willow, oak, pear tree, and elm?
WILLOW: what do you find haunting, but beautiful?
Abandoned or empty places. You can always the lost ghosts of the past tucked away in those desolate corners.
OAK: what is your greatest strength?
Perhaps not my greatest strength but one I’ve only recently realised I possessed. Something that came from a friend I once had. She taught me about power of reclamation. Words have weight, but she taught me that people can only ever put them out there; you have the power to determine how much they can affect you. Not everything, not always, but sometimes. And for me, those sometimes made all the difference in the world. We were young then, so very young, and yet I find myself still learning things about myself from my memories of her.
PEAR TREE: who or what inspires you to be better?
The people around me - those bits and pieces and little interactions I have with anyone and everyone that I come across in my life - but also works of art. Art shows us a different world, and sometimes a better one. There’s a lovely quote from Bell Hooks that I think sums it up best: “The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is - it’s to imagine what is possible.”
ELM: what is your greatest dream in life?
To create something remarkable, something that leaves some sort of mark on the world. But isn’t that what we’re all trying to do? Are we not all in a way pushing back against the tides of time, screaming into that unending universe, placing our feet on the earth during our short lives and trying to live, trying to prove that we are here and that we once existed?
Thanks for the asks Cadmus!
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