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Mar 19

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The Politics of Fiction by Elif Shafak (author of 40 Rules of Love—one of my favorite books) “Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough.” –The Forty Rules of Love (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

Mar 19

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scared to make love/scared not to photo by @mikeschreiber www.ajamonet.bandcamp.com www.mikeschreiber.com

Mar 19

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When you starting creating poetry, what was your initial intention? Was it for your own personal healing or to join the literary movement and change the world or neither?

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neither. writing was the first thing i remember being told i was good at. i loved reading but didnt have the discipline to write a novel. i started with fragments of stories. they became poems out of the fascination with lyricism and my elementry introduction to other poets began to create a context for what i was doing. eventually, the therapy of it all gave…

Mar 18

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bookshelves are sexy.

Mar 18

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Because sometimes we all feel unloved. When those moments arise, how do you remind yourself, that in fact, you are loved?

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“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person’s face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake…

Mar 18

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If there was one thing that you could change about the world, what would it be & why?

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me.

Mar 18

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“Lost & Found” by @liannelahavas (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

Mar 17

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFZscSIozv0 What Kind of Cool Will We Think of Next? -Cody ChestnuTT (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

Mar 17

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On our way to Super Sunday with Patrice feat. Cody ChestnuTT Paris, France. (photos by Shamira Muhammad)

Mar 17

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dORsV0pG5hY “Ladies & Gentlemen, love is the only thing that can save us all” -@jayelectronica (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)