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When is a specific time when words have been important to you?

Again and again. But specifically…I  would have to say right now. Entering into a space and practice I’m referring to as heart work, when I’m revisiting origins of certain patterns of behaviour and getting experiences, feelings and healing methods onto paper (or computer screen!) I find writing a soft and a hard place all at once. It’s the honesty required I think…the need to really go in deep. I’ve also been so blessed to connect with some beautiful writers, who challenge and inspire me and are nothing less than family. Their words heal and move me all the time. Have you ever read Nayyirah Waheed’s ‘Salt?’

Some of the people who inspire me to write my truth, daily. Tapiwa Mugabe. Te’ V Smith. Alice Walker. Jeanette Winterson.  

Another time…three years ago when I was in South Africa modelling, I happened upon a couple of poetry venues and knew I had to get back into writing. My spirit was drained and I was merely existing - dangerously low and lonely as hell. Carrying all of this darkness around with me and drowning in it. Biting my tongue and trying to live doesn’t work for me…It took a while to know  it. I need to talk, connect, share. Words continue to save me all of the time.

"Certainly things happened that should not have happened, but firstly, that is the way things go."

“Certainly things happened that should not have happened, but firstly, that is the way things go.”

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- Opening line from FISHWICK from On Snakes & Other Stories, by Yrsa Daley-Ward

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I would say you're beautiful, but I think you deserve a less commonly used word than that--something that holds more meaning. Like vivid or compelling or intelligent. You're so much more than just pretty.

Sweet-kind-heart! Thank-you for each of those words you chose.

Come back any time! ;-) 

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"Those old, warm, soft bad habits."

“Those old, warm, soft bad habits.”

Your face is beautiful. Your words are fiery.

Thank you…

and thank you. Fiery. I like it.

"You make me want to fight, hard and dirty. When I am this angry with you, I want to drag out..."

“You make me want to fight, hard and dirty. When I am this angry with you, I want to drag out handfuls of your strong thick hair and etch deep into your skin. Scratches that draw beautiful dark red blood. Marks that tell me that I was here, I fought and won.”

- On Snakes from On Snakes & Other Stories, by Yrsa Daley-Ward (via axelkacoutie)

"I am the tall dark stranger those warnings prepared you for."

“I am the tall dark stranger those warnings prepared you for.”

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Interview: Yrsa Daley-Ward Author of On Snakes and Other Stories

Interview: Yrsa Daley-Ward Author of On Snakes and Other Stories:

Re-posted froom For Books’ Sake. Already an established model, actor and poet, the talented Yrsa Daley-Ward published her début short story collection last year. On Snakes and Other Stories is the …