What’s a Commonplace Notebook?
A commonplace notebook is a collection of quotes, ideas, images, and so much more. Regular revisits to this page and to my physical notebook provide fodder for my creative energy.
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[Highlights] Living, Loving & Learning
I can love everybody in this room if I had the opportunity to know you with equal intensity, and I still would have the same amount of love and the same potential to love that I have right at this moment. I will have lost nothing. But I first must have it. If my love…
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[Highlights]The Parable of Sha’Carri Richardson
I don’t normally share my thoughts on the highlights I post, but the author of The Parabale of Sha’Carri Richardson, Kitanya Harrison, wrote the hell out of this piece. Harrison eloquently warns on the problems with inactive empathy and toxic support- those who put pressure on people who clearly need support and reprieve. Here are…
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[Highlights] Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
On moments of joy and clarity “Suddenly, I could breathe again, and at least the pilot light was back on in my spirit.” Black Girls Must Die Exhausted (Kindle Location 1442) On being comfortable in struggle “When there’s no friction, no reminder of what you can’t do, it feels like a hole that needs to…
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[Highlights] Beyond Series Bundle
On the stupidity of racism “Because he’s black?” Bren shook his head with a snort. “No, Dallas doesn’t give a shit. Hard to believe there are people around who still do.” “Dumb people.” Six couldn’t help her wry laugh. “They still care if you have tits, too. Dumb people care about lots of silly things.”…
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[Highlights] Bad for You
On contextual honesty “When someone asks you something, be honest in the context of that situation. Do not go forth, screaming every truth within your life.” Bad for You (Kindle Location 1588) Author: Kenya Wright Full Title: Bad for You Buy: Amazon
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[Highlights] Black Butterfly, Book 3 of the Black Burlesque Series
On movement to facilitate healing “She had come in healing.” Black Butterfly, Book 3 of the Black Burlesque Series (Kindle Location 14) Author: [[Tiffany Patterson]] Full Title: Black Butterfly, Book 3 of the Black Burlesque Series Buy: Amazon