How Far You Have Come by Morgan Harper Nichols

Morgan weaves together personal reflections with her signature poems to share her journey to reclaim moments of brokenness, division, and pain and re-envision them as experiences of reconciliation, unity, and hope. In the midst of the hurt and the mundane, the questions and the not yets, we can forget just how far we have come.

Book Synopsis How Far You Have Come is an exquisitely illustrated collection of poetry and essays from bestselling artist and writer Morgan Harper Nichols. That gave me the courage to seek help.About the Book As popular Instagram poet and artist Morgan Harper Nichols shares glimpses of her story in How Far You Have Come, she inspires us to reframe the stories we tell ourselves so we can see through our own brokenness to the beauty inside. I saw them and was like, Okay, they’re describing my whole life. I was diagnosed in February 2021 because I ended up watching TikTok videos about women with autism who were diagnosed as adults. Now I know that some of these major communication challenges were due to autism. I literally had a kid kick me in the face intentionally and I didn’t tell my parents. When I was a kid, I was physically bullied, but I didn’t know how to talk about it. Being able to exchange letters-or engage on social media-lets me meet so many new people and hear stories in a way I hadn’t before. I love to hear people’s stories, but I’ve always struggled to communicate in face-to-face scenarios. It was always in those moments that I would connect with what people were saying.

I guess because of the nature of what I was writing about-connection fueled by empathy and curiosity. To mark the release, Morgan spoke to Cosmopolitan about cultivating deep relationships with her online community after a lifetime of feeling unable to communicate with others.Īfter I started sharing my own poetry and art on Instagram in 2017, people would share their stories with me. Now, she has 1.7 million followers on Instagram and is a best-selling author (her most recent collection of poetry and essays, How Far You Have Come, came out on April 27).

Her song lyrics became poetry and from there, an online community was born. During her downtime between gigs, she began experimenting with art apps on her iPad. The mixed-media artist, 31, began her career as a college admissions counselor before pursuing music. If you recognize the name Morgan Harper Nichols, it’s likely because you’ve stumbled across a piece of her striking art on Instagram.

How Far You Have Come by Morgan Harper Nichols