When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice Quotes

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Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

When one woman doesn't speak, other women get hurt.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

When it comes to words, rather than using our own voice, authentic and unpracticed, we steal someone else's to shield our fear.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

My grandmother simply shook her head and said, "You know what you saw. The bird doesn't need to be counted, and neither do you.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Beauty is transformed over time, and not without destruction.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

A shadow is never created in darkness. It is born of light. We can be blind to it and blinded by it. Our shadow asks us to look at what we don’t want to see

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

My voice is born repeatedly in the fields of uncertainty.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Agitation gives birth to creation.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Did I have the courage to forge a path

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

I have found what I need most to heal a broken bond is time together—the very thing I avoid is the thing most desired.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

CONVERSATION is the vehicle for change.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

It is not possible to satisfy women," a friend said. "We are disturbed if we have children too young. Disturbed if we have then later. Disturbed if we don't have children at all.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Choosing with integrity means finding ways to speak up that honor your reality, the reality of others, and your willingness to meet in the center of that large field. It’s hard sometimes.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

To be read. To be heard. To be seen. I want to be read, I want to be heard. I don't need to be seen. To write requires an ego, a belief that what you say matters. Writing also requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what is gna...

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame, and doubt?

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice