We tend to think of the erotic as an easy, tantalizing sexual arousal. I speak of the erotic as the deepest life force, a force which moves us toward living in a fundamental way.
Interpretation
The erotic is more than just sexual desire; it's a profound force that drives us to live fully and authentically.
In this quote, Audre Lorde explores the concept of the erotic beyond its common perception as mere sexual arousal. She suggests that the erotic represents a deep life force that motivates and inspires individuals to embrace their true selves and live more fundamentally and passionately.
In practice
In a discussion about the importance of passion in art and creativity.
The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken.
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.
Love, and a cough, are not concealed.
For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.
Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die
Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.
Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
As you look back on a year almost ended, recall the ways in which God has been inviting you to return, again and again, to Love which is the same as returning to God
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