Amy Sherald Instagram – Her library has burned. “In Senegal, the polite expression for saying someone has died is to say his or her library has burned. Our minds and souls contain volumes inscribed by our experiences and emotions; each individual’s consciousness is a collection of memories we’ve cataloged and stored inside us, a private library of a life lived. It is something that no one else can entirely share, one that burns down and disappears when we die. But if you can take something from that internal collection and share it — with one person or with the larger world on the page or in a story recited — it takes on a life of its own.” – The Library Book. I first heard this phrase while listening to a conversation between Krista Tippett and @jasonreynolds83 during @onbeing podcast. It came back to me yesterday as I was sitting with everything that bell hooks has gifted us through her writings. 🖤#bellhooks Rest In Peace