Scan barcode
A review by jansyn_liberty
How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong
4.0
It was reassuring to feel resonance and familiarity with all of Mia Birdsong’s suggestions for how to build community. I’ve already heard about a lot of these practices and participated in them too.
I particularly resonated with page 222 about being in proximity to community in a small town and not being able to be anonymous or have multiple realities:
“Being relentlessly known terrifies us, but I think we also crave the freedom of it. If you can’t hide yourself, at some point you just have to be, like, “Fuck it.” It’s treatment for the existential loneliness we all experience no matter where we live.”
I particularly resonated with page 222 about being in proximity to community in a small town and not being able to be anonymous or have multiple realities:
“Being relentlessly known terrifies us, but I think we also crave the freedom of it. If you can’t hide yourself, at some point you just have to be, like, “Fuck it.” It’s treatment for the existential loneliness we all experience no matter where we live.”