{"id":483,"date":"2013-12-14T14:56:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T19:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/?p=483"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:15:12","slug":"can-we-change-the-world-with-our-words-i-think-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/can-we-change-the-world-with-our-words-i-think-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we change the world with our words? I think so."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Kho-Thi-dancer-by-Ann-Angel-001.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-486\" alt=\"Kho Thi dancer by Ann Angel 001\" src=\"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Kho-Thi-dancer-by-Ann-Angel-001-227x300.jpg\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Kho-Thi-dancer-by-Ann-Angel-001-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Kho-Thi-dancer-by-Ann-Angel-001-777x1024.jpg 777w, https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Kho-Thi-dancer-by-Ann-Angel-001.jpg 796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s time to say happy graduation to five more writers from the\u00a0Mary University English Graduate Program and to welcome them into\u00a0a world where their creative work will inspire and challenge readers to transform and\u00a0make lives that are true celebrations of each day.<\/p>\n<p>If I could be a fairy godmother, I would give them each the gift of dancing and singing and writing each day.<\/p>\n<p>I think they&#8217;ll do that without my magic because through this program, they have discovered the magic of their own talents. And now they&#8217;ll head on out to share their talents. I expect great things of each and every one. Whether they&#8217;re teaching writing in their own classrooms or\u00a0writing grants for the arts\u00a0or\u00a0nonprofits or free lance writing and publishing articles and books, I know that their writing will be read. Their work has the power to change the world one word at a time. That&#8217;s the power of the arts &#8212; to create magic &#8212; to create understanding &#8212; to create change for the good.<\/p>\n<p>Blessings to you, graduates!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/janis-joplin-star.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to say happy graduation to five more writers from the\u00a0Mary University English Graduate Program and to welcome them into\u00a0a world where their creative work will inspire and challenge readers to transform and\u00a0make lives that are true celebrations of each day. If I could be a fairy godmother, I would give them each the &#8230; <a title=\"Can we change the world with our words? I think so.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/can-we-change-the-world-with-our-words-i-think-so\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Can we change the world with our words? I think so.\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,103,29],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-graduation","tag-mount-mary-university","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1330,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/1330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annangelwriter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}