silver lining
I know things like this have an atrocious side to them but it does bring me a sense of pleasure amidst the smoke that these trying times are already spurring my artistic friends into power and creation mode.
Sesame Street was invented by people who cared about the lack of early education lower-income kids were receiving, and they had the revolutionary idea to bring preschool lessons into television sets.
I have to believe there are so many of us who will keep fighting the good fight and that we will prevail. I worry about the glaciers, the economy, the kids; I worry about POC and LGTBQ people; I worry I worry I worry.
But I also hope that we do not despair and we voice our opposition. And I meditate on the novels, the paintings, and the outcry that this opposition may spawn.
“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger–but recognize the opportunity.”
― John F. Kennedy
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