A wise person said that when you don’t know what to say the place to start is “thank you.” Sitting here trying to put this challenging, painful, and profoundly illuminating year into perspective, I know I have a lot to be thankful for —
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This spring in my Artist as Citizen course at Portland State University, we explored a book of essays called The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear. Although it seems ideally suited for the beginning of a global pandemic, my co-instructor Suzanne Savaria actually selected it months before coronavirus entered the world. The title comes from the song “Crazy He Calls Me” written by Billie Holiday: