Birthing

RCC_6231-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

No one is born just once. 

If you’re lucky, you’ll emerge again

in someone’s arms;

or unlucky, wake

when the long tail of terror brushes

the inside of your skull.

Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces

Art is the mirror

RIC_9647-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Art is the mirror, perhaps the only one,

in which we can see our true collective

face. We must honour its sacred

function. We must let art help us.

Alice Walker,
  The Same River Twice: Honouring the Difficult

Bliss

RIC_2105, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Bliss does not come from outside. It comes from inside, from serving the people.

Anna Hazare

You

RIC_4255
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

History is already different because you are here.
The world has already been changed because you showed up.

Larry Ward

Thich Nhat Hanh, Together We Are One: Honouring Our Diversity, Celebrating Our Connection