Question
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Yo, why do we laugh?
Tell me, why do we frown?
Why does Stevie wonder?
Yo, why is James brown?
―Black Sheep
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Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.
―Rainer Maria Rilke
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Have I been blind?
Have I been lost?
Have I been wrong?
Have I been wise?
Have I been strong?
—Natalie Merchant
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If there’s something you want to know, just ask.
—Ani DiFranco
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What is this?
—Zen contemplation
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Poem: I Ask My Grandmother If We Can Make Lahmajoun
Poem: questions arabic asked in english (colonial fit)
Poem: On Asking My Mother about Winter 1990
Poem: I Ask My Grandmother What Trinidad Was Like in 1960
Poem: Frequently Asked Questions: 10
Poem: Therapist Asks Me to Describe Grief
Love language practice (listening): How do I make you feel supported, cared for, special, loved?
If I really knew you, what would I know?
Self to any part: If I really knew you…
How would you like me to be with you?
Do you need to be hugged, helped, or just heard?
Questions for deepening connection
What's the most beautiful thing you've been told?
What's the most painful thing you've been told?
What scares you most about yourself?
What have you finally come to terms with?
What's something I wouldn't believe about you?
What's a song lyric that reminds you of someone?
The { } And, Strangers edition
Ask a Movie-Trailer Announcer Guy
Ask The Back Of A Gourmet Potato Chip Bag
Ask A College Professor Having Trouble With The Audiovisual Equipment
Ask A High-School Student Who Didn't Do The Required Reading
Ask a Guy Who Just Ran, Like, Nine Blocks
Ask A Man Who's Had One Hell Of A Long Day