Bill Ivans Gbafore“Reimagining Narratives: Lupin, Black Representation, and the Power of Art in Shaping Futures”“You underestimated me. You didn’t look at me. You saw me, but you didn’t really look.” ― Assane Diop, Lupin·4 min read·Dec 28, 2023--3--3
Bill Ivans GbaforeGratitude, Hope, and Sharing our Strengths“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” ~Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God·4 min read·Sep 1, 2023--2--2
Bill Ivans GbaforeWords and SymphoniesI want to write a novel about silence; the things people don’t say. But the difficulty is immense. — Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out·3 min read·Jan 13, 2023----
Bill Ivans GbaforeAging — Finding purpose and meaning to life“Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside of us, unplayed.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes·5 min read·Sep 9, 2022----
Bill Ivans GbaforeFire Escapes“…one can indeed escape the fire, and still perish through the means of that escape. — Ocean Vuong, The weight of our living: on hope…·2 min read·Jul 7, 2022--1--1
Bill Ivans GbaforeLessons from ‘21“ Life’s for the living so live it, or you’re better off dead… “·5 min read·Dec 26, 2021--1--1
Bill Ivans GbaforeLessons from Tommy Shelby: The Peaky Blinder from Birmingham“Don’t expect what you give... Not everyone has a heart like you”·4 min read·Oct 17, 2021--2--2
Bill Ivans GbaforeInto the Wreck“Jack you have a gift, you see people” — Rose·3 min read·Sep 12, 2021----