tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47333555829148706622024-03-05T04:00:17.458-05:00Lady Terror RantsPoet. Theater Maker. Performance Artist. Teaching Artist. Arts Educator. Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-11065914975044281292015-03-27T11:54:00.002-04:002015-03-27T11:54:29.630-04:00<div align="center">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Truly the God of comfort is my rock and my salvation;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The God of holy love is my fortress, </span></div>
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Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-10605053925122850262014-09-22T09:16:00.002-04:002015-03-26T14:08:21.226-04:00The Liberation Chronicles<div style="text-align: center;">
"Being human is an art form." -Natasha Tsakos</div>
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This has kept me up at night. It has been spinning in my mind for a large part of my adult life. </div>
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How do we free ourselves?</div>
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What does it mean to truly be free?</div>
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Can you be free in a space that dehumanizes you?</div>
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Is freedom only an internal struggle?</div>
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Free you mind and the rest will follow?</div>
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I traveled to Palestine and Israel this summer. I landed June 15, 2014 and left the country on June 28, 2014. These two weeks are still being processed in my psyche. I learned about the concept of "Beautiful Resistance." I watched Palestinians in so much pain that I felt like the hurt was physically transferred to me. I felt the connections from my own cultural struggle with freedom in America as a black woman. I tagged the segregation wall with spray paint. I mediated on peace. I closed my eyes and wished for LIBERATION. I was moved. I am changed. </div>
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I am currently developing a new piece of art. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">LIBERATION DESTINATION examines the intersections between creativity, spirituality and technology. Imagined in a world that exists of only social media posts, news feeds and media, Lady Terror embarks on an experimental journey of surrendering and resistance by asking the question, "What does it mean to truly be free?" The work is greatly influenced by the similarities discovered between the Palestinian Liberation struggle and the Black Liberation Movement while the artist studied in Gaza in June 2014. Using hip hop music, negro spirituals, poetry, travel documents, dance and multimedia, Liberation Destination shares and highlights the struggle that all humans battle with throughout life. How do we live an authentic life? How can we heal each other? </span></div>
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Hip hop music, negro spirituals and sound chants inspire this work. Enjoy this inspired piece by Lauryn Hill. </div>
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Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-57432854444290406302013-11-27T21:32:00.000-05:002013-11-27T21:35:51.986-05:00What inspires?<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Seminary is a trip. It's the craziest, most powerful, hard, inspired and surreal thing I have ever experienced. I am still shocked that I am really doing it. Needless to say, its inspiring some new poetry and new visions of staging my solo work. Here are some doodles of thoughts that I scribbled down in between writing a paper on Zionism in South Africa</span>. <br />
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A Thanksgiving Meditation:<br />
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I am Thankful Warrior<br />
A grateful servant of the Creator<br />
I bow to the Universe only<br />
Divine Gratefulness all day<br />
My heart runneth over<br />
I hustle to my calling<br />
I am not worthy<br />
Mercy should be my middle name<br />
Thank. FULL. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">you can take my voice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">rip my throat</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">my neck</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">each syllable I speak</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">becomes a lash</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">my narrative will seep into skin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">read my arm energetically</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">consume on my rage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">blood now </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">memoir</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">bone becomes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">autobiography</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">skin a</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">I am atom</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">God molded me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">futile hopes of silencing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">my story</span><br />
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You archive library<br />
Sacred container of memories<br />
You slay me<br />
You keeper of the kind<br />
You shrine of elders<br />
Glass box of tears<br />
You teach me<br />
You hostess of homes<br />
You life trophy<br />
You soul sighting<br />
You Earth alien<br />
You keep me<br />
You pillow of peace<br />
You liberation leader<br />
You show me<br />
You grey haired priestess<br />
You birth birds<br />
You get me<br />
You index card filler<br />
You knowledge knower<br />
You life sustainer<br />
You whole me<br />
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Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-85183845641941654042013-10-20T18:41:00.000-04:002013-10-20T18:41:10.584-04:00Missing in Seminary<br />
I have been away from this space for a minute. I have daily thoughts about things to write, so in a way I have always been here. I started seminary at Candler School of Theology at Emory University. I am a blessed lady! I started walking around campus and sitting in the library a year before I even applied. I pretty much behaved like I already was a student there. I was in tears when the admission director called to tell me I was in! Now, that I am in, it has been like a walk through the wilderness as I navigate being in a rigorous academic program after being out of formal education for 13 years. (yikes) The biggest goal has been to stay above water and to not get behind in the readings. I have drowned, been resurrected and been behind in all the readings since I started. But, still I rise!!<br />
