Connectedness Quote by Alison Hawthorne Deming

“I'm interested in thinking about how are we contributing to the culture, what we can write that might help us deepen the culture, make us more reflective, make us more empathetic, make us feel our connectedness in other ways.” quote by Alison Hawthorne Deming — Download Open image

“I'm interested in thinking about how are we contributing to the culture, what we can write that might help us deepen the culture, make us more reflective, make us more empathetic, make us feel our connectedness in other ways.”

Alison Hawthorne Deming

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