“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”  — James Baldwin Dear Brilliant Community, Last week, I wrote about something I couldn’t unsee.   That sometimes what looks like growth… is really everything running through one person.   I’ve been sitting with that. Because once you see it, the next question isn’t if it’s true.   It’s: What do you do about it?   And this week, something else became clear. Clarity isn’t enough.   I ke

“Without community, there is no liberation.” — Audre Lorde Dear Brilliant Community,   This week, I’ve been noticing something else.   As I’ve been having these conversations, something has been getting clearer.   Not just what people are saying.   But how things connect. The patterns. The relationships.   The way ideas and people fit together. It’s like something is taking shape. Not on paper yet. Not fully outside of me. But very clearly… in my head.   There’s a phrase I’ve

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” - Joseph Campbell  Dear Brilliant...

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You’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. – A Wrinkle in Time  Dear Brilliant Community,   When I first started...

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used whe n we created them. - Albert Einstein  Dear Brilliant Community,   I’ve...

Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms is like a sonnet: you’re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet...

If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about the solution. — Al...