There’s what we want to reach for, and then there’s what we think we can get, so we reach for what’s closer to us because what we really want seems so out of reach...
This project has been a three year journey, and the hard part wasn't singing in the studio or the music production. I'm a professional, working with professionals. The artistic process is nothing new to any of us, and isn't difficult. The difficult part was patience...
OMG. When actress and model Rie Rasmussen says you're gorgeous, accept it! I was very honored to be introduced to her through a good friend - Rie was looking for women to feature for Broadly - Vice Media's newest vertical. It was a gorgeous afternoon, and I was feeling brave: this is the heaviest, and pudgiest I've ever been, and I don't care. And neither did she.
I was doing a little beauty mini-shoot for Simone Digital, having fun and chit-chatting with Angel Jordan, the site's creator. Then, she asked me if I'd write a little bit about my life as an alt-ish black woman for her blog.