ONE GIRL, NAVIGATING 3 or 4 WORLDS...

[fluentinebonics]

[k-eke]

Bear vibing in a river ⊂(￣(ｴ)￣)⊃

[faengelia]

[writingdotcoffee]

“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.”

— Susan Sontag

[thewanderingmillennial]

Be open.

[michonnegrimes]

No one gets ink stains like yours just out of a desire for money.          LITTLE WOMEN (2019) DIR. GRETA GERWIG

[aidashakur]

continue being a good person, God sees you.

[thoughtkick]

“Let me photograph you in this light in case it is the last time.”

— Adele, ”When We Were Young”

[julietscapulet-deactivated20220]

Keanu Reeves on Big Breakfast (1994)

[westindians]

Kelis in Kronick Magazine, 2000

[theoppositeofadults]

“ask yourself if there is any explanation of the mystery of your own life and death.”

[heywriters]

That is the most Mark Twain thing i have ever read

[fyblackwomenart]

Tatyana Yabloed

[artist-henri-martin]

Green Valley with Stream, Henri Martin

[floralls]

[sunsetquotes]

“Let me photograph you in this light in case it is the last time.”

— Adele

[mjalti]

im not being funny but artistry will save your life. music, painting, pottery, writing, carving, weaving, the act of creating will save you.

[blackchildrensbooksandauthors]

Born on this day…

June 30, 1917

Lena Horne - Singer, Dancer, Actress, Civil Rights Activist

Book:

The Legendary Miss Lena Horne 

Atheneum Books for Young Readers (January 24, 2017)

Author - Carole Boston Weatherford  

Art by Elizabeth Zunon

Quote: “You have to be taught to be second class; you’re not born that way.”

Find more books by Carole Boston Weatherford here 

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