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Jan 27, 2023Liked by Courtney Martin

After reading these excerpts, I purchased the book immediately.

I could have commented on any, though some at too much length for this space, so I will comment on one I can do compactly. How do I keep learning after the last page?

I keep my own form of commonplace book. When I read, if there is a statement that feels either true or even wrong in the closest way, and often if it beautifully expresses something I feel in my own heart, I write it on a postcard. The postcard becomes part of a deck.

Each day I pull three cards from that deck and write to myself about them and how they intersect to me.

I cycle through these in threes, over and over, knitting them into each other and into me in various combinations. This tapestry becomes part, then, of how I am, the choices I make, and actions I take, in the world.

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Jan 27, 2023Liked by Courtney Martin

Interesting perspective.

For me, reading and making (visual) art are opportunities to be present: to slow down, and focus on the words, or the creation. It calms my monkey brain.

As a child, reading was a source of stimulation and fed my imagination.

As an adult, artwork (and other artists) are teaching me to trust my own voice.

Reading and artwork keep me (somewhat:) sane.

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Jan 27, 2023Liked by Courtney Martin

Yes, I ordered it ,too, so many thanks. Salman Rushdie is marvelous about story telling from what we read in reviews of his new novel, Victory City.

Yet, Memphis is foremost on my mind today. Overwhelming sadness and a sense of urgency for another Civil Rights movement. We must summon the spirit to move forward! DD

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Screenshot this book so I can add it to my long must read list!

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