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I have been dreaming of poems and theater shows. I have wanted to dance in the halls and I have cried every week for the past 7 weeks. It is not a game and I have thought about quitting, but have been counseled off the cliff by professors, my husband and classmates. I am gonna keep showing up and keep learning until the Creator moves in another direction. I truly feel that its divine and no coincidence that I am here. <br />
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I am attempting a Masters of Divinity with a Concentration in Peace Building, Conflict Transformation and Justice. I am hoping it will ground my performance art and theater visions. My work already has a creative empowerment bend and I hope to explore how liberation theology, meditation and creativity can intersect to transform communities dealing with violence and oppression. My dream is to work with youth to train them to be meditation and spirituality teachers. How we heal ourselves is the important work. What I strive to understand.<br />
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I am also dreaming about writing a small book of meditations on leaping towards your dreams. Stay tuned.<br />
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Get love. Give love!<br />
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Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-11259661742542660402013-05-24T21:04:00.005-04:002013-05-24T21:04:45.714-04:00From the Desk of Lady Terror <br />
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Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-62275853146425904792013-05-12T21:33:00.000-04:002013-05-12T21:37:20.715-04:00I have been invited to study at Princeton!! <br />
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So much has been going on since I last graced this blog with a post. I have moved to a new home and have been head first into studying and developing new Lady Terror work. Part of this development has centered around:<br />
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I applied to be a part of the first Black Theology and Leadership Institute at Princeton Theological Seminary recently. A couple days ago I received the news that I was chosen to attend. Woooohoooo! I am overjoyed that my Lady Terror Spectacles and Performance will have the opportunity to be grounded in the concept of Liberation Theology. I am currently fundraising to help fund my trip and manifesting that the entire campaign will be funded. <br />
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Please take a look around and share it with friends. Any amount goes a long way towards getting me to New Jersey to learn from the top thinkers in the country. Click here to visit the campaign page: <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/send-lady-terror-to-princeton-to-study-liberation-theology/x/3248692?c=home" target="_blank">Help Send Lady Terror to Princeton Campaign</a><br />
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Last night, I had the pleasure of being a part of a workshop series called "Breaking Ground" with the Department of Theater at Emory University. It is a series of informal Monday evenings devoted to the development of new work. I presented excerpts from my one woman show, "I Will Not Calm Down" and workshopped with students on ideas for staging solo work, inspiration and innovative ways to interact with audiences. I had a wonderful experience and have pages of ideas and notes to use as I continue to develop my show. I love collaborating to create theater. Its truly magical and liberating. Below are some notes/quotes from the participants that stuck out to me and still leave me inspired:<br />
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- "Everyday write something in your journal that inspires you to create."<br />
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- "Don't let your audience get comfortable. They are not static. They can participate in the work." <br />
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-"You can create a battleground of lights on stage. Bring the streets to the stage." <br />
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I left with so many ideas on how to use sound and lights during my theater creations. I hope to come back and learn with the students again. The energy and spirit of the room left me high with possibilities for new work. Thank you Emory! <br />
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<br />Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-32896408338836907742013-01-23T00:48:00.000-05:002013-01-23T14:46:38.275-05:00Art ObsessionsI am a self taught artist. I studied Public Health and Sociology in undergrad. I completed 1 year of a MFA in Poetry then left because of lack of finances and the need to just experiment and write. I have always created art because it came natural to me as a young girl and later in life it became a necessity for me. Writing and creating saved my sanity many times. I adore those who are self taught and create because its a part of them, and if they didn't something would feel missing inside. These are the artists that inspire me and cause me to spend hours on YouTube researching. My newest obsession is a Storyboard P, a dancer from Brooklyn that has created his own style of dance called Mutant. With his b-boy foundation he experiments with boundaries and I love how he interprets words. I wanted to share some of his vids so you could also live! <br />
