Poet Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde

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Art is not living. It is the use of living.
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Poetry is not only dream and vision it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.
In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired than are Black men.
I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
Poetry is not only dream and vision it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.
Art is not living. It is the use of living.
But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society.
When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture.

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