we live in constantly and hold it accountable and make sure it changes where it needs to change.
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Apr 10, 2017
#MondayMotivation: Shirlette Ammons
Written quote by Jane Chu
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Apr 05, 2017
#WednesdayWisdom: NEA Chairman Jane Chu
Dizzy Gillespie watching Ella Fitzgerald sing
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Apr 04, 2017
Life According to Dizzy & Ella
A quote by Shan Goshorn: Art changes opinions. Art cajoles, encourages, forces us to stretch out of our comfort zone and to consider things that we might not have considered before.
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Mar 29, 2017
#WednesdayWisdom with visual artist Shan Goshorn

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