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nicole's avatar

A brilliant & heartbreaking post, Lian.

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Lian Cho's avatar

Thanks Nicole 💕

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Leanna Stoufer's avatar

You've written such a heart-wrenching and powerful statement! And, as my dear friends in Ukraine teach me, on a daily basis, we have no choice but to do this again. We get to come together, lean into each other, express our pain, find joy in each day, and call out the bad behavior. Silence only serves violence. Thank you for sharing this!

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Lorrie M Taylor's avatar

These are horrible times. Let’s fight them with art, and poetry, and music! The revolution starts now!

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A Muser's avatar

Wow this is incredibly powerful. Maybe when we lose our independence we will realise what we need to fight for. Thank you for sharing it.

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Daniel José Older's avatar

I appreciate you so much

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Tracey Conway's avatar

Very sad and very true. I'd like to thing however, with everything on fire change will come. Good change.

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PAULINE LEGER's avatar

Heartwrenching, honest, profoundly sad post. Truth. Thank you for sharing this, Lian. It matters. ❤️

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Nora's avatar

So heartbreaking and profound. Thank you.

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Kris Soebroto's avatar

So powerful. You nailed all the feels.

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Andy McNally's avatar

Thank you for sharing a heartfelt and touching newsletter.

I hope that you and your loved ones all feel better soon.

As artists and creatives, we can help others find community and hope through times of turmoil and struggle. Keep creating! Keep hoping for a better world!

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Lian Cho's avatar

Thank you so much Andy 💕

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Hatem Aly's avatar

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings and connecting the personal to the global. It is all interconnected and heartbreaking. Please take care and hold on to hope.

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Sumayya Ansari's avatar

Thankyou for this. Feeling it exactly. And the emphasis on how rich have lost their homes is even more frustrating!!

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Lian Cho's avatar

Definitely, it’s all connected but we struggle to see it. Maybe if the rich start to feel threatened something will be done…

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Sam's avatar

When Pandora opened the box the only thing left was Hope, it seems a flimsy thing but I’m clinging to it xx

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Lian Cho's avatar

I didn’t know this! That’s really poetic, I like this a lot.

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Virginia Neely's avatar

I believe people's anger will continue to explode until governments implode. It's what happens when they take everything away. I'm not excusing it, but I can more or less understand it.

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Lian Cho's avatar

I think so too… I think we’re definitely reaching some sort of feverish tipping point soon. We can’t really continue one way or another and maybe it’ll spur some sort of mass change… but who knows. The universe likes to prove me wrong haha

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Juliana Salcedo's avatar

What a powerful post. My heart is in LA. I have family there. I'm so sorry it's all happening. From faraway, I send you a hug.

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Rivkah LaFille's avatar

😓😓😓

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