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Who are your ART obsessions and inspirations? Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-28499434130367214112013-01-13T11:13:00.003-05:002013-01-22T23:55:49.649-05:00I am so hyped!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Why am I so hyped you ask? I am proud to announce that I was awarded an I</span><a href="http://www.ideacapitalatlanta.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">dea Capital Idea Grant</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This amazing Atlanta organization awards <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;">grants to a diverse group of Atlanta creatives whose work embraces disciplines from public art to spoken word and from performance to photography. This year they awarded 9 grants to Atlanta artists and I was one of the 9!! </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;">This is my first grant as an artist and I am so excited to use the funds to install art in our communities. I have always believed that art in communities can change the entire spirit and energy of its residents and ultimately help to empower and uplift. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is the </span><a href="http://www.ideacapitalatlanta.org/downloads/forPress/2012_IdeaCapital_pressrelease_Jan8-2013FF3.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">press release</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> for the award and more details on my </span><a href="http://www.ideacapitalatlanta.org/artist.php?id=31" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">idea</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">.This project will hit the streets in Spring 2013! Stay tuned for lots of video and photo documentation of the stunt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I AM ARTist Entrepreneur</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am still Lady Terror (a kinder, gentler Lady Terror but still pissed at poverty)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I AM a Do it Yourself advocate </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Empowered by GOD (Liberation Theology gets me jazzed)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I AM Bout that Artist Life</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like contracts when you book me for a show</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Folks still talking bout the Lady Terror Experience they had</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I Ain't scared of much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tear down stages. The STREETS are my Stage</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a reason for my ART </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bring me to your university departments as an guest artist or to create a community art project </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My one woman shows have HIP HOP, poetry, crowd participation, ranting and a bullhorn</span><br />
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Now booking for 2013! Email me <a href="mailto:ladyterroreducation@gmail.com">ladyterroreducation@gmail.com</a><br />
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As the New Year approaches I am excited for all that 2013 will hold for me. I love going back through the last year and creating a list of highlights. I had a wonderful year and as far as I am concerned, any year that I get through alive and healthy is a winner for me. I am so winning. For 2013 I am recommiting myself to doing all the things that bring me joy and going hard on branding Lady Terror and creating new theater and performance opportunities. <br />
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I have no vision board created for the New Year! I usually create one but want to shake things up and wing it. Instead, I plan to stay connected to my joy and be grateful for every single thing that comes my way. I believe that joy and meditation breed happiness and if you follow your bliss all that you ever could want or need will come to you. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"><em>Moved to a new house - about to move into another one - riding the waves!</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Filmed a short poetry video to promote my Lady Terror brand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Applied </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">for a $1,000 Idea Capital Grant for my Poetic
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<br />Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-60059834821092129752012-11-24T17:52:00.001-05:002012-11-24T17:57:31.097-05:00Love: Its All the Rage!! My newest theater piece is being developed and written right now. <br />
It is set to premeire in Atlanta on Valentines Day 2013 <br />
Rants, Musings, Liberation Theology, Modern Dance, Motown and Amy Winehouse love songs inspire the work. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"LOVE: Its All The Rage"</span> <br />
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An experimental performance art piece that blends spoken word and modern dance. With all the hate why not art inspired by love in all its glory and gore?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To every Amy Winehouse song ever made<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">While crying and holding a glass of rum<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At every black family reunion <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Will embody my physical form<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I care nothing about being graceful<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For your love I become love clown <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I will kiss every part of your body<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes, there too and the other place you are thinking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am a sad country song mixed with a powerful blues joint<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Stay tuned for how you can be apart of the work!!</span></div>
Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-75290076251919200912012-11-07T16:46:00.001-05:002012-11-07T16:59:05.703-05:00I will always be grateful! (The Mantra this month)<br />
I grew up in a fire and brimstone<br />
Tent revivals in summer<br />
Church on Tuesday, Friday and all day Sunday<br />
Shut ins over Easter weekend - we spent the night at church<br />
New Years Watch Service<br />
You are handed a real pillow during prayer <br />
So you could get on your knees for 20 minutes straight<br />
My daddy singing and preaching about redemption<br />
He created a bible study in front of the local liquor store once<br />
Sunshine Choir<br />
Youth Choir<br />
Adult Choir rehearsals <br />
Prayer warriors<br />
Holy ghost speaking in tongues energy <br />
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I remember watching the saints give a testimony and then take off running up and down the aisle with hands raised and screaming, "Thank you!" Up and down the aisle fast in tears from gratefulness. As a child I never really understand what sparked this entire dramatic scene. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"> I finally get it!</span></strong> <br />
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Being grateful is hypnotic. So powerful to be grateful and feel what mercy feels like. <br />
