Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. They are chaotic…

Audre Lorde
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Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge. They are chaotic, sometimes painful, sometimes contradictory, but they come from deep within us. And we must key into those feelings... This is how new visions begin. ✨ Audre Lorde, Joan Wylie Hall (2004). Conversations with Audre Lorde, p.91, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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