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What an inspiring essay! It has left me with a big smile on my face.

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I'm so happy! Thank you so much for continuing to read each week!

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You’re welcome, Jason! Thank you for continuing to write!!

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Well thank you for this timely, strangely pleasant gut-punch. ◡̈

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My pleasure 🤣! Thank you for your support!

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This is such a great point Jason: "Poetry is more than an arrangement of words and phrases. It’s a human confession." I feel like this in a sense with my own sijo poetry..sort of confessing what I saw on my hikes in Nature. Thanks for sharing.

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I love every single thing about this piece, Jason, but there is something extra delightful about depicting truth as a squirrel. Thank you, and I hope you won't mind me reading this to my college boy when I talk to him tomorrow.

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Thank you! I hope your son enjoys it! You are always welcome to share any of my posts

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Creativity is not just about poetry and art and whimsy, though. Creativity helps humans solve problems, like how to make vaccines and build clean cars.

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10000% Creativity is at the root of our humanity. I have notes for a future essay about how much creativity caregiving requires, even though our society often overlooks that.

I think playing with our creativity through arts and crafts makes us better humans and stronger problem solvers!

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