What did Joy Harjo mean by: I’ve always had a theory that some of us are born with nerve endings longer than our bodies Joy Harjo Poet · USA Copy
I believe that poets have to be inside their poems somewhere, or the poem won’t work. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joy Harjo, Authenticity, Creativity, Subjectivity, 0 Joy Harjo Poet · USA
+ There is no poetry where there are no mistakes. Author, July 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Joy Harjo, Creativity, Growth, Imperfection, 0 Joy Harjo Poet · USA
+ I know I walk in and out of several worlds each day. Author, July 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Joy Harjo, Experience, Identity, Multiculturalism, 0 Joy Harjo Poet · USA
Remember that you are all people and that all people are you. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joy Harjo, Connection, Empathy, Unity, 0 Joy Harjo Poet · USA
True power does not amass through the pain and suffering of others. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joy Harjo, Empathy, Morality, Power, 0 Joy Harjo Poet · USA
+ Remember that you are this universe and that this universe is you. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Joy Harjo, Connection, Identity, Oneness, 0 Joy Harjo Poet · USA
My generation is now the door to memory. That is why I am remembering. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joy Harjo, Identity, Nostalgia, Reflection, 0 Joy Harjo Poet · USA
But come here, Fear. / I am alive! / And you are so afraid / of dying. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joy Harjo, Death, Fear, Life, 0 Joy Harjo Poet · USA
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France