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What are you grateful for today? <br />
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<br />Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-19649976613293945332012-10-22T10:52:00.003-04:002012-10-22T10:52:39.738-04:00Liberation is my new word!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What I am reading and using as I write essays for my graduate school application and think about new work for Lady Terror theater projects:<br />
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<strong>Strength to Love</strong> by Martin Luther King Jr. - I adore the writing of MLK Jr. So empowering, radical and lovely. I recommend any of his work for reading. <br />
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<strong>Chanting Down Babylon: A Reader</strong>: - This is am amazing collection of articles and essays about Rastafarian ism. I am always hyped by liberation theology and movements. This is a fascinating book that is the end all text for study on this movement. <br />
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<strong>Peace: Quotes by Gandhi</strong> - A gorgeously put together book on the quotes of Gandhi. I love quotes and these are very thought provoking and real truth.<br />
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<strong>What are you reading and being inspired from? Share your titles below!!</strong> </div>
Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-38765485145706208472012-09-21T10:31:00.001-04:002012-09-21T10:31:14.613-04:00Marinate on this...<div align="center">
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Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-57097741435913736052012-09-19T11:52:00.001-04:002012-09-19T12:27:28.152-04:00Collaboration brings me JOY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is essential to collaborate as an artist. Many of my artistic highs have come at the hands of a group of individuals. I feel pushed and invigorated when I work with other artists who share the same vision. Art comes alive when it gains the involvement of more than one mind. My entire professional life has consisted of collaborations. Its truly the only way I thrive. Even when writing a solo piece of theater, it gained true momentum once I began the technical process of producing it. As I worked with the lighting designer on my cues and the overall feeling I wanted to <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">achieve</span> through lights, I felt the scenes really take life and form. <br />
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My greatest collaborators have been the children and young people I have been blessed to encounter. I started my career as a poetry writing teacher and book group leader for teen mothers. This lead to a career in Chicago for over 10 years where I have taught blues poetry to kindergartners, taught Zora Neale Hurston at alternative schools and public aide offices, taught hip hop yoga to 5th graders and lead a residency with 8th graders that ended with a 4 hour poetry reading marathon on a bullhorn. I have worked with every grade starting from kindergarten all the way through college. I have been stretched, tested and inspired by the natural creative abilities of children. I have said a mouth full. But, to keep it short and sweet: I need others to reach my highest potential as an artist. <br />
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Over the past 15 years I have collaborated on poetry, writing, theater and social justice inspired projects with the following:<br />
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Center for Puppetry Arts <br />
Chicago Public Schools <br />
City of East Point Summer Programs <br />
Columbia College Chicago <br />
DePaul University Theatre School <br />
Literature for All of Us <br />
Literature for Life <br />
Northwestern University <br />
United States Peace Corps <br />
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I would love to take you out for coffee to discuss your needs. My areas of expertise include:<br />
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<li>Artist Residencies for Theater, Performance Art, Sociology and African American Studies Departments at College and Universities</li>
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Do you have a dream project or topic you would like to infuse with art for your students or organization? <br />
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<br />Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-6914921275880566182012-08-22T23:31:00.001-04:002013-01-23T23:43:12.875-05:00The Words Heal: Poetic Therapy Spectacle<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">WORDS. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I believe w</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ords have the ability to heal and w</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ords hold extreme power. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The stunts and spectacles that I attempt to create serve specific goals: to raise awareness, to connect community and provide a creative solution to our social issues. With all that said, I simply wanted to serve and empower human beings to connect with their potential. The medium that I experimented with when developing the persona of Lady Terror was Performance Art. I found this cool definition for </span><a href="http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/performance.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Performance Art</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">:</span><br />
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"<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Performance Art was a global term, and its definition a bit more specific. "Performance Art" meant that it was live, and it was art, not theater. Performance Art also meant that it was art that could not be bought, sold or traded as a commodity. Actually, the latter sentence is of major importance. Performance artists saw (and see) the movement as a means of taking their art directly to a public forum, thus completely eliminating the need for galleries, agents, brokers, tax accountants and any other aspect of capitalism. It's a sort of social commentary on the purity of art."</span></em><em></em><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, the stunts started organically once I decided to use the bullhorn and soapbox as the symbols for the mission. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>My next stunt is coming Spring 2013 and involves:</strong></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong> a typewriter</strong></span></li>
