I'm sure you all have seen my other post about Nikki Giovanni But I had finals week and I didn't have much time to post I have 4 more finals but I wanted to take a moment and talk about the amazing and wonderful Ms. Nikki Giovanni. So, I got to interview her which was an experience that will be in my heart forever, and I don't want you to think that I am being dramatic when I say meeting this woman change my life because it honestly and truly did. I will tell you why it changed my life, because she gave me reassurance that there was nothing wrong with me, that being me was enough for the world and if it isn't than tell the world to kiss your behind. Just seeing her just being Nikki Giovanni and her being completely comfortable in her skin made it ok for me to be comfortable in my skin. Have you all read or heard that poem "Our deeps fear", by Marianne Williamson, when she says something like as we are liberated from our fear it automatically liberates others Nikki Giovanni is the definition of that. Ms. Nikki Giovanni is a famed poet and civil rights activist that now works as a teacher at Virginia Tech University. When we first got to her office she was not there yet and her friend and Professor of English at Virginia Tech Ms. Virginia Fowler met us up stairs and let us in Ms. Giovanni's office. When I got into her office I was reminded that this is the person I had been reading about and hearing about. When Ms. Giovanni arrived I she came in with a smile and said "Hello", I introduced myself and my cousin/camera person. We then started the interview and about twenty minutes into the interview my camera started beeping saying it was out of tape. when I tried to put in the new tape the camera said it would not except that tape and then I could feel the emotions seeping into my body like "OH NO, WHY ME?", but then I explained it to Ms. Giovanni and she was very understanding. We sat and talked after the interview and that was when I think I got the full impact of Wow, I'm talking to Nikki Giovanni. You can watch our interview by going to the video page or by clicking this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Zyb61ucTE Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
When talking to her I learned so much about being an artist and being a person and I think that is the most important thing that anyone could get from someone. I really think that I am starting to understand what an artist is, they are people that have a deeper understanding of the world because they cane feel it through all of their senses not just the ones they choose and I know a that Nikki Giovanni has defined being an artist and has opened that door for so many people and I am blessed to have been able to have met her.
~LUV MIKA
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