Also, dear one, you need to know that it took many, many revisions and edits to remove my demuring from what I wanted to say. Finally, finally, finally I believe I posted assertions that come close to hitting the chord I wanted to achieve--yet one more step closer to courage.
I'm floating along in this essay, reading more slowly than usual as I let associations come to me. I marvel. again, at the way you have of opening my mind. I wonder, again, at the mandala of a life you create out of love and insight and humor and your extraordinary gifts in art, music, writing, teaching, dance, and more. My floating lands with a plop to see you've named me, not only named me but put me in the same paragraph as Sonya Huber and Heather Cox Richardson. Oh my goodness. I recovered long enough to read on. I particularly adore the playful and very real strength of your weapons --- question mark, ampersand, and doodle. Thank you for all of this and, whew, for seeing how hard I try.
Thank you for all you do, Laura. I lean on the integrity and wit of all your platforms. That you are out there writing is a fact that strengthens me. Thank you, deeply, for such kind words.
Your ampersand is like “yes and …” in improv.
I love all of this. I keep writing my own chaotic and mostly “invisible to the world” lines because I really don’t know what else to do.
What comes out of your beautiful mind offers me so many ideas. Thank you.
You are so kind!
I love the whole notion of 'yes and'! Always finding new ways to use it.
Also, dear one, you need to know that it took many, many revisions and edits to remove my demuring from what I wanted to say. Finally, finally, finally I believe I posted assertions that come close to hitting the chord I wanted to achieve--yet one more step closer to courage.
I'm floating along in this essay, reading more slowly than usual as I let associations come to me. I marvel. again, at the way you have of opening my mind. I wonder, again, at the mandala of a life you create out of love and insight and humor and your extraordinary gifts in art, music, writing, teaching, dance, and more. My floating lands with a plop to see you've named me, not only named me but put me in the same paragraph as Sonya Huber and Heather Cox Richardson. Oh my goodness. I recovered long enough to read on. I particularly adore the playful and very real strength of your weapons --- question mark, ampersand, and doodle. Thank you for all of this and, whew, for seeing how hard I try.
Thank you for all you do, Laura. I lean on the integrity and wit of all your platforms. That you are out there writing is a fact that strengthens me. Thank you, deeply, for such kind words.