<li><strong>mobile office with desk and chair</strong></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>original poetry written </strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>poetry from my favs</strong> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Sonia Sanchez, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lansgton Hughes, Wanda Coleman and more.)</span> </span></li>
<li><strong>the streets</strong> <strong>of Atlanta</strong> </li>
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I will be outside with a mobile office ready to type poems, chants, affirmations and other word science to help heal particular issues of passer-bys. I will also create community participation by leading mini poetry workshops filled with writing prompts. The concept of Poetry Therapy examines the power of language. It is one of the dopest therapeutic tools. Peep the <a href="http://www.poetrytherapy.org/history.html#Modern Medicine" target="_blank">National Association of Poetry Therapy</a> if you are interested in learning more. <br />
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<li>I love stunts and shaking up the mundane rituals of daily life in shocking and unexpected ways.</li>
<li>April/May 2013 <strong><u>The Words Heal</u></strong> Stunt will take place on streets in hoods through out Atlanta.</li>
<li>Schedule of dates, location and times will be posted here (if you are in Atlanta area and have location ideas or requests email me at l<a href="mailto:ladyterroreducation@gmail.com">adyterroreducation@gmail.com</a>)</li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lady Terror Productions creates:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-solo work suitable for small theater venues with special expertise in fringe festivals </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-guest artist residencies for universities and colleges</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-site specific performance art installations</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-workshops on poetry, entrepeneurship for artists, creative empowerment, puppetry, arts education, social justice, youth education</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-guerilla art spectacles to bring awareness to social justice issues</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-community art events</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lady Terror is available for:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-acting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-voice over</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-teaching artist projects</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-guest artist residencies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-arts education curriculum creation</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-after school programming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-panelist for conferences on education, socal justice, theater, writing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-creative based collaborations and shenanigans</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-puppeteering</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-spoken word performances</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">-not for profit consultant and trainer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Email us at:</strong> </span><a href="mailto:ladyterroreducation@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">ladyterroreducation@gmail.com</span></a><br />
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<br />Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-67503258011886370942012-07-18T20:05:00.000-04:002012-09-21T10:32:06.702-04:00Brain Dump<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have not blogged for some time. I have no excuse. I just wasn't feeling it. But, I have been up to some fun and exciting stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I celebrated my birthday June 5th. I had yummy seafood and drinks at a cute place called Six Feet Under in Atlanta. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was invited to be a guest artist for a week at DePaul University School of Theater in Chicago. I worked with MFA Acting students. I had so much fun and presented workshops on Puppetry, Hustling/Entrepreneurship and Artists Statements. We created shadow puppets together, inspired each other and I didn't want to leave. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our 5 year old started summer camp and we both have been loving it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I volunteered to lead a workshop to the kids at my son's summer camp. We made cat hand puppets and learned about the art of puppeteering. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I started to attend a cool church that I like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I got booked to do voice over work for a British Electronic dance song. I was able to channel Maya Angelou and it was a fun experience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am a puppet ambassador at my gig at the Center for Puppetry Arts and had the chance to do outreach at the National Black Arts Festival and the Coretta Scott King National Book Fair. Over the course of 2 days last week I was able to interact with close to 1,000 kids while giving instruction on creating a cute bird and tree puppet. Good times. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have become more addicted to any and all reality shows. </span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><u>What have you been up to this summer?</u></span></em></strong> <br />
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<br />Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-50358319644364282492012-07-18T19:29:00.002-04:002012-07-18T20:21:04.448-04:00Mason Jar MadnessI LOVE Mason Jars! I want to drink from them, use the as vases for fresh flowers, store dry beans and rice in them and turn them into candle holders. I used tissue paper to give it a latern effect once its lit. I also used a image from a vintage hair ad that I found in a 1965 Jet magazine. It turned out cute. I am gonna keep experimenting since I have a large box full of jars. I can't stop buying and finding them. <br />
