that question we carry in our hearts

3/11/2020

“While memories may not give us the power to change reality, it can at least raise a question in our hearts when a lie comes our way.” Yan Lianke

Yan Lianke, in a letter to his students: “I hope that each of you, and all of us who’ve experienced the catastrophic COVID-19 will become people who remember.” Here is is full article (worth the read): lithub.com/yan-lianke-what-happens-after-coronavirus: What Happens After Coronavirus? On Community Memory and Repeating Our Own Mistakes.

As writers, may we help raise those question in future hearts "when a lie comes our way."

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Author and counselor Julie Tallard Johnson

I live in Mount Horeb WI where I walk (snow shoe in the winter) my dogs through Stewart Park, garden my corner lot, wear a mask in public (and a cape at night). I love to write & connect to writers. My book The Clue of the Red Thread is my latest of eleven. I do love to write! the Clue of the Red Thread: Discovering Fearlessness & Compassion in uncertain times came out in January, 2021 through Shanti Arts, Nine Rivers Imprint.

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