M. Suzanne Terry

Happy Halloween! This year’s costumes are Winnie the Pooh (featured at book club since I was not feeling well for the actual Halloween party I typically go to), and a version of the Mad Hatter for work today. I hope you are having a fun day!

Some things I enjoyed reading this week (and a bit of last week):

• Abbott: Rainbows gotta go…
  Oak Lawn Methodist Church: …on our steps.
  “It’s important because silence is not neutral — silence in the face of harm always sides with the oppressor. At Oak Lawn UMC, we believe love belongs in public. Painting our steps in the colors of the rainbow is a visible witness to the gospel we preach: that every person is created in the image of God and worthy of safety, dignity, and belonging,” Love this.
• Misty Copeland retires from ABT. 
• I love this Rewire Your Brain Challenge. I like watching all Anni’s videos of recapturing “childlike wonder.” Beautiful. 
• Stop telling creatives they’ll never make money with their art (especially from the stage where you were invited specifically because you’ve made so much money with your art). Also, be honest with creatives about the challenges of making money with their art. I enjoyed the perspective of this piece.
• I adore Papier’s collaboration with Damson Madder. That dotted, bookbound journal will be mine.

Have a lovely weekend, friends!