“While some rules are necessary and good for us, living a life based on others' rules, needs, and expectations can stifle your self-expression and creativity, and keep a lid on your potential.” NeedsSelfCreativityExpressionExpectationsSelf Expression Author:Lauren Mackler
“I would like my books to stand as a tool to unbind children from expectations of poetry because it should free the child to self-expression and exploration.” ShouldChildrenBookSelfExpressionExpectationsToolsPoetry IsExplorationSelf Expression Author:Masiela Lusha
“I started to understand that for me, art was no longer about self-expression but about creative engagement with the world. I started to respond in an excited way to making work inside an industry and not feeling the constraints of audience expectation as some kind of thing that I should avoid.” WorldWayShouldKindArtSelfFeelingsAudienceCreativeExpressionIndustryExpectationsExcitedEngagementConstraintsSelf Expression Author:Ayad Akhtar
“A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.” KidsGirlBoysIdentityExpressionExpectationsGenderNormMasculineBullied Author:Dan Savage