Cooking is really calming. Sharing food with friends, cooking.

No way construction of this tricky plan was built by other than a greater hand.

...science and violence turned silence to rage.

Now I know a refuge never grows from a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose gotta tend the earth if you want a rose.

Music makes me alive in a way that nothing quite does. Good art, good film, good books, good dance. Exhibitions, history. Nature makes me feel alive. Georgia in the rain - that makes me feel alive. Compassion makes me feel alive. Hard fought victories for social rights.

Artists and celebrities are citizens, and as such you have a responsibility to keep fighting for justice because there are monolithic power structures and systemic oppression out there.

I was in a church choir early on and that really helped me musically in terms of chops, learning how to sing harmonies.