Today Jason and I were exploring Berkeley and he stopped to geek at a mac shop in the window there was poster for an Eve Ensler talk on her new book and it was today, so I waited on hold to buy tickets for 20 minutes then got disconnected and we ended up going to Pegasus Books to buy them. We got there early to get good seats (and I’m glad we did because the ladies had their claws out). I was really surprised by how humble and entertaining Eve is. At one point she was talking about a girl who was doing the new play who cut herself, and she said to the girl every time you want to cut, write. create. whatever. She knew this girl was a writer. So the girl starts writing instead of cutting and then she starts to talk to the group about what she is writing and eventually about the cutting and it leads to this openness, and things start to become easier and a little more okay for this one girl. This is striking for me because this is what I intend to give to the world with working in community art. I want to show people how to have an outlet, and educate them on the beauty and the positive force that art can be in their lives. I feel like with examples of strong women to who made a change like Eve, I can really make a difference in the course of young peoples lives. Art has the people to heal and unify, I am inspired anew.
