Victory.

Today I victoriously unscrewed a triangular screw with a flat screw driver.
Wow. That's going in my top ten.

I love being inspired.

How do you define inspiration? For me, it's that sensational feeling that makes you feel empowered; makes your insides stand up, your body and mind tingle with pins and needles that are engraving that moment, that memory into who you will become. I've had many moments like this in my life. My earliest memory of that feeling takes me back to Christmas, to a young age where music by the carpenters and the snow falling outside grabbed a hold of my soul. It's incredible and fleeting. You forget how good it feels to feel good until you are once again taken back into that emotional state. Art does this. And while I've had a hard time trying to put words to why I'm endeavoring on a journey in the arts, I think I've found it. The answer is not in words it's in feelings. It comes from your heart and is more powerful than what your mind tries to define. Dreams. I love that longing and realization that you have so much more to give, that there is still such a beautiful journey that lies ahead for you, even if you can't see it, can't describe it, but you merely believe it. Belief in that higher power. It's religion. It's the searching and searching deep inside yourself for what makes your soul light up inside. Sometimes it takes a whole lifetime to find, and sometimes it is never found. But the belief that it's out there for you, makes the journey just as valuable. You can find yourself in others, in love, in giving. All it takes is a moment to change your life. Maybe all it takes is a stranger telling you "you can" and to believe it.

Tonight I had the privilege of hearing Wintley Phipps perform at Ohio State University. It was as if I forgot how much I love a good performance. How much art- a movie, a painting, a song can impact your life, can give you hope, can remind you that all things are possible. Art, in the most broadest of terms is that creative outlet, without which much of our lives would lack meaning. Art is a release of the soul, and however you take it in is a personal experience between you and the artist. Art has no right or wrong answer. Art is whatever you need it to be for you, but most importantly it is for you. Art is a gift that is given openly and is free. Art is freedom.

Be free.