A quote for February 2026.

Written By Libby Hart

However bleak the subject matter or how hot that cent[re] is, the practice of creating and art making is a place of safety for me ... writing a book is like slowly building a house or shelter around myself, it slowly becomes a place I can live. A place to which I can return.

—T Kira Māhealani Madden (Kānaka ʻŌiwi)

‘On making art a place of safety,’ from a conversation with Jancie Creaney, Creative Independent, 10 February 2026.

Photography by Andrew Ridley.

Libby Hart

Libby Hart is an Australian poet who writes about the living world and the human experience. Her books include Burn, Wild, This Floating World and Fresh News from the Arctic. She is the editor of My Name Suspended in the Air, a centenary celebration of the Irish writer, Leland Bardwell.

https://libbyhartpoet.com
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