At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.
Interpretation
The ice provided Kristi Yamaguchi with a safe space to express herself and overcome shyness.
In this quote, Kristi Yamaguchi reflects on how skating became a sanctuary for her at a young age. While she struggled with shyness in her everyday life, the ice allowed her to unleash her emotions and creativity through movement, music, and personal freedom, highlighting the therapeutic power of artistic expression.
In practice
This quote can be used during a motivational speech for young athletes.
I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war - the brutal corrupting viciousness of its doing to the minds and bodies of men; and, that my photographs might be a powerful emotional catalyst to the reasoning which would help this vile and criminal stupidity from beginning again.
Mike Forsberg's images give us bright openings onto a world. . . . Here on the Great Plains both people and trees and everything else are in some way shaped by wind and weather. This book, too, has been shaped by where it comes from, and that's just a part of its beauty.
Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.
I enjoy the speed of fashion. I love doing different things and I think I still have something valid to say in fashion.
Surrealism comes from the reality of Latin America.
I think it's very important for writers and artists generally to be witnesses to the world, and to be transparent. To let other people speak... to travel... to experience the world. And memorialize it.
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