Before the project was concieved

Words form the world we live in. They change our perceptions, our ideals, our opinions, our belief systems. They mold us from our very core into what we are. They can humiliate, build relationships and mend broken ones, educate or brainwash. They can kill, wound, judge, promote, persuade, give life, mitigate, correct, or stereotype.

Words have always held the power of creation.

The idea for this project was brought to me by some books I was reading. I read a book called The Fourty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak about a sect of Islam called Sufism. It was the first I had read of Islam, and I was surprised to read her descriptions of Rumi's devotion to God, and the spiritual path he travelled in learning to love God with abandon.

My writing is heavily influenced by what is going on in my life, and what I am passionate about. At the time I started considering this project, I was going through what I considered a early-mid-life crisis, searching for my purpose in life and realizing that everything came back to helping and empowering women through words.

This project is about my personal journey.