Now, Smith’s affirming self-directives have been combined with short essays that are part memoir, part meditation on loss and transformation in a book entitled “Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change.” The chosen tweets are laid out in a muted design by graphic artist Oliver Munday, featuring one per page and switching between white, black and light blue backgrounds. Find pockets of relief, even happiness, when and where you can. You are not being graded, and you do not receive extra credit for being miserable 100% of the time. Today’s goal: Remind yourself that you are not betraying your grief by feeling joy. In the wake of this personal upheaval, Smith began writing daily Twitter posts, self-directed encouragements and inspirations, each one ending with the line “Keep moving.” Just two years later, Smith and her husband of 19 years began the process of divorce. One of her most well-known works, “Good Bones,” a straightforward, powerful poem about the dark pains and mixed hope of life, spread like wildfire on social media in 2016, earning the title of “Official Poem of 2016” from Public Radio International. Maggie Smith is an award-winning author of several books of poetry. “Keep Moving” was published by Atria/One Signal Publishers with cover and interior pages designed by Oliver Munday.
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