Daily Nourishment for The Second Friday of Advent: It Will Sound Like Freedom
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 45 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 10-15 minutes
“The artist’s role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That’s how I see it. Otherwise, I don’t know why you do it.”
- Amiri Baraka
Pause.
Use the inhale and exhale prompts below for a few rounds of a breath prayer or meditation.
Inhale: My imagination expands.
Exhale: I expand with it.
- Cole Arthur Riley, Black Liturgies
Prompt.
Read the quotes below from Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human by Cole Arthur Riley:
Practice.
Pick one quote from the images above to sit with for three or four minutes. Write it down a few times in your journal or on a piece of paper. Say it out loud a few times. Take notes or freewrite using the quote as a prompt.
Make It Advent: How do these words intersect with this season’s Advent experience? How do these words stir longings or magnify wounds? What do you want to wait for during this season? What do you want to receive on the other side of Advent?
Today’s Daily Nourishment was provided by Charlotte Donlon.
*Please help us protect our intellectual property, our creative process, and the integrity of our work. Spiritual Direction for Writers® Daily Nourishment is covered under the Spiritual Direction for Writers® trademark. You are welcome to share this link with others, but any other use (written or spoken) is prohibited without written permission from Charlotte Donlon.