[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fGv5CkgGcn_BJkBnHoAOalZkmeeXwj2fNazMK5Dj6FiM":3,"$fT6TjyY2oL1ZExIm4xMAz_TZfXKFLqTzrUG_s3eG_dCY":16},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},13136,"Susan Griffin","S",77,null,"susan-griffin",[12],{"tag_id":13,"tag_name":14,"tag_count":15},496,"war",5,{"quotes":17,"pagination":108},[18,26,33,39,45,51,64,75,86,97],{"id":19,"quote_text":20,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":23,"source":24,"quote_tag":25,"commentary":9},3958647,"Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick.",7,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":27,"quote_text":28,"author_id":5,"source_id":29,"has_image":22,"author":30,"source":31,"quote_tag":32,"commentary":9},3455753,"To grasp the truth is a delicate gesture, like taking a hand in greeting, a lightness of touch is needed if one is to feel the presence of another being.",6,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":34,"quote_text":35,"author_id":5,"source_id":29,"has_image":22,"author":36,"source":37,"quote_tag":38,"commentary":9},3455746,"When we hear that “war” is made for “peace”, or that “pain” is sought for “pleasure” or that “brutality” helps one “feel”, in our minds, language ceases to describe reality. Words lose their direct relationship with actuality. 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Not just stories of the disenfranchised and the marginalized, but marginalized and disenfranchised histories even in the lives of the accepted and the privileged.",4,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[58],{"id":59,"tag":60},4571828,{"id":61,"tag_name":62},367,"intelligent","**The Backstory**\nSusan Griffin, an American poet, playwright, and essayist, penned this quote in the context of her life's work, which often explored themes of social justice, feminism, and the intersection of personal and collective histories. Griffin's writing often reflected her experiences as a woman and a poet, grappling with the silencing of women's voices and the erasure of marginalized histories. This quote likely originated in one of her essays or speeches from the 1980s or 1990s, a time when Griffin was actively engaged in feminist and anti-war activism.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote reveals a nuanced understanding of democracy's potential, which goes beyond mere inclusivity. Griffin suggests that true democracy not only acknowledges the stories of the marginalized but also requires a fundamental shift in how we listen to and value all stories, including those of the privileged. This insight highlights the tension between expanding democracy's reach and challenging the dominant narratives that often silence marginalized voices.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider the stories you've been told to forget or downplay in your own life or organization. Make space for these stories by actively seeking out diverse perspectives and creating a \"listening arena\" where everyone's voice can be heard. 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What was obscure comes forward, lies are revealed, memory shaken, new delineations drawn over the old maps: it is from this new way of seeing the present that hope emerges for the future...Let us begin to imagine the worlds we would like to inhabit, the long lives we will share, and the many futures in our hands.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[81],{"id":82,"tag":83},4571826,{"id":84,"tag_name":85},138,"memories",{"id":87,"quote_text":88,"author_id":5,"source_id":54,"has_image":22,"author":89,"source":90,"quote_tag":91,"commentary":9},1577856,"I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution whatsoever.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[92],{"id":93,"tag":94},4571825,{"id":95,"tag_name":96},229,"healing",{"id":98,"quote_text":99,"author_id":5,"source_id":54,"has_image":22,"author":100,"source":101,"quote_tag":102,"commentary":9},1577855,"Each time I write, each time the authentic words break through, I am changed. 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