It's always hard for me to find a therapist who is a black woman. She talks about using a mega‑star like Beyoncé to explore personal topics, and she urges people to define freedom for themselves rather than accepting outside definitions. She also notes that love is often used as a tool to control others, and that writers constantly swap words to get closer to the truth they want to tell.
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Morgan Parker is a poet from the United States, best known for There are more beautiful things than Beyoncé.
![“I also think that [political turmoil] gives artists something, a way of kind of processing.” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/morgan-parker-6193_art_i-also-think-that-political-turmoil-give_3145935.jpg)
![“I'm working on a young adult novel. I've been working on it for a while, because I don't know how to write a novel and I'm teaching myself. For that reason, I've been reading a lot of YA [young adults], which I never have before. It's totally new to me.” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/morgan-parker-6193_adults_i-m-working-on-a-young-adult-novel-i-ve_2238580.jpg)
![“I wanted [the book 'There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] to be colorful. I wanted it to be evocative. I wanted a figure of a black woman that the reader has to confront.” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/morgan-parker-6193_beautiful_i-wanted-the-book-there-are-more-beautif_1624939.jpg)
![“I think there's something that's fascist [in Donald Trump's election], and something that I think we could probably learn from, in terms of the energy in the world right now.” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/966/morgan-parker-6193_election_i-think-there-s-something-that-s-fascist_2670897.jpg)
![“Art movements are always linked to some kind of turmoil. We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art. I also think that it gives artists something, a way of kind of processing. My friends and I have all been super motivated to work and to do the work that we…” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/morgan-parker-6193_art_art-movements-are-always-linked-to-some_2529213.jpg)
