Over the past few years, I've watched many great TED talks, but the one I just watched tonight by author and storyteller Yang-May Ooi, "Rebel Heart: How Small Acts of Rebellion Can Create Powerful Change," stands out as one of the most moving.
As writers, we must have the courage to step out of our comfort zones if we want our work to be alive on the page. I tell this to my writing students, and I practice it in my writing life.
Yang-May's TEDx talk inspires me as a writer--and as a human being--to listen to my own rebel heart and act from a place of love and courage in order to create powerful change. As Yang-May says, "F*** the labels!" Because we are all limited by the labels that people put upon us.
As writers, we must have the courage to step out of our comfort zones if we want our work to be alive on the page. I tell this to my writing students, and I practice it in my writing life.
Yang-May's TEDx talk inspires me as a writer--and as a human being--to listen to my own rebel heart and act from a place of love and courage in order to create powerful change. As Yang-May says, "F*** the labels!" Because we are all limited by the labels that people put upon us.
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