Anita

Unknown, Circa 1911-1917

Harris & Ewing, Photographer

Chicago, 1941

Edwin Rosskam, Photographer

Andros Island, Bahamas, 1935

Alan Lomax, Photographer

Bahamas, 1935

Alan Lomax, Photographer

It’s something everyone says you should do. Be yourself. Your authentic self. Figure out who that is and step into it. Then speak it out loud for all to hear. Your voice, your singular perspective, is what the world needs to hear.

But how exactly do you find yourself and your voice? And once you find it, what will or do you say? 

I keep trying to find the answers to these questions.  Who is me? Or who am I? What do I have to say? How will I say it? 

A friend recently mentioned that the key is vulnerability--moving toward that thing about yourself which maybe makes you uncomfortable. But first, I guess, you have to build the courage to move towards that vulnerability. To move and to act despite the fear.