“Black life is ambiguous, and a kaleidoscope of meanings, rich, multi-sided . . . we have frozen our vision in figures that caricature, at best the complexity of our lives and leave the real artistic chore of interpretation unfinished.” RealLife IsBlackVisionRichOur LivesFiguresArtisticComplexityInterpretationFrozenUnfinishedAmbiguousChoresCaricaturesKaleidoscopeBlack Lives Author:Charles Bartlett Johnson
“the mysterious complexity of our life is not to be embraced by maxims ... to lace ourselves up in formulas of that sort is to repress all the divine promptings and inspirations that spring from growing insight and sympathy.” InspirationLife IsOur LivesGrowingDivineSpringInsightMysteriousComplexityFormulasMaximsSlogansLace Book:The Mill on the Floss Source: The Mill on the Floss
“The very act of thinking about power in our lives and experiences creates a process of revelation and self-analysis that may even make us look at ourselves in a new light... thinking about power and its complex manifestations may not simply lead to a better understanding of the abstract complexities of society, but may have an effect on one?s own image and identity. Perhaps a warning label should be placed on the cover.” ThinkingShouldLooksMaySelfLightProcessUnderstandingOur LivesEffectsIdentityComplexesLabelsAnalysisManifestationAbstractComplexityRevelationsWarningSelf AnalysisWarning Labels Book:Three Faces of Power Source: Three Faces of Power
“What is the beauty of the haiku is that it is not simplistic. The beauty of the haiku I just said is very complex. It reaches all the complexities of our life on this Earth. Peace - that's a very complex idea, peace, so we can't get it as human beings.” HumansSaidIdeasEarthHuman BeingsOur LivesComplexesComplexityHaiku Author:Sonia Sanchez
“We're looking at such enormous complexity and variety that it makes a mockery of "celebrating diversity." In the L.A. of the future, no one will need to say, "Let's celebrate diversity." Diversity is going to be a fundamental part of our lives. That's what it's going to mean to be modern.” NeedsMeanOur LivesModernDiversityFundamentalsEnormousCelebrateVarietyComplexityMockeryCelebrating Diversity Author:Richard Rodriguez
“We explore within postures everything we deal with in life: the interplay between resistance and surrender; establishing stability and maintaining flexibility; learning to receive and release; being present to all the complexities of our lives, and returning to the fundamentals of our "beginner's mind" again and again.” MindDealsOur LivesFundamentalsSurrenderResistanceReleaseComplexityStabilityAgain And AgainFlexibilityMaintainingPostureBeginners Author:Brenda Strong