When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship.
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I feel like we are at a time of great creativity if we choose to embrace it as such, if we choose to engage the will of our imaginations and imagine another way of being in the world.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Embracing creativity allows us to envision new possibilities for our lives.
This quote by Terry Tempest Williams encourages us to recognize the potential for creativity in our lives, suggesting that by actively engaging our imaginations, we can conceptualize alternative ways of living and being. It highlights the importance of choice in how we perceive and respond to the world around us, urging us to actively participate in the creative process to transform our experiences.
Themes
CreativityImaginationEngagementPossibilitiesTransformation
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a workshop about innovation and creative thinking.
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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.
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I am slowly, painfully discovering that my refuge is not found in my mother, my grandmother, of even the birds of Bear River. My refuge exists in my capacity to love. If I can learn to love death then I can begin to find refuge in change.
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How do we remain faithful to our own spiritual imagination and not betray what we know in our own bodies? The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy.
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The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time.
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