New Tame Impala dropped just in time for me to dance as I deep clean our place.

*dj voice* This one goes out to the PMDD crew open.spotify.com/playlist/38G...

Finally felt like fall today in Chicago.

For #smallpoemsunday, a favorite by Danez Smith

If you could see one Broadway or off Broadway show playing right now, what would it be?

Happy birthday to the prophetess Octavia Butler. We live in the times she foretold. From her notebooks.

Asking powerful questions will get you so far in life. I promise you don't need to know all the answers.

Andre 3000 with a whole piano strapped to his back. I live! (And I also wanna know what's in the trash bag.)

This color on us. 🍷 #MetGala

lol me watching folks watch #Sinners for the first time this weekend:

You probably don't need another masterclass or book or podcast episode promising a revolutionary new method unless you've applied the tools you already have* *Said with love to myself as much as to you 🤗

One of my favorite ways to introduce myself: Hi, I'm Taylor. I'm a person who decides she wants to do something and figures out how to make it happen. 👋🏾

Be weirder. It's magnetic. (Magnetism attracts AND repels).

Mr. Rogers told us to look for the helpers, and I found a couple! Two coaches who worked for USAID are organizing a collective of coaches to offer pro bono coaching to federal employees, contractors, and implementing partners affected by the recent executive actions. (1/2) ⬇️

F I N A L L Y

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

Between Beyoncé and the NBA, it’s been a big news night in the Morrison household.

Happy: Black history Black present Black future Black love Black joy Black health Black healing Black people Black community Black family Black kids Black culture Black creativity Black ingenuity Black legacy Black innovation Black liberation Black resistance Black existence ...month🖤

Experimentation is the antidote to perfectionism. You can’t fail an experiment. You can only learn.

I'm currently living my next book.

Two must read Langston Hughes essays for Black artists: 1. These Bad New Negros: A Critique on Critics 2. The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain

I stopped tithing when I stopped being a Christian, but I still set aside money each month into a “generosity fund” so I have something to share when the moment calls for it.

Unpopular (?) opinion: I would still work if capitalism went away. If we define work as something you have to do, the “have to” might be that you need 💵 and sometimes the “have to” is bc an idea won’t leave you alone until you make it real. (1/2)

At the end of my last piece of 2024, I named the gazes I'm centering in my work in 2025: ✺The Black gaze ✺The creative gaze ✺The “feel too much” gaze ✺The collectivist gaze ✺The lifelong learner gaze ✺The appreciator of beauty gaze ✺The “I’ll do it my way” gaze ✺The connection craver gaze

This *gestures broadly* is not working. We need to practice different ways of building and being if we want a better future. Don’t be afraid to throw out the rules. A lot of them got us here.

“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” - Maya Angelou This is a guiding quote for me. I used to operate as if my creativity was a limited resource, but, it's actually abundant and renewable.

I need Brittany Howard on Beyoncé’s rock project, please and thank you. 🙏🏾

Sharing family recipes (introducing my teenaged niece to Paramore)

#AddtoBlacksky please and thank you 🙏🏾

me on this app with no following

Speaking of Doechii, her Youtube video from 2020 is the creative pep talk you didn't know you needed. You're welcome. 😇

Doechii’s band of Black women saying, “I’m everything” in unison. 🥹🖤

Shout out to Mavis Beacon because I'm typing while gazing out my window, and this sweet moment wouldn't be possible with out her.

Ringing in my personal new year like a true party hermit. 🤘🏾Grateful for some solo time with the trees and the trees that got turned into books.

I'm so sorry but you can't participate in a rap beef and then run to the courts when you lose. Are the rules different in Canada?

I love helping people create their own meaning making systems.

BRING BACK GOOD, OLE-FASHIONED, STRONG, WELL THOUGHT, EDUCATED & NUANCED OPINIONS 🙇🏾‍♀️

Someone needs to put the Megan Thee Stallion doc in conversation with the Martha Stewart doc. There's a lot to unpack about healing, race, class, sexuality, creative vision, and societal treatment of women across the different identities they hold.

I was always more of a lurker on that other site, and I want to fix that here. 👋🏾 I'm Taylor. I like to turn ideas into realities. I'm a facilitator, author, PhD student, founder, and ICF coach. I like to talk about creativity, pop culture, and living your own definition of success. #Blacksky