Ivan E. Coyote. Saul Williams. Staceyann Chin. V. Skim. Rev. Deborah L. Johnson. Inner Light Ministries. Mos Def. Common. Talib Kweli. Lauren Hill. My Mom. Calvin. Santa Cruz. Kissing. Trans gender Warriors. Bi-Racial Children. Justice. Single Mothers. Sunsets/Sunrises. Dianne Patterson. Fear. Faith. God. Butches. Women. Feminism. Youth. Rain. The Forest. I'm influenced by every conversation. Every hug. Every handshake. The sound between the last word of a poem and applause. I'm influenced so deeply by breathing it would be impossible to list the feeling of gratitude. I'm influenced by resilience. By the every day warriors. By mundane chores. By naps. By snacks. I'm influenced by the potential of first impressions, and most of all I'm influenced by the possibility percolating in silence...
Sounds Like
The way cooking smells in a childhood home the type of details only known to the nose of the familial. Sounds like a hug between lovers. Sounds like the heart string connecting the disconnected when difference is transcended. Sounds like revolution on the tongues of newborns who know so much they don’t have language. It sounds like possibility.
Thanks for stopping by! I thought about using a fancy “Artist bio” but at the end of the day, that just is not who I am. I am a Santa Cruz based spoken word artist, activist, and educator. I am passionate about my words, my work, and my family. I started writing and speaking just over a year ago so I am new to the game but learning quickly that above all people love real people. I’m not clean cut, rarely well dressed, I curse, laugh loud, and I live free. My work is raw, honest, and human because when it is all said and done I am not here to perform, I am here to minister and speak the truth humbly, authentically, and passionately. As I step more confidently into my walk as a poet and as an activist I recognize fully that I am not just an artist out to make a buck. I am an activist out to make a change. One year ago I was attacked and seriously injured in a transphobic hate crime. That one night changed my life, and I have dedicated every day after to living, loving, and thriving authentically. I am deeply committed to God, my family, spoken word, trans activism, cultural competency, freedom, and possibility. I believe with all of me that we will find in our bodies, the freedom we enjoy with our spirits… Enjoy!
I'll be at both hun! I can not wait to see you perform...I am so proud of you and can see you are incredibly strong and gifted...I will send you my cell number, call me please sweets...lets do lunch hun! So much luv sent your way!
Hey you! Thanks for adding me...Would love to see your next performance, I hope all is well with you...I remember back in the day when we were all so young! You look amazing and have really come into yourself! Let me know where & when I can see you "do work"! Much love to you...BTW I don't speak to any of my family anymore, so no worries there!
oh got it.. hahaha.. yeha no.. it was not a date night after all.. but thats ok... I was in hella pain from my back.. then I got way to shit faced.. its been a while since I've been that drunk... shit... miss you too..you guys should come over the hill sometime...
