Collected Item: “sign of courage”
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sign of courage
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
photograph
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Early in the pandemic, when we were sheltering in place but were allowed to be outside for exercise (here in San Francisco), I started taking photographs of signs people posted in and around their homes. This became a daily activity while I was out for a walk. Usually the signs were fairly small and were posted in windows. But sometimes they were more elaborate, like this one with a quote about the nature of courage from Maya Angelou. It made me realize that courage isn't the absence of fear; it's something else. The longer quote includes this: "Having courage and showing courage means we face our fears." That has really helped me in this frightening time.
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#sign, #courage, #MayaAngelou, #USF, #H396
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Kathryn Nasstrom
Give this story a date.
2020-03-29