“Our day-to-day lives are pretty chaotic. So in terms of the writing part, you have to get pretty disciplined about finding quiet moments and making sure you're making time for the art side, on top of all the time-consuming business side.” WritingArtMomentsSidesTermQuietFindingsDay To DayConsumingChaoticMaking TimeDay LifeDay To Day LifeTime ConsumingQuiet Moments Author:Sarah Kay
“Sometimes I am puzzling over something for months and months and the poem gets created in small bursts and rewritten a hundred times, and chopped up and put back together, etc. Occasionally, though rarely, a poem just plops out of my head fully-formed. But always it is a blueprint of what my brain is trying to navigate at that moment.” TryingSometimesMomentsTogetherBrainMonthsHundredEtcThat MomentBack TogetherNavigateBlueprintsPuzzling Author:Sarah Kay
“Every moment I choose to write about is one I have deemed important enough to dwell inside of and share with others. I am holding this moment up to the light and saying, "Wow, will you look at that?"” WritingLooksImportantEnoughMomentsLightShareWow Author:Sarah Kay
“My falling in love with spoken word poetry definitely came out of that time period where all the adults around me were failing to supply me with any answers. Everyone was too busy dealing with things that were more important. I was pretty lost and invisible. And all of a sudden, this world opened up where I could get on stage and perform in front of my peers. People would listen to me and see me, and people would say, "That thing you created was important." And that was so validating and necessary at that specific moment.” PeopleWorldImportantMomentsFallLostAnswersFailingStageFrontsThis WorldPeriodsAdultsFalling In LoveBusyInvisiblePeersToo BusyListen To MeSpoken WordTime Periods Author:Sarah Kay
“Such a little thing really, a kiss... most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they kiss on parting, that simple touching of flesh is taken entirely for granted as a basic human right.” PeopleGivingHumansLittlesMomentsSimpleTakenKissingMeetingsFleshGrantedConsiderationLittle ThingsTouchingParting Author:Sarah Kay
“Is there a word for the moment you win tug-of-war? When the weight gives, and all that extra rope comes hurtling towards you, how even though you've won, you still end up with muddy knees and burns on your hands? Is there a word for that? I wish there was.” LifeGivingStillsWarEndsMomentsHandsWinningWishWeightKneesExtrasRopeMuddyTug Of War Author:Sarah Kay
