Seems like I haven't wrote a blog in a while, but time for an update...........I thought the best title for this blog would be 'Inspiration at it's finest' because as you've probably guessed, I've been inspired!!
Fresh from the latest 'Word up' session at The Drum Arts Centre in Birmingham, I was challenged to draw more of my poetry out of life experiences, not being scared to touch on issues which are raw and sensitive. Now with me, receiving criticism, no matter how constructive isn't an easy thing, but it was exactly what I needed to hear in order to gather fresh ammunition, from a deeper place.
The fact is we're inspired every hour, by things we see, conversations we have and situations we face. My friend told me this week 'We are all different books in the library of life'. Sometimes it just takes a small glimpse into the pages of another person's 'book' to receive courage to scribble your own out with more honesty.
In keeping with that theme, I'd like to share with you a poem I heard yesterday by a lady who goes by the name of 'Janette....Ikz', a spoken word artist from a Los Angeles collective named 'P4CM'. Hopefully, after watching you'll be inspired! Enjoy.......
