Performing Tonight!

I've been trying to keep the steam going with my writing as things have picked up at work, in my personal life, and as I've tacked on new goals for the year, including taking the Washington Bar this Summer. Yiiiii, it's like I'm not satisfied unless I have an overflowing plate!

But to keep the creative juices flowing, I decided to respond to this call for artists for a show, which is tonight, and it just kind of occurred to me that I'm excited about performing! It has been such a busy time it's like I don't allow myself to get excited about the next moment until it's upon me.

Event info:
Speak to Me: Visual Art Poetry Fusion Show at C Art Gallery. If you're in Seattle, come through!

Thursday, June 3, 2010
5:30-7:30 p.m.
C Art Gallery
855 Hiawatha Place South
Seattle, Washington 98144

The premise is pretty cool. I've been to plenty of shows where a visual artist will create a new piece as a poet spits, but this is the other way around. The poet will perform a piece inspired by a painting. The painting will be presented and the poet will perform.

For more seasoned peformers, this may sound like no big deal. But participating in this is great stretching for me and my creative work. First, I have been wanting to put myself out there a bit more lately. Second, usually I just kinda sit back and say, "What shall I write about?" Or on a whim I decide, "I'm going to go to this Slam/Open Mic, and I'm going to perform X piece." This was a different experience for me. I had no idea what the artist's piece would look like, who the artist was, whether I'd find inspiration in it, etc. And I had to put myself out there by providing prior work as a means for them to select me as one of the 6 poets.

I'll be interested to see what the artist thinks of my interpretation of her piece. Can't share it now, but I'll post an update on how the whole thing went a bit later.

I always find that when I'm in the company of writing talent, it inspires me to keep pushing myself and keep sharpening my craft. So if nothing else, even if I straight up bomb tonight (which I won't, y'all, come on!) I'll be inspired.

Thanks for reading!