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We tend to think kindness is something we’ll remember. The big moments.The obvious ones.The times we know we showed up for someone. Like… Oprah level kindness. You get a car! You get a car! Everybody gets a car! I mean, let’s be honest, it’s kind of hard to compete with Oprah. But here’s the thing… That’s not the kind of kindness most people carry with them. Seven-year-old me. Even then, there was more going on than most people could see. Most of It Doesn’t Feel Like Much Re

Choosing beauty where it isn't always obvious is almost completely what takes up my artist brain. In every setting I enter, in every story I hear, finding the beauty and turning it into art consumes me. When a couple of us with Empower and Shine first learned about Lilias Trotter, it felt like we were learning about ourselves in a past life, in a past century. Some stories stay with us not because they are loud or dramatic, but because they are quietly brave. Lilias Trotter’s