Hello, I'm Jessica Ann. I'm a freelance producer and journalist living in dc. I can be found hot yoga-ing, running, reading, writing, and living in the present. and enjoying it. you can email me at jessica[at]itsmejessica.com
Sat
Apr
4
“ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mon
Mar
30
Met with the lovely Mary Pipher on Saturday. She’s the bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia. Currently reading her new book, Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World. Her writing exudes painful strength and profound reflections. Here is an excerpt:
For most of my life, I have recalled good times and loving moments. When I remembered my girlhood, I painted myslef into scenes as a happy, loved girl, filled with honorable intentions. I worked to construct a temple of comforting beliefs - that I was nurtured, respected, and in control. With this quest, I have probed deep layers of memory that I had long struggled to ignore. As I faced the facts and examined painful recollections, I realized that what happened to me is both more unpleasant and more interesting than my previous “official” story. When I finally gave myself permission to travel with my eyes open, my reactions have been a clamorous mix of “Hallelujah” and “Ouch.”
- Mary Pipher
“ One can travel the world and see nothing. To achieve understanding it is necessary not to see many things but to look hard at what you do see.
Morandi
Fri
Mar
20
“ I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad.
Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
