Violetta

https://youtu.be/6i-cnd_rFiI        I wanted to use some component of poetry in my work. Poetry comes of naturally, the way the words flow made me immediately of trees. My thought process was all over the place but if I had to put it words it would be more of a word diagram.        For example:   Poetry - naturally - nature - trees- hair – natural- nature  From this string of words, I intended to create a poem of my hair in its natural state with clips of nature behind it. I like the similarly of natural but the contrast of the context of the word.  “The stars are so big, The Earth is so small, Stay as you are.” (McMullen)   In the context of my video, I thought about how my hair is so small compared to the intensity of nature. However, the stay as you are part really stuck with me. As big as the stars may seem, the earth is small because we are on it. Subjectively, my world is my hair, and I would love to explore it in artisti...

     My name is Violetta / Vi and three things that I always loved were poetry, music and black people. You will never hear me not talking about these topics.        I love poetry: the way words ebb and flow to create emotion on a paper. It's always been an artistic escape for me. I had started writing when I was 12, using it as just place to write my emotions. I put so much restraint on myself, making sure everything rhymed and it was a certain length. But as I continued writing I became freer. I write to get my emotions out; however they want to come out. A lot of times I write about my experience being black and Queer. I adore my Black culture and always find ways to honor it in my writing. Same with music. I can talk about song lyrics and what they mean to me for hours. Channeling these strong emotions towards music, I usually find a lyric I like and use that as inspiration for a poem .    “Any understanding of social and cultur...