Women at The Detroit Contemporary

I highly enjoyed the guest poets (Ber-Henda Williams, Christina Perez, Aryn Smith, and Sherina Rodriquez), and the guest panelist (Gilda Snowden, Sabrina Nelson, Erin Martinez, and JenClare Gawaran.) With this being National Women's Month the ladies spoke about how being a woman affects thier artwork. Now not being there you may have thought the conversation was a bunch of male bashing, and over indulgence of the female body parts. No, when asked that question about how thier gender affects thier artwork all of them simply stated, I'm an artist. None of them saw a separation between the two, and after talking about it and thinking back the women didn't think anything of it until others pointed it out.

Funny how it takes someone else to get us to look at ourselves. I'm not talking about looking in a mirror seeing only the outside, but the inside as well. I related to majority of what the women spoke about especially Gilda. As I venture into my business deeper you can't help but notice the little politics, especially if most of the people you as a single female are dealing with are men.

The main advice they gave to focus on was to not stop pursuing who you are, and don't put anything on hold thinking it will hinder you in some way. That is hard, we all get that feeling of "is this the right move?" second thought. The main thing is to make the move and not look back.

Preparation

I am preparing for my acting class tomorrow and there is so much I want to share in this little time. It almost feels like an hour isn't enough. So I am going to go with the saying "less is more." It's funny people think they have to overwhelm in order to make an impact. When usually all that ends up happening is confusion. The subject I am teaching I absolutely love, so it's going to be hard to hold back.

I will share my life with you
Do not laugh or mock my love
For I will share with you my true desire

Crystal Reign

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Feature Review

The feature tonight, March 13th Sunday, with Emily Rose, Deonte Osayande, and Crystal Reign was absolutely fabulous. I am not writing this because I was in it, I'm merely stating facts. The dynamic between the artist and the audience was pure perfection. An artist couldn't have asked for a better audience they were attentive and gave positive energy back. Exactly what performers want. It's not an ego trip either, it's give and take. We give the best of us and we just ask that a little joy gets returned.

Emily Rose was perfection, her singing was heavenly. She is surely blessed with the ability to calm, inspire, and entertain simply by using her voice and guitar.

Deonte Osayande what can I say about this young, gifted poet. His words were more than entertaining they provided knowledge.

Crystal Reign, well I don't know what to say about myself. If I say anything it will seem like an ego trip. I will simply say I hoped I touched someones heart.

The other performers tonight were great. The open mic list included Lite Shineth, Wardell Montgomery, Wryter L Bush, Timothy Clark, the Drunken Muse host/hostess, and many more. They were all great and deserve to be featured artist.