Toni Morrison Remembers - BBC Documentary (2015)

[demmiblue]

[CTyankee]

1. When we lost Aretha I was desolate. Now another strong black woman's voice is silenced...

Two treasures taken from us...

[Kind of Blue]

2. Thanks for posting, demmiblue.

So saddened that Prof. Morrison passed away in these dangerous times. My grip on strength is weakened. But remembering her words, I think she left us enough of her excellence to withstand it.

"I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge—even wisdom. Like art."

"There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."

“Make up a story.
For our sake and yours forget your name in the street;
tell us what the world has been to you
in the dark places and in the light.
Don’t tell us what to believe, what to fear.
Show us belief’s wide skirt
and the stitch that unravels fear’s caul.”

[NurseJackie]

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