WORK | Where it All Began
I have been reflecting a lot lately on the beginnings of words, storytelling and creation in me.
It is not the beginning as far as when I became a storyteller per se, which I believe is an embedded truth in my DNA and life.
It is more how I have developed over the past decade.
Leaving one career.
And exploring another.
In my early twenties, I experienced a truly devastating situation. One that I have been brought back to again and again in my journey of healing. I am reminded of the damage that humanity can inflict on one another when not taking the greatest of care. Myself included.
This was the turning point for me.
I had a choice to make.
Either I let this take me out emotionally, spiritually, physically etc., or I take back my voice.
The Chronicles of the Dramatics Society has many moments where I look back and think of all the things I would change with the experience I have now.
And yet, it still has the heart and the soul of me embedded into it.
Doing this one small show was my first vital lesson that creativity and storytelling are about showing up with a vision, executing it to the best of my ability, and finding joy in the process.
Writing and producing this hour-long play, I found forgiveness for myself and others, space and grace for what is hard to explain and a deep desire to pursue this new side of myself—the side with a voice and a vision.
So albeit I wouldn’t claim this as high art or anything that is incredibly skilled, but that I am proud of it, its raw, vulnerable nature…