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28. due all women who refuse to wait in vain
The text that I am using for this Artistic Experience is the poem, Sequelae, written by Audre Lorde and published in her 1978 book, The...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Feb 6, 20234 min read


27. backstory
I got a hunch… *hunch– (v) raise (one’s shoulders) and bend the top of one’s body forward *hunch– (n) a feeling or guess based on...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Feb 1, 20233 min read


26. creativity and play – the pathway home
~ a reflection after reading “Mind at Play” from the book, Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art by Stephan Nachmanovitch and “What do...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Jan 23, 20235 min read


25. Closer to 40 than 20 these days...
I went to take class the other day at Broadway Dance Center. Today... I can't walk. It's not because the class was particularly hard. But...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Dec 31, 20223 min read


24. A Reflective Practice / the through-line to the journey
I've been writing a LOT lately, finishing the first semester of my masters program. And although I might not have many words left to...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Dec 27, 20222 min read


23. Aeaea Project - 22
About a month ago, I wrote about a new piece I'd been working on. Its submission had been accepted for presentation at the Detroit Dance...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Aug 7, 20224 min read


22. "I've Died Too Many Deaths that Were Not Mine..."
"You drown not by falling in the river, but by staying submerged in it." ~Paulo Coelho Have you ever watched a synchronized swimmer? She...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Jul 7, 20225 min read


21. a moment… of silence… or solitude… of solace.
Today is the 5th day of December, 2021. We left Detroit a little over 4 months ago. Since then, I guess we’ve just been rebuilding. I...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Dec 5, 20213 min read


20. We're Moving to Massachusetts!!.. Here's how it happened.
Where do you begin when you've been gone so long and so much has transpired? I guess I'll just start with an update and see where it goes...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Jul 5, 202110 min read


19. Dear God,
Dear God, It's been a week. Ase.
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Apr 24, 20211 min read


18. Loc Day: Year 1
"When I was a little girl, I prayed for long hair down my back. Something about long hair has always equated beauty to me. I've done...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Apr 11, 20214 min read


17. Peace
3.13.2021 brought a New Moon in Pieces. An astrologer I like to follow admonished, among many other things, "Pursue more of what brings...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Mar 20, 20211 min read


16. Who Am I Not to Be?
For the most part, I get along with pretty much everyone that I meet. Depth and longevity of relationships vary, but I can usually...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Dec 28, 20203 min read


15. Relearning. Reinventing. Reviving. RECLAIMING Me.
"I will make a land
Where love will be king
Where love will be law
Where you will be queen"
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Oct 17, 20206 min read


14. To New Seasons and Fresh Beginnings...
While the house that I'm building now must look much different than the original model, it will be strong. It will be HOME...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Sep 3, 20204 min read


13. Dancing Our Truth
My goal is to equip myself & my students with the tools necessary to find truth in ANY movement but to always remember HOME in our own bones
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Jul 6, 20204 min read


12. Inspired
Artist Statement - February 2020 I am a woman. I am an artist. I am a mother. I am a teacher. I am a dancer. I spend a lot of time...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Jun 6, 20202 min read


11. Simply Can't Find the Words...
A sigh of relief every time he returns home to us, Undamaged; Uninjured; Unimpaired; Substantial; Strong; Intact. I can't find the words...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Jun 2, 20203 min read


10. Home
Remembering Home 🙂
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
May 11, 20202 min read


9. Lockdown
So sad that it takes an international health crisis to make time in my schedule to actually write something new lol. Needless to say,...
Nicole (Johnson) Williams
Mar 19, 20204 min read
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