My guest today, Morgan Harper Nichols, is a writer, artist, and musician who spent the

first few years of her adult life as a college admission counselor.

And then is a full-time touring singer, songwriter, and musician.

And it was on the road that she really began to cultivate a sense of curiosity and deep

interest and passion for the written word beyond music and for art.

And slowly began to share her art and her words with others online.

And then in 2017 something happened.

Morgan started a project where she invited people to privately submit their stories to

her on her website.

And from there she would choose them and then create art so words and illustration, inspired

by what they sent her, then send them the original art for free.

And nearly everything Morgan creates and shares today is from this project.

And she always keeps the names and stories private.

The public fruit of this project is shared daily on her Instagram community, which is now

over a million people globally.

And it also ends up often in publications on murals around the world.

And from this beautiful act, really of service and generosity and love and sustained creative

devotion, Morgan has increasingly been commissioning and collaborated with global brands from anthropology

to Adobe, Live Nation, coach, so many others.

Her first full color art and poetry book all along you were blooming is now out in the

world.

It is beautiful and moving, inspiring and reminding people that they are not alone.

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