BE A BETTER YOU.
To be honest I wake up everyday trying to figure out what I could add more passion too. All my life I remeber being apart of something, I think I could love but later hating it and wanting to quit. Whether it was an afterschool program, a club that I started with friends, or job. I ALWAYS find a way to say its not for me. Like Kanye said "I'm so gifted at finding what I dont like the most." But in the past two and half years of my life, I've realized I do have a strong passion for music, media, and entertainment. For goodness sake Oprah is my idol! This is what I study and watch. In school im studying media and communications (not for journalism) but for things like public relations and radio. In the generation im living in now the internet is just part of our everyday lives. Fashion, music, art etc. these things are validated on the internet. We share our lives, create businesses, keep in contact with friends, and some even find love! The media world relies on this. Its amazing. Everyday for the rest of my life I wish I could watch the world grow, and do amazing things. I want to be apart of that. I want to create trends, and movements that world will forever witness so long as the internet exist.
I want to wake up and say "hey, this brand/movement/music moved people and I'm grateful to be apart of that." Public relations is what I really want to do with my career. They do it all and they make their brand/clients look good. For example I want to have a client thats does an ad that inspires all women that they are beautiful/they shouldnt be ashamed of who they are. I want to be apart of projects that really mean something, and people will ALWAYS remember it. Same with pushing songs that'll never leave someones head. Its all about memorable experiences for me. The way humans connect means everything to me. The internet is our universal language. I think I could connect my passion with my career, by being part of a business that creates reminders and tips to the world on how we can be better humans. "Kill them with kindness," they say. You never know touched a person would be if they saw a sign about how everything gets better, or treat a person how you would want to be treated sign on the highway or in their neighborhood.
I would like to serve everyone. Although my ad's/messages/support of certain songs may not be able to reach everyone, but that is the goal. Building a better healthier happier humanity is what I truly want. Every day you turn on the news someone has been murdered, a school shooting has happened, cops and citizens are at war, deadly viruses have spread. These things are scary and depressing. But you know what changes that? Music, appreciation of the beauty in art, even small gentle reminders. I want whatever I put out and advertise to people that "everythings going to be alright."
Passion.
Ignite my fire.
Make me remember why,
ill love what I am about to do.
Music.
Take me higher.
Set my soul on fire.
Turn up the volume, and
let me get lost in that tune.
Just sing to me like Sade, or
Miss Erykah Badu.
Smooth like the waves that
ride the sea.
Love.
You dont ever get taught how.
You just do. Grow to love you.
Show others to love themselves too.
Dreams.
When oppurtunity knocks,
will fear leave and determination
stand beside me?
I was told, yes. Never fear no.
Connection
Talk to yourself, believe in you.
You believe in them, and remind
them why they should to.
India,
ReplyDeleteAmazing poem. I love the pace of it and how you use single words in lines, to give the flow a pause - it adds to the momentum, and spaces things out.. like jazz.
Your voice really seems to be developing as we move on. There is more strength and power, and less confusion and questioning. It seems like you slum flowers are growing! (I still love this title.)
Your journal is good... it's fleshing out the basics... it's getting out the big picture - PR, music, internet influence. That's great. I'm glad that you're starting to see where you'd like to make the leap. Try to think now - research - come up with a list of places - maybe 5 - of where you'd like to work. Does Oprah run some programs that you could work or volunteer at? Are there programs in Boston that fit your mission, too?
We're stepping into the future this week, as we end the course (5 more weeks). Start to imagine a specific place where you'd like to work. Maybe PR at a women's art/empowerment program? That job is out there for you. You just have to find it - connect.
GR: 95