Sometimes, I think, in order to get to something that we really want or we really love or something that needs to be realized, that we're tested. Joy Harjo loveorderrealize Change image and share on social
The homeland affects you directly: it affects your body; it affects the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective spirit. Joy Harjo affectbodycollective Change image and share on social
I've always loved the desert. I've spent most of my life in the Southwest. It's certainly influenced my work. I used to dream about it when I was young. Joy Harjo desertdreamhave Change image and share on social
Someone accompanies every soul from the other side when it enters this place. Usually it is an ancestor with whom that child shares traits and gifts. Joy Harjo accompanyancestorchild Change image and share on social
I am a member of the Muskogee people. I'm a poet, a musician, a dreamer of sorts, a questioner. Like everyone else, I'm looking for answers of some sort or the other. Joy Harjo answerdreamermember Change image and share on social
I've been present at birth, and death is just as present and in equal balance. And I've been present at death, and birth is just as present, again in equal balance. Joy Harjo balancebirthdeath Change image and share on social
The radio is playing jazz, and I listen to the sound of the trumpet playing a solo until I become that sound. Joy Harjo jazzlistenplay Change image and share on social
It took me 14 years to write 'Crazy Brave' because I kept changing the form and I also kept running away from the story. I said I don't really want to write about myself. But it's about writing about memory. Joy Harjo bravechangecrazy share on social
When you play a sax, that saxophone is irreverent. It's noisy; it's a trickster... you cannot hide the saxophone in your hands, so it's a good teacher. Joy Harjo goodhandhide Change image and share on social
