solange cooked when she said “i can’t be a singular expression of myself, there’s too many parts, too many spaces, too many manifestations, too many lines, too many curves, too many troubles, too many journeys....” i felt that.
no one’s coming to validate your dream or approve your ambition or confirm that you’re allowed to want what you want. you give yourself permission by taking the first step and then the second and then refusing to stop until it’s real.