07/11/2020
Today I had the privilege of meeting a young artist named Justice.
She wanted to learn about the gallery.
Her amazingly supportive and caring father and I met in passing serendipitously, and connected over how every cent he has goes towards her art education and supplies.
Beaming, he said, I know she’s going to be on a wall like this someday. •
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Needless to say, I was honored to walk beside and learn from her today as she and her brothers showed me what art looks like from a different (think looking upward, silly, so curious) perspective. And to my surprise, we agreed on a trade. •
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She gifted me this amazing work of art and a custom unicorn portrait of us🦄 in exchange for a hand written letter from me for her to keep •
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That’s for us to know, but I hope someday, at her first gallery show, she reads that letter and remembers “be strong, be brave, be courageous, you can do this.” •
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@ Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery
06/21/2020
You were the best part of my life for the last two years. Nashville wasn’t just a home, it was the place where I would meet my best friend for life and ever after. •
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I’m still sitting in my car sobbing unable to open the door, because I’ll have to take my first steps without you. I’m scared to not have who I’ve come to know as my lifeline, sister, soul keeper, and teacher by my side as I do one of the hardest things in my adult life. But, with everything I have, I’ll grab this handle, swing open the door, correctly turn to face my exit (because we now know how to PROPERLY exit a car and we’re f’ing morons every time we try to get out of Jane), and take the most empowered deep breath without you by my side for the first time in our friendship. Knowing full well that everything in me is made better because you’ve held it dear, kept it safe, and encouraged it to keep growing. •
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So I’ll walk back into the (empty) apartment where you helped me start my home. I’ll try to light that bu****it candle we just bought because the vibe in here is… and laugh at walking around trying to light the wood wicks for 10 minutes shouting. I’ll run into all the crystals and trinkets and prints you so carefully laid out just like you did with the hardest truths I’ve ever had to hear when I needed it the most. I’ll finally go through the garbage bags of clothes and 81 black sports bras you carried across the country to get me here, back on my own two feet, back into my body and strength and bravery and light. I’ll eat the leftovers from my frat kitchen and laugh knowing you can full well picture me stuffing my face sitting on my floor checking for the first time if my animal crossing will finally connect to the internet— and I’ll bring my vaulting pole. •
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And maybe in the coming days, weeks, months, and years we’ll realize how truly precious our time spent nearly impossibly inseparable side by side was. Right now, I can’t even begin to grasp it. It feels like I’ll see you tomorrow; we’ll pick up where we left off in perfect unison and orbit. But the reality is, fate has had us preparing for [cont in comments] @ Austin, Texas
03/13/2020
Your reaction is the note. How you respond is the symphony. -
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Being reactive is a survival mechanism.
It’s linked to adrenaline, our nervous system, rushed thoughts, undigested words, and rash actions.
In a time that seems hyper-reactive, maybe now is the time we learn to respond. -
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Maybe now we learn to respond with consideration, care, and love.
We make smart decisions about our health and the impact of our emotional well being.
We check on our loved ones because there’s true medicine to be made in the expression of love and support. -
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We stay informed. We read. Digest. Process. Ask questions. -
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And above all, we have hope.
We seek solutions rather than confirmation of our biases and negativity.
We look to be solvers and healers rather than fear mongerers. -
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But we are neither stuck nor trapped.
We are being asked to respond, not react.
That’s how we get better.
03/10/2020
love is all 💚
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“One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals.” – Jean Vanier
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03/07/2020
Of course we don’t recognize ourselves in the breakdown
In the face of fractures
Chaos
Tragedy
We’re not capable of seeing the tiny cracks as part of ourselves, for good reason. We are not our brokenness, ever. We may feel or experience it, but it’s not who we are. And therefore, thankfully, we’ll have moments of complete lack of recall of the Self as we came to know it.
I don’t recognize myself in this picture. I can pick the image out of my brain like a still from a movie, extract it out of the flow of memory and throw it on my screen. But she’s not connected to me right now. We don’t have the same heartbeat, the same footprints, the same heaviness or fear, even the same vision.
But maybe, it’s when we no longer recognize ourselves that we are reminded of the every day work to welcome ourselves as we are. To continually, not just every once in a while, build bridges back to our CORE ESSENCE.
Not our resumes or social metrics; not the depth of love from anyone; not the volume of a paycheck or assets to our name; not the size of our love or compassion for others; not the miles traveled or degrees earned.
Our breakdown is to be met with one thing.
To look deep into our fractures and say, I know you’re in there. I’m coming to find you. We’re going to be okay.
03/02/2020
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