Welcome to A Habit of Hope — a weekly practice of optimism and joy. We get inspired, there’s music, and use a set of tools for community and accountability.
This is gonna be a quick one! In fact, over the next weeks these missives will be very brief because, I’m proud to say, I am slammed — we are in the thick of production for my new play!
"Through family photos, first-hand recollections, and historical insights, Perry revisits formative moments—from a childhood story about her (White) mother’s Black childhood friend to her own reckoning with white feminism. The show invites audiences to engage with history in a way that is both accessible and deeply personal."
You can check out the website for the show here. It would be my honor to see you there if you are in the Los Angeles area in June!
Tell Somebody
Over the next weeks I don’t want to drop the ball on this Substack, so these posts will mostly be me sharing songs with you. Once we get the play up and running, I can return to my regular format of longer essays about inspiring people!
The first song is one I can’t get out of my mind right now. It’s from the 2003 Rickie Lee Jones album The Evening of My Best Day, a vivid record written largely in response to the Bush administration and the Gulf War. With its refrain “tell somebody / what’s happening in the USA” this song could’ve been written about right now.
https://youtu.be/JlgkGCQl2f8?feature=shared
(And if you're having trouble seeing the video, I apologize! Not sure what's going on with the embed. You can click this link to watch it on youtube.)
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xo Rain
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