Voices: Writing With Personas to Connect to Your Truest Self with published poet and book artist, Kiala Givehand.
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SUGGESTED MATERIALS:
Links to the poet mentioned in the video:
Poet -- Patricia Smith -- http://www.wordwoman.ws/
Book -- Blood Dazzler -- http://www.wordwoman.ws/blood-dazzler
Persona Poem -- Skinhead -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klb5TniRGao -- Trigger warning: It is powerful but also really triggering for those who are sensitive to racism, the N word, etc.
- Pen
- Journal
- Imagination
- Open Mind
Links to the poet mentioned in the video:
Poet -- Patricia Smith -- http://www.wordwoman.ws/
Book -- Blood Dazzler -- http://www.wordwoman.ws/blood-dazzler
Persona Poem -- Skinhead -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klb5TniRGao -- Trigger warning: It is powerful but also really triggering for those who are sensitive to racism, the N word, etc.
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Kiala Givehand is a published poet, bookbinder, teacher, fountain pen collector, and advocate for all the Healing Arts. She believes in surrounding herself with ordinary humans who live extraordinary lives, gathering with people who make her laugh & love uncontrollably, and living a life intent on cultivating happiness.
Kiala is a double Capricorn, ambivert who grew up on the Gulf Coast of Florida where she learned to appreciate and respect hurricanes, humidity, and the transformational powers of the sun, the moon, and the ocean. She holds six academic degrees in various subjects from various Universities, but the one she cherishes most is her Creative Writing M.F.A. from Mills College where she studied with (and later apprenticed for) world renown Book Artist, Julie Chen.
Kiala is proud of many things, but at the top of the list is having a successful 20 year professional teaching and training career at the K-12 and College levels, being married to her best friend of 30 years, raising her nephew Treavor, passionately mentoring more than 20 young women over the last 25 years, and unapologetically pursuing her creative and entrepreneurial dreams. She now runs two successful businesses and through online courses and in person retreats, teaches women all over the world how to find what makes them happy and pursue it without regrets.
She's always seen books as vessels for sharing our journey and documenting our lives. And while many believe that Book Art is a complex skill that only a select few can master, Kiala is on a mission to demystify creativity & handmade books in order to make both accessible to anyone who wants to document their ideas, images, and stories. Through her love for paper, words, stencils, and handmade books, Kiala has been able to cultivate an artistic life that includes Book Art, poetry, lots of silly doodling and tons of creative exploration and discovery.
Kiala says... "Stories connect us while also highlighting what is unique about us. I've always been a storyteller, relying on words to convey feeling, energy, and information. So learning to make handmade journals changed how I connect and communicate with others by giving me a way to help people feel more creatively empowered and encouraging them to share their stories. The scribbles in my journals always begin or end with words. By adding color and imagery I am able to visually share how I see the world. I believe art can look multi-layered and complex while being extremely simple and approachable. I use paper, color, mark making, and wordplay to create tangible versions of my stories in hopes of inspiring you to do the same."
Check out Kiala's online and in person classes and follow her online shenanigans at kialagivehand.com, on YouTube (http://youtube.com/kialagivehand, and on Instagram (@kialagives).
