“The single story creates stereotypes and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” “The consequence of a single story is this: it robs people of dignity. It emphasizes how we are different rather …
“and if ever i touched a life i hope that life knows / that I know that touching was and still is and will always / be the true / revolution” –Nikki Giovanni, “When I Die”
“Creativity is not a solitary movement. That is its power. Whatever is touched by it, whoever hears it, sees it, senses it, knows it, is fed. That is why beholding someone else’s creative word, image, idea, fills us up, inspires us to our own creative work. A single creative act …
“Art is not just for oneself, not just a marker of one’s own understanding. It is also a map for those who follow after us.” –Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estés
