Words Instead of Action
Lauren Markham:
As a writer, I knew that words could sometimes feel like not only the antithesis of action, but also, worse, like mechanisms of concealment for doing nothing at all: empty gestures in the mouths of politicians, static social media slogans, platitudes on memorial plaques — never again, in memory of, may we never forget. I wanted for change to be made manifest in the world, and I continued to doubt my, or anyone’s, ability to manage that with words.
Immemorial, p.. 97