I’ve come to believe that artists are given the task of healing their culture through their explorations, through their renaming and revisioning of events. It is part of my gift as a writer to unveil the wisdom and redemption within difficult times, to name things accurately so that my community can face the truth about itself. I begin this service by facing the truth about my own story.
– from “The Soul Tells a Story: Engaging Creativity with Spirituality in the Writing Life” by Vinita Hampton Wright Loyola Press