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<br /></div>Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-65056696094706082552012-04-16T16:19:00.000-04:002012-04-16T16:19:55.128-04:00Poetry Monday.<strong>i be an artist</strong><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">i be an artist cuz my great granny was<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">kept 18 kids alive in rural Mississippi<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">holding a pistol in her apron to creatively solve any problems<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">cuz my mama was painting metal church chairs<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with red spray paint <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">using yellow electrical tape to trim our counter tops <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">cuz she always wanted a yellow and red kitchen <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">but my daddy paycheck wasn’t long like that to afford remodeling<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">so she made due<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">cuz my granny had a whole lotta kids to feed<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">so she grew huge gardens<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and let me help her can peaches<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and made medicine<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">cuz them white doctors be trying to kill us<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and who can afford an ER bill<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">that’s my art school<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">i be an artist cuz my hands and mind just keep moving<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ahead of me like a motor with no destination<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and I feel funny inside when I haven’t written a poem in a few months<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">cuz lady terror came to me one night in our basement <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">built a soapbox<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">as a salve to help me heal from my daddy’s death<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">created herself to give me some solace<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">a place to rant and cry and scream<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">cuz I be mad <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and still mad<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">that my daddy died on a cold hospital table like that<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">i be an artist cuz I think differently<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and the bills keep coming <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">so I made something outta paper <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">someone said they would buy it <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">since they love beauty <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">so I sold it<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">gave the money to the light bill <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">all is good with the world<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">i be an artist cuz I grew up on wooden church pews<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">watching performance art in the pulpit<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">old ladies swimming in mid air <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">foaming at the mouth<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">chanting Jesus for hours <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">until<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">heads flung back and holy ghost took over<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">poetry spit every sunday<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">preachers are my art teachers</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">A bloody maxi pad tied to door knob to ward off evil spirits<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Addicts shooting up babies<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">A two headed dog<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Mutant forces<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Threesomes in front of churches with no protection<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Agent Orange sprinkled on salad as dressing<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">A freak sighting<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Immaculate Conception thru prison walls<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Fresh wild boar being served in Harold’s Chicken<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Trees bent into the peace symbol by wind<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">The killing of black babies for skin<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">I am worried<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Silicone booties and sliced bodies the standard of beauty<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Artists locked in cubicles for hours<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Hunted black boys laying in morgues cell phone still ringing<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Strange occurrences<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Words forbidden<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Natural anything spit on<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Flamboyant freedom rejected<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Debit cards over cash<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Robots over breathing<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">I am scared<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<strong>Here is poem I wrote for my auntie and read at her services in Chicago.