“Love makes you smart and strong. Smart enough to know there is nothing else that matters. Strong enough to know that nothing else can weaken you. When you're in love, you're at peace, you're whole, and always safe. I know I made you feel at peace.” KnowsFeelsMadeMatterEnoughWholeStrongLove YouSafeSmartStrong Enough Author:Morgan Parker
“I try to convey what it feels like and sounds like and smells like and looks like inside of my particular skin, to move through the world as a black American woman in her mid-twenties.” WorldFeelsTryingLooksMovingSoundBlackParticularSkinsTwentiesSmellAmerican Woman Author:Morgan Parker
“Language from songs and TV shows feel integral because it helps to create the environment and describe the full picture.” FeelsHelpingShowsSongLanguageEnvironmentTvsTv Shows Author:Morgan Parker
“I struggle with depression and anxiety, and I have since I was a teenager. I spent a good chunk of time being very ashamed of that. Now I feel committed to talking about it and trying to normalize it as much as I can.” FeelsTryingI CanTalkingStruggleAnxietyCommittedTeenagerAshamedChunksDepression And Anxiety Author:Morgan Parker
“I don't think that there are as many black women or women of color becoming psychiatrists, so we can't find them and then we feel looked at and studied and that's part of what is damaging to us. It's hard to find therapy that is actually a tool for your own liberation. I think we can be really distrustful.” ThinkingFeelsHardBlackColorBecomingToolsLiberationTherapyBlack WomenPsychiatrist Author:Morgan Parker
“Where I would usually backspace, I stop and say, "You know what? This is important, that I say how I feel and don't sugarcoat it, and don't avoid it."” KnowsFeelsImportant Author:Morgan Parker
“Mickalene [Thomas] is an artist that I have admired for a long time. So much of her work inspires me - I spend time looking at her work when I'm writing. I feel like we're working toward the same themes, and I see our work in conversation, whether we know it or not.” KnowsFeelsWritingLongArtistInspireConversationLong TimeThemeEnd TimesSpend Time Author:Morgan Parker
“I really hope that people feel permission to talk about their own troubles, but also to celebrate themselves.” PeopleFeelsTroubleCelebratePermission Author:Morgan Parker
“Sometimes I feel as though I'm trying to take a hit for the team so that other people then can move forward. I'm like, "Look, I just laid out all of my stuff, so what's the worst that can happen?".” PeopleFeelsTryingLooksSometimesHappensMovingStuffTeamWorstMoving Forward Author:Morgan Parker
“Since the election [of Donald Trump], I've been thinking about a lot of theory. Lots of [Michel] Foucault and [Karl] Marx, thinking about different systems, thinking about power. Trying to figure out what I can take and learn from history as a tool for getting through whatever is happening right now, which feels very significant and major.” ThinkingFeelsTryingI CanDifferentFiguresTheoryTrumpRight NowMajorsHappeningsToolsElectionSignificantSystems Thinking Author:Morgan Parker
“I always say that my artist statement is to not be afraid to talk about the messiness - the unpleasant feelings and happenings around my life. I also try to convey what it feels like and sounds like and smells like and looks like inside of my particular skin, to move through the world as a black American woman in her mid-twenties. Language from songs and TV shows feel integral because it helps to create the environment and describe the full picture.” WorldFeelsTryingLooksHelpingShowsFeelingsMovingArtistSongLanguageSoundBlackEnvironmentParticularTvsHappeningsSkinsTwentiesSmellStatementsTv ShowsAmerican WomanMessiness Author:Morgan Parker
“And I would stop and take you in, all of you, and when our eyes lock we'd just stare into each other's souls and all of the lost time would come out in the shape of a big smile, a few tears and a tight hug that feels like...I don't know, it would feel like home.” KnowsFeelsSoulHomeBigsEyeLostTearsShapesStaringHugLocksLost Time Author:Morgan Parker
