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I Am What I Am
By MumblingMelanie DIAMOND
Jackson, Missouri

I am a hippie, I am an artist, and I am a nerd. I wonder if the tape will peel the paint off my wall. I hear my future seducing me and history laughing at me. I want to finish c...
MumblingMelanie DIAMOND, Jackson, Missouri
79 articles 0 photos 210 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't be a victim; be a titan.

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Do what Mama couldn't
By Shminkanator5000 SILVER
Rochester, New York
Shminkanator5000 SILVER, Rochester, New York
9 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"

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Wake Up and Get It Right!
By GodsPotential012 GOLD
Jonesboro, Georgia
GodsPotential012 GOLD, Jonesboro, Georgia
17 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

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Clouds
By whispersofthenight GOLD
Tallahassee, Florida
whispersofthenight GOLD, Tallahassee, Florida
10 articles 2 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am an artist; I paint with words.

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Self-Inflicted
By EmilytheAuthor DIAMOND
St. Francisville, Louisiana
EmilytheAuthor DIAMOND, St. Francisville, Louisiana
55 articles 20 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be who you are and say what you feel because those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind. -dr. seuss

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emotion
By EmilytheAuthor DIAMOND
St. Francisville, Louisiana
EmilytheAuthor DIAMOND, St. Francisville, Louisiana
55 articles 20 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be who you are and say what you feel because those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind. -dr. seuss

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desire
By EmilytheAuthor DIAMOND
St. Francisville, Louisiana
EmilytheAuthor DIAMOND, St. Francisville, Louisiana
55 articles 20 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be who you are and say what you feel because those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind. -dr. seuss

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Beyond
By bbrake10 BRONZE
Greenwood, Arkansas
bbrake10 BRONZE, Greenwood, Arkansas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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Exclaim
By EmilytheAuthor DIAMOND
St. Francisville, Louisiana
EmilytheAuthor DIAMOND, St. Francisville, Louisiana
55 articles 20 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be who you are and say what you feel because those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind. -dr. seuss

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Inside My Pain
By xo3bren BRONZE
Massena, New York
xo3bren BRONZE, Massena, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We will all form another face in the glass that though should have once viewed themself" -William Shakespeare

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