</strong> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">For our Norma Jean<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">this isn’t a poem<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">its words put together when words can never say enough<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">its a whirlwind<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">a big smile </span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">a tight hug from a favorite aunt</span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">that looks just like my mama <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">its love<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">this isn’t a poem<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">its a family story<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">it begins in a busy house that used to stand not too far from here<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">with a wild backyard<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">a warm kitchen upstairs<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">tall, steep concrete steps<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">that provided us many scraped knees <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">all our hearts can remember is </span></div><div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">her laughing and smiling <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">if we counted all the times we heard her laughing<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">beautiful gap teeth smiling<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">head leaned back <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">soul a glow<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">we are rich<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">this isn’t a poem<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">since words can never be enough <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">to celebrate <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">to speak on the essence of her spirit<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">while the body is fragile<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">it bends<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">it fails </span></div><div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">it gives out<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">spirit is stronger<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">no force is greater than pure love<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">her journey to short for us<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">lovely many times<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">bumpy some times<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">cuz life can serve up bumps and valleys and peaks along the way<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">her chapters unfolded like a large novel<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">i wanna keep turning the pages<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">we wish for more volumes<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">more hugs<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">more of her laughs<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">more comedy<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">more of her sweet nature<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">just more<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">more<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">more norma jean love<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">the essence of her spirit<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">will live on<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">your brothers, sisters, grandchildren, nephews, nieces, cousins, friends<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">deep down wish our collective love for you would pull you back here<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">our tears would drown out all pain <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">but<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">with deep breathes <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">we release you to the creator<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">rest now<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">rest in perfect light dear one<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">the essence of your spirit will live on<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="Body" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Tricia Hersey<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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</div>Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733355582914870662.post-9059690990105255002012-01-19T22:47:00.000-05:002012-01-19T22:47:00.866-05:00Do what you love. I love Glitter!I think the Gemini in me makes me flickle and flighty or the full and new moons have been making me to go off into dreamland. I have just been all over the place mentally thus why I haven't been blogging much. I will do betta. I promise.<br />
Anyhoo, I have been pushing along with TerrorChic Designs. I am at the stage where I just love creating so I have just been focusing on creating new stuff when I am inspired. For all the folks who are creative entrepeneurs it can be a fine line from doing what you love and creating things strictly to sell to others. I really, really want the notecards and decoupage art to sell to everyone for a few reasons:<br />
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- I think that everyone deserves and should receive a handwritten note on a piece of art that is made slowly and deliberatley with human hands. <br />
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-It is nothing sweeter than seeing glitter on anything. I wish I could glitter my entire body. Glitter is joy. <br />
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-Handmade is better than factory produced cards that you buy at your local store. <br />
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-I LOVEEEEE making them. They bring me happiness and I still believe in the saying, "Do what you love and the money will come." <br />
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Since my last post, I made my big sister a decoupage candle jar for her 40th birthday. I didn't get a photo of it before I shipped it to Chicago but will have her take one and share later. I also sold a card, and made two more inspired by Etta James and Erykah Badu. Check them out:<br />
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I have also been sending Happy New Year cards to friends and family. I love surprising them! <br />
In a few weeks I will be attending a <em>Rubber Stamp and Paper Arts Festival - woo hooo!</em> I snagged a free weekend pass as part of a crafters Meetup group I am a member of. They have a class on wet embossing and I am super hyped to take it and learn some new techniques. In the meantime, I will be sending out more surprise handwritten cards. <br />
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<strong>When was the last time you received a handwritten letter or card?</strong>Tricia Herseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08053138646666974306noreply@blogger.com1