Finding your voice

"It is not about finding your voice it's about giving yourself permission to use your voice." #Unmute

Young artists are always being told to “find your voice.” Whatever that means! I’ve never heard anyone explain it better than Billy Collins at a White House poetry workshop. I couldn’t find the text anywhere, so I transcribed it below. (If you've read Steal Like An Artist, this might sound really familiar...) What I don't

Words to keep you going.

Here's an image I created on a big pad of paper during a visit to the Lunt School in Falmouth, Maine in 2006. My friend, Maribeth Bush, who is the stellar guidance counselor at Lunt, took a photo of this page from the pad I left behind. I almost had forgotten about this, so I'm happy Maribeth sent it along. She has a much better memory than I do and can probably tell us what prompted the art, but I do know that this is theme I love exploring. In "The Dot," Vashti's teacher prompts her to…

This idea of storytelling has been coming up a lot lately and once again revealed itself during a recent trip to see Faith Ringgold's 'American People' exhibit at the MCA. Some people know me as The Haute Seeker, others know me at their advertising Account Manager, I know me as these things and so much more. I've been walking on a tight rope for a long time when it comes to my story, my identity, a "title." For so long, I've felt that my work, passions, and weekend hustles could not come ...

If you typically shy away from speaking up, here’s how to find your inner voice and use it intentionally.

We often make finding your voice an elusive thing. But we can start exactly where we are. Begin with the whisper and move from there.