“The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.” - Toni Cade Bambara (From Shola Richards’ Substack.)

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... for the mothers. ❤️

"I would like to beg you, dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, …

Saw @JohnKani in #MasterHaroldandtheBoys at the #Geffentheater in Los Angeles- incredible performance! John still making Fugard‘s words sing. A treat to watch.

“If you’re going to be anything, you better be lightning. You better find something within you, honest enough to strike them.” Andrea Gibson.

“If you can’t take love to the stars, then what are we doing? Why would we even go? - NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya

…And was greatly interested in armies and fleets; When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streets. WH Auden

Epitaph on a Tyrant Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he invented was easy to understand; He knew human folly like the back of his hand…

"Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage." Rainer Maria Rilke

v.cameo.com/e/Xd2L3O4dF1b Back in the saddle…

I don't want you to hang my portraits in your offices. Because a President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang pictures of your children instead. And before you make any decision, look into their eyes." - Volodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine 🇺🇦

Dear Fade Discord Server! Happy birthday! Or as you like to say - happy Shenaniversary! A special shout out to Deny for bringing it all together. Thank you for existing at all and including me in all your shenanigans. It’s been a delight to get to know you! Get fuckin’ loved!!

I'll be working with the Al Harah Theatre in April, a fantastic organization. Please consider a donation. gofund.me/c29bddac3

youtu.be/RHggJTaGvsk?... This is one of the best descriptions of why we need to teach “kindness” rather than empathy. Empathy is a double-edged sword that can be weaponized (think charismatic, populist leaders), whereas kindness is a conscious choice.

The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration. Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net. This is what oligarchy looks like.