Challenge yourself to opt in rather than out. Whatever you do, do it deeply. Trust that you will be beautifully and wonderfully made as you go.

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A Crisis in Anthropology

All the authors in this massive library, all the researchers, students, and faculty in my department, every intellectual in this city, including me, are seeking to represent something unrepresentable. Who are we? Who are we not? I ask, who are we to say?

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Belonging, The Body, and A New Sixth Sense

How deeply we give ourselves permission to feel impacts how much we are in our bodies.

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The Journey Home to Who I Am

The places that I was originated alongside are part of me, and I am exceptional for those things because I am made more by them.

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Memories and Moments: One Year of The Olly Project

A collection of the most pivotal moments that I have carried with me since I first launched this website one year ago.

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Artistry as Social Work - A New Way Of Campaigning for Change

The boundaries between art as a hobby and art as a tool to create real, lasting social change need to be dissolved.

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Honoring My Year: Looking Back at What Has Changed

I can point to moments where I intentionally chose something different than I have ever chosen before, and it is those moments that have made all the difference.

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The light

i believe in the gift of good light.

relentless kindness. unwavering positivity. contagious wonder.