Thursday, June 16, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Hold on to your dreams
I have been out of college for over a month now, and I can tell you that it has been an interesting experience. I spent my senior year in college, focusing on both my storytelling performance group(Speak Life Storytellers) and my own storytelling endeavor as Rhetorical Artz. I guess had this whole idea in my head that once I graduated that things would just take off; that the seeds that I had been planting, and all the time I put into my storytelling craft- via spoken word, rapping, and pure storytelling- would immediately burst through the surface and begin taking on the world by storm.
It hasn't worked out that way.
Since graduating, I have spent a month planning, and preparing storytelling material for both myself (as Rhetorical Artz) and Speak Life Storytellers. It has not been easy doing this without making any income, but it has been a well needed learning experience. A friend of mine told me that art does not like to be pushed and I agree. However, I am coming to learn that while art does not like to be pushed it does appreciate being approached authentically.
That is precisely what I thought I was doing. Yet, as I have been "doing that" I have come across some very interesting discoveries about the importance of working with your dreams. For through I have been seemingly approaching my art, I have been openly pushing around my dreams- the most beautiful piece of artwork that I have within me- and have been allowing the thoughts of others to push my dreams around as well. My dreams response to all the pushing has been a simple one: "If you and everyone else keeps pushing me around, I will stop working with you all together."
It becomes important when aiming to make a dream become reality, that we give it the respect, patience, and the love and care that it deserves. To do that, I have recently begun to treat my dreams like I would treat a person I was in conversation with. When I am having a meaningful conversation with someone, I give them time to express themselves, show that I care about what they are saying, and allow whatever is meant to be said in the conversation to emerge. I am attentive to what is being said; making sure that my mind, body, and spirit are present in the conversation. Walking with your dreams into reality is no different. You must be attentive to it, otherwise you will not hear it when it tells you that it is ready to be released into the world.
How attentive have you been in the conversations with your dreams?
The Movement Continues...
- Rhetorical Artz
It hasn't worked out that way.
Since graduating, I have spent a month planning, and preparing storytelling material for both myself (as Rhetorical Artz) and Speak Life Storytellers. It has not been easy doing this without making any income, but it has been a well needed learning experience. A friend of mine told me that art does not like to be pushed and I agree. However, I am coming to learn that while art does not like to be pushed it does appreciate being approached authentically.
That is precisely what I thought I was doing. Yet, as I have been "doing that" I have come across some very interesting discoveries about the importance of working with your dreams. For through I have been seemingly approaching my art, I have been openly pushing around my dreams- the most beautiful piece of artwork that I have within me- and have been allowing the thoughts of others to push my dreams around as well. My dreams response to all the pushing has been a simple one: "If you and everyone else keeps pushing me around, I will stop working with you all together."
It becomes important when aiming to make a dream become reality, that we give it the respect, patience, and the love and care that it deserves. To do that, I have recently begun to treat my dreams like I would treat a person I was in conversation with. When I am having a meaningful conversation with someone, I give them time to express themselves, show that I care about what they are saying, and allow whatever is meant to be said in the conversation to emerge. I am attentive to what is being said; making sure that my mind, body, and spirit are present in the conversation. Walking with your dreams into reality is no different. You must be attentive to it, otherwise you will not hear it when it tells you that it is ready to be released into the world.
How attentive have you been in the conversations with your dreams?
The Movement Continues...
- Rhetorical Artz
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