The Tale of a Smile #232

The Tale of a Smile #232

Whenever characters are triumphant, we are drawn into their celebrations, feeling the same relief and happiness that they do, as if we were observers within the stories rather than an audience reading narratives that were created specifically to hold those details….

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Accessories #425

Accessories #425

Heroic is the kind of art where pressure turns into likeable. Is so much more adventurous than fear. Never feels like it doesn’t belong. And sounds so great when read out loud. Weak, however, is the type of art that is deeper than what it seems.  Packed with…

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Color Check #424

Color Check #424

There are spots in our gardens that sink from the weight of the word known as heroic. That touch the power of loneliness in being strong. Remember the uncertainty caused by weakness standing in the same room as bravery. Switch into smiles so as not to ruin…

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If the Flower Fits #423

If the Flower Fits #423

Heroic is a particular word. The kind that doesn’t have to ask to be noticed. The perfect fit for a safety label. For the strength to vibrate deeply. To roll along the lines coloring happiness along the way. And it does until it doesn’t. Not because it wavers but…

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Tears Live Here #422

Tears Live Here #422

Moments appearing that make sense and others that never will. The sound of knocking from what desires to speak to us. Certainty clasped tightly to the edges expressing limitations.  Turns out to be a heroic story nonetheless. Spaces with silence, loudness and…

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This Little Flower #421

This Little Flower #421

The side we’ve come to know is the one whose instructions we have been letting. Giving the framework for the words that we affirm it with. The art that connects the rain. The shaking that we lean on. And the smallness that grips lonely. Not from some echoing moment…

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