Editor’s Note: Anna Caudill and I go way back. We met at Christ Presbyterian Academy. She was our art teacher. I mostly commandeered chunks of Sophomore and Senior English. Our students were and are a beautiful bunch of people which includes the kids of some very powerful elected officials who, in recent years, target their own constituents. We’ve had occasion to reconnect at various protests demanding that they stand down. The image above is something Anna described to me following a recent effort outside Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. She had ideas for this logo:
Wow, Anna. This was a read I needed tonight. I don’t usually feel overwhelmed by the dark, but golly, I was tonight. Then seeing David’s email pop up, and reading your clear-sighted thoughts…seeing that righteous anger poured out into a rally-cry of an art piece. It rearranged the tired and afraid pieces in my heart in a way that made room for the fight again. Also—please put that print on a tee or sweatshirt or something. Take my money. I’d wear that every day. Anyway—grateful for your voice!
Grateful for yours, Anna. I'm so glad our paths crossed all those years ago. You and Anna C. would get a real kick out of each other. Please let me know when you're in Nashville again and we'll arrange a get-together.
In wonderful Anna-Caudill-style, Anna has once again said what I wish I could have/should have said myself. Anna, your opinion piece was perfect, eloquently stated, and spot-on. Thank you for the thought and courage displayed in your interview and in your writing. I have always admired you, as you know, and now all the more. KK
Wow, Anna. This was a read I needed tonight. I don’t usually feel overwhelmed by the dark, but golly, I was tonight. Then seeing David’s email pop up, and reading your clear-sighted thoughts…seeing that righteous anger poured out into a rally-cry of an art piece. It rearranged the tired and afraid pieces in my heart in a way that made room for the fight again. Also—please put that print on a tee or sweatshirt or something. Take my money. I’d wear that every day. Anyway—grateful for your voice!
Grateful for yours, Anna. I'm so glad our paths crossed all those years ago. You and Anna C. would get a real kick out of each other. Please let me know when you're in Nashville again and we'll arrange a get-together.
In wonderful Anna-Caudill-style, Anna has once again said what I wish I could have/should have said myself. Anna, your opinion piece was perfect, eloquently stated, and spot-on. Thank you for the thought and courage displayed in your interview and in your writing. I have always admired you, as you know, and now all the more. KK