(OUT)spoken Word Artist

(OUT)spoken Word Artist

Welcome to the (OUT)spoken Word Artist podcast, where I bring you into my life and mind as a Gujarati American woman trying to figure it all out—how to tell the story living inside of me, who to tell it to, at what volume, and without stepping on toes and tradition...or maybe stepping on those things sometimes...

  1. 04/12/2020

    Inside v. Outside

    The different ways in which the theme of Inside v. Outside show up in my life. Right now, it is quarantine...as I am isolated indoors due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Before that it was my culture, what am I allowed to wear and say in the house versus in the public? My poetry exists to bring the private (inside) to the public (outside), but even there I use discretion on what I write and when I share it for how it will be received.

    19 min

  2. 03/01/2019

    opportunity cost

    not all opportunities, no matter the pay or prestige, are worth it for me as an artist. why? because at the core of why I am an artist, a poet, in the first place is because I have a story to tell. I need time, emotional reserves, intention to tell my story. Taking on any opportunity sometimes has the effect of diluting or delaying that emotional reserve and intensity. Also, there is no price to be out on one’s story. It is invaluable.

    13 min

  3. 01/07/2019

    backwards

    i think about things backwards. and it’s not always a bad thing. but maybe sometimes, it does keep me from a good thing.

    20 min

  4. 10/29/2018

    leave me, alone

    art connects us to one another, allows us to step into something greater, something outside of ourselves, often something in the realm of the “universal” and yet, so much of the actual process of producing art and creation is lonely, is dependent upon feeling something so unique and specific that it feels like “I must be the only one or first one to have felt this the way I feel this...let me try to make sense of it through words/music/paint...”

    13 min
  5. setback v. crisis

    10/04/2018

    setback v. crisis

    setbacks suck, but all they do is set you back, they don’t necessarily veer you off course. crises, however, have the potential, to derail us, but maybe also, turn us into something, someone more evolved.

    15 min
  6. dark and depressing

    09/16/2018

    dark and depressing

    so much of why we need to express ourselves as South Asian women stems from the fact that we have been suppressed, or told not to express ourselves...and yet when we do...we are judged for why our art looks “dark and depressing” and not “happy and joyful” like we see in mainstream Bollywood.

    15 min

  7. 08/24/2018

    welcoming the “L”

    loss, losing, failure - why I need it ♥️

    12 min

  8. 08/12/2018

    Parachute

    (OUT)spoken Word Artist

    25 min
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About

Welcome to the (OUT)spoken Word Artist podcast, where I bring you into my life and mind as a Gujarati American woman trying to figure it all out—how to tell the story living inside of me, who to tell it to, at what volume, and without stepping on toes and tradition...or maybe stepping on those things sometimes...

Information

  • Creator
    (OUT)spoken Word Artist
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2020
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © (OUT)spoken Word Artist
  • Show Website
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