A Creative Tour of an Eclectic Mind
By Angela White
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I haven't been here for awhile
I dunno how to rest my head
But I know your loving arms
Are wide open waiting for me
And I know your loving heart
Is full of warmth for me
I can't, no, I can't wait
I'm ready for you
About the Author:
This globetrotter, instructor, musician, thinker, and writer likes to live her life to the fullest by learning, experiencing, and analyzing the world around her. You can usually find her in Calgary, enjoying the sunshine on her face, with the scent of jasmine in the air, all the while sipping a chocolatey drink.
Angela White
Who is Angela White?I published my first book in elementary school--Mystery of the Missing Tabby. The school library still has it, as far as I know. That was my first real work, where writing became solace for me.In Jr. High, a teacher told our class none of us could match the classic authors we would be studying; we weren’t good enough. I took that to heart and turned in an A- paper with a rookie mistake that prevented me from getting the respect I wanted from that lady. I hated it that she was right. I still do.I also adore her for waking my brain to the possibility that someday I might be as good as one of the iconic writers who frame the world of literature. I’ll never know if she did it intentionally, but it worked for me. I’ve never wanted to do anything else.Thanks to that drive, the fire she finished waking, I live off my writing and run my own publishing company. I have twenty novels out, and thousands of fans. It's a long way to go before children study my work in schools, but I’m still just as hot for it now as I was in that musty classroom in 7th grade.So, that’s who I am. I am building, and living, the American dream.Who are you and what have you done?That’s a hard question to answer if you’re still trying to get there. I understand. Here’s some free advice: Follow your dreams, even when the world says it’s crazy. Sometimes, you’ll find a life that satisfies you more than you ever thought was possible. Chase that, starting right now, and the next time someone asks who you are, tell them you’re an immovable force, a wild dreamer, a hopeful comet shooting toward the goals that orbit your existence. And then lift your chin. There aren’t many of us left who want to be good at what we do. Everyone else just seems to want that green shit.I now write full time and live on a small ranch with my family and our clowder of barn cats. You haven’t laughed until you’ve seen newborn kittens playing in the weeds. It’s an amazing way to begin the day. Thank you to everyone who gave me a try. I wouldn’t have this life if not for all of you. Self-sufficiency is an indescribable gift, especially when you grow up poor. May someone help each of you the way you’ve helped me.Contact Angela WhiteFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/authorangelawhiteEmail:cloudninepublications@yahoo.com
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A Creative Tour of an Eclectic Mind - Angela White
This book contains poems and paintings that I have done over the last several years. Some of the poetry has stood the test of time and still represents how I feel today, and some of it is representative of an emotional blip in time. It’s all part of what has made me me, and some of you may relate to it, so I’ve decided to include them in this book.
The interesting thing about these pieces, is that while some people think you’ll never learn anything by talking and only by listening, there’s a complex interplay between my talking (expressing myself) and my listening to myself wherein I learn something. I learn about my emotions; I learn about the world; I learn about the fallacies in my logic; I learn about the exaggerated emotional responses I have to things that don’t matter as much as I think they do; I learn to stay quiet; to be still; to observe; and to appreciate my world.
These are my experiences. These are my expressions. They are eclectic. There’s no particular order (chronologically or categorically) because that’s the way my mind works.
My hope is that you find some beauty in these expressions. Some deeper appreciation and inspiration to enjoy your own life.
Thank you for taking the time to pay attention to mine.
Sara Dasko
What if I don't have a voice?
What if I don't have a voice? (Mouth)
What if I never use my voice? (Whisper)
What if lose my voice before I ever use it? (Cracks)
What if I have no voice?!
What if they have no voice?
Who will speak for them?
Who will defend them?
What if I don't use my voice?
Who will speak for me?
Who will be my advocate?
What if I have no voice?!
What if I shake
Tremble
Can't control my timbre
Can't contain my jitters
Or what if I don't use my lips and tongue
Expand and collapse my lungs
To take breaths
Across breadths of matter and shapes and issues that make this world worse or better
What if I have no voice?
What if I have to read my words
What if my acting misconveys my ideas
What if ... Who cares!
This is my world too
This is my voice
It will be heard
Because what if I wake up forgetting I have amnesia or dementia
What if I wake up one day and find I have no voice
So I'll have spoken and used my voice ‘til one day I have no