I'm going! I am going! I am going!
Good morning--this weekend was filled with such strange surprises. Among them that I had been granted a generous partial scholarship (thank you Maria!)to STUDY WITH LYNDA BARRY THIS SUMMER! As many of you know, this was a pained goal of mine. With the scholarship, money made from a successful show at the Sidewalk cafe, and two donations, I am going to study with MY HERO for FIVE WHOLE DAYS at Omega in July! YIPPPPPEEEEEEEE!!!! I can't thank you all enough for all your suggestions and support. It helped me extend myself beyond the normal reaches of what I believed I could have. Now a three year dream is going to be fulfilled. This is SO DANG EXCITING!
The cool thing about doing what seemed so hard to attain, is that my perspective has been shifted. I literally thought that I would never be able to "afford" this class, and yet, I really really wanted to go. Now I can't believe it, BUT I AM GOING. It may not seem like a big deal to some, but for me, a recovering poverty addict, it was hard enough to admit that I wanted something, but to risk being vulnerable and asking for help in seeing a new perspective WAS A HUGE LEAP.
We want change, but so few of us are willing to look outside the box of what we know for new solutions. These last number of months, have been a continual practice in trying on new things, looking from different angles, challenging myself to RISK LOOKING LIKE A COMPLETE IMBICILE. It feels like I am making tiny tiny steps, but if I really look, I can see that I've made progress towards the things that matter most to me. As someone who feels so often discouraged and frustrated, it's so good for me to REALLY SEE that so much has ALREADY shifted and COME TRUE. I always wanted to take a writing class, and I've been a HUGE FAN of Lynda Barry's work since I was sixteen. Her work has been urging me on, keeping me inspired, and spoken to so many parts of my life. I feel so honored that I will get to learn from her directly.
Thank you to you all for your ideas and enthusiasm, for helping me learn NEW WAYS OF THINKING. My hands my hands my hands to you.
The cool thing about doing what seemed so hard to attain, is that my perspective has been shifted. I literally thought that I would never be able to "afford" this class, and yet, I really really wanted to go. Now I can't believe it, BUT I AM GOING. It may not seem like a big deal to some, but for me, a recovering poverty addict, it was hard enough to admit that I wanted something, but to risk being vulnerable and asking for help in seeing a new perspective WAS A HUGE LEAP.
We want change, but so few of us are willing to look outside the box of what we know for new solutions. These last number of months, have been a continual practice in trying on new things, looking from different angles, challenging myself to RISK LOOKING LIKE A COMPLETE IMBICILE. It feels like I am making tiny tiny steps, but if I really look, I can see that I've made progress towards the things that matter most to me. As someone who feels so often discouraged and frustrated, it's so good for me to REALLY SEE that so much has ALREADY shifted and COME TRUE. I always wanted to take a writing class, and I've been a HUGE FAN of Lynda Barry's work since I was sixteen. Her work has been urging me on, keeping me inspired, and spoken to so many parts of my life. I feel so honored that I will get to learn from her directly.
Thank you to you all for your ideas and enthusiasm, for helping me learn NEW WAYS OF THINKING. My hands my hands my hands to you.
posted by Summer Pierre at
9:15 AM
4 Comments:
Congratulations Summer! So thrilled to hear that the scholarship came through. Woohoo! And I have a hunch that you're going to love Omega and meet some wonderful kindred spirits there. My first time there was a life-changing experience for me ... not to set your expectations too high, but it is a special place (and I found it has a very different vibe for the week-long sessions vs. the weekend sessions, so I'm glad you're going for the whole week ... people come from further afield for the longer ones). Anyway, I'm so eager now to read about it when the time comes.
As for stepping out beyond your comfort zone, bravo to you. Not so scary, was it?
... easier and less painful than a mammogram (that's my benchmark for torture :-).
Good for you Summer!!!
I don't think, the shifts in perception and ideas on what can be, you've talked of- are tiny at all!
They are big, stretching leaps!
And you really ARE doing it..
Not just seeing Lynda Barry..
But the whole shebang of consciously living juicy!
You doing it, you sharing your experience of doing it-
Every step of the way, from the fear and doubt- to the exhileration felt- after..
It helps all of us, I imagine-
Certainly myself!
Very inspiring.
Enjoy your time, you are definitley deserving of all the goodness that comes out of it..
congrats, girl!
summer, i am so thrilled for you! look at that, anything you desire can be yours, dahling! anything!! and everything!! (i am learning that myself these days.) congrats and although i love working with you, i hope i will not be seeing you in the office this summer! the world needs you to be an artist, SP!!
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