Words make worlds.*
Krista Tippett

Without a name made in our mouths, and animal or place struggles to find purchase in our minds and in our hearts.**
Tim Dee

Not only do we require a vast ocean of words to
understand the world around us, but
we also need a multiplicity of words
to describe ourselves, to
create our worlds of
who we are and what
we can do – and they’re not
far away, they’re within us
waiting to be uncovered.^

*Krista Tippett’s Becoming Wise;
**Robert Macfarlane’s Landmarks;
^These words don’t only have to describe us, but also be the words that fascinate us and drive us; I have to keep twenty six lists of words (a-z) that are important to me, with all the quotes that describe them). It’s a simple system, but it’s working for now..

What you’re advocating can’t be just relevant to your audience’s life; it must be relevant to their story.*
Lisa Cron

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; the patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.*
The Teacher

We’re still adding to our stories,
Story is how we work imaginatively with reality,
How we create freedom within limitation;
We don’t want a story that repeats each day,
Neither do we want for one that gets stuck in
its beginning or middle –
Beyond explanation,
We desire exploration.

*Lisa Cron’s Story or Die;
**Ecclesiastes 7:8