“Learning the edges or limits or sources of friction in empathy was one of the big issues for me.” Quote by Leslie Jamison
“Empathy is cloaked in our actions - as in, we might be experiencing empathy but not realize it's empathy.” MightActionRealizingEmpathyOur Actions Author:Leslie Jamison
“I've been thinking so much about writing as a gift to readers - and how newness of subject (place or topic or person) is one of the biggest gifts at our disposal.” ThinkingWritingPersonsSubjectsReaderTopicsNewness Author:Leslie Jamison
“I like thinking of the writer as a kind of curator; the collection as curiosity cabinet - in a non-demeaning, non-objectifying sense - but an array, a set of offerings.” ThinkingKindCuriosityCollectionsOfferingCabinetsDemeaningCuratorObjectifying Author:Leslie Jamison
“I think of empathy as a set of cumulative effects, ideally - that it can be a force shaping your habits, shaping where you put your attention and then - if you're hard on yourself, in good ways - pushing you to translate that attention into action, on whatever scale.” IfsThinkingWayHardActionForceAttentionEffectsHabitEmpathyScalesPushingTranslateGood WayCumulative Author:Leslie Jamison
“Sometimes I do feel exposed. I have this kind of theory about different channels or levels of relaying experience - when I tell someone, one on one, in a personal context, about something that's happened to me - that has a very different valence, a different charge, than when/if I've said it in a public forum.” IfsFeelsKindSaidDifferentSometimesLevelsHappenedTheoryExposedForumsOne On One Author:Leslie Jamison
“I got started at a really young age. I was about two years old when I started playing the piano and around seven or eight when I started writing my own chords and putting words together.” WritingYearsTwoAgeTogetherYoungMy OwnSevenEightPianoTwo YearsChordsYoung AgeTwo Year Olds Author:Jackson Guthy
“The best part was seeing fans and making new ones. I loved going to new places. I really had the time of my life out there.” SeeingFansNew PlacesTime Of My Life Author:Jackson Guthy
“I think artists like Justin Bieber really opened up a door for younger artists to be respected in the industry. I really like what he did.” ThinkingArtistDoorsIndustryJustin Author:Jackson Guthy
“I think my music is a lot different than what is already out there and people will be really attracted to it.” PeopleThinkingDifferentMusic Is Author:Jackson Guthy
“It was really cool being out on the road and doing school with my tutor over Skype or on the phone, but it can definitely be difficult.” SchoolDifficultPhonesReally CoolTutorSkype Author:Jackson Guthy