WE ARE ALL BECOMING

Tag: writing

  • this isn’t ‘the middle’ it’s something new

    i’ve been on both sides. i’ve desperately tried to convince the people I love to do the “obvious right thing” from both ends of the spectrum. the furthest right. the furthest left. on one side i felt bold – encouraged even. i believed that even if there wasn’t a immediate benefit there would be an…

  • Formed by History, Chiseled by Choice

    The sculptor Michelangelo is quoted as having said, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” I think this is beautiful imagery for what it means to become. Marble is made of limestone, which is considered a “soft stone” because of its composition. Limestone is pressed into marble by…

  • Woke and Other Four-Letter Words

    I’m just young enough to remember when woke was a good four-letter word, like hope. When i first heard woke in undergrad as a political science minor, it wasn’t the slur it is today – it was a compliment. A nod between people who were starting to notice the nuance and the forces shaping our…