Finding Our Voice

Spending thirty days writing about who and what inspires me, has helped me find my voice. There was a day after a conversation with someone, I was ready to not open my computer to do my morning scroll. I wasn't going to write, either. It just didn't feel right. After a few hours I started to post about one of my friends on facebook. This also was right after our last rise and write class. What happended after that was amazing. The person I was writing about was commenting on a picture I took at the same time. She wanted to call me to talk to me. It was enlightening to me how I have been inspiring others. So, onward I go in continuing my quest to find my voice. I also was going to stop taking so many pictures. But, I can't fight it.....it is what I do.......oh yeah, it gives me a voice. The arts no matter what it is: music, dance, comedy, plays, movies, photography, painting, poetry, etc. it gives us a chance to express ourselves. So, todays author I am featuring Amanda Gorman who read her poem written for the Inauguration of President Biden. The title of her book reads: An Inaugural Poem for the Country. Our country needs her voice, and she has found it by writing and reciting poetry. I can't think of any poet besides Maya Angelou who has done the same. I liked how Amanda referenced the "The Hill We Climb". Because, no matter what, we all have our own hill to climb. Quote of the day: "When day comes, we step out of the shade. Aflame and unafraid. The new dawn blooms as we free it." Amanda Gorman The Hill We Climb