Blank canvas Quote by Jeanette LeBlanc
““This story is always yours for the telling. This has always been yours. You can expand to fill it all or take up the smallest corner. You can write in invisible ink. You can tell your story in red wine stains and spilled ink and bite marks. You can only write in pencil so it can always be erased. You can write in layers, and turn the page and write sideways. You can spin spiral and make your words dance. You can ink it on the surface of your skin or x-ray vision the story onto the blank canvas of your bones. You can write a novel and then let the whole thing dissolve in the waves. You can write the truth and bury it in the ground, throw it in the fire, fold it into paper airplanes and watch it fly, roll it into a note in a bottle and toss it in the ocean and let it find its own way home. Or, you share it with the whole fucking world. You can care and not care and care-not-care all at once. But you get to write. And you get to choose the story you tell. And there’s no freedom bigger or bolder or braver than that.””
About This Quote
Source Spoken Word: Performance by Jeanette LeBlanc, 2021
The quote celebrates personal agency in storytelling, emphasizing limitless creative expression and the power to shape one's narrative.
In simple terms: You control how you tell your story.
Key Takeaway
Embrace creative freedom.
Themes
creativity
self‑expression
agency
identity
freedom
Mood
reflective
empowering
introspective
Type
inspirational
philosophical
When to use this quote
- personal journaling
- artistic projects
- digital storytelling
- memorial rituals
- public speaking
Key Concepts
narrative agency
symbolic media
impermanence
Questions to Reflect On
- How will you choose to tell your story?
- What medium best reflects your truth?
A Different Perspective
The endless possibilities can overwhelm, causing paralysis or loss of focus.
