From the beginning, I was drawn to music, as well as many other things... athletics, health, teaching, nature, inventing, business. I have an eclectic mind that moves a million miles a minute, and thinks very differently than most. It took me a long time to understand that this was a gift. Mostly I cursed it and tagged it as abnormal. "I just don't seem to fit in, no matter how hard I try." And boy did I try.
I felt a desparate yearning to find a way in which I could be understood, in a world where nobody seemed to get me. But in my many years, becoming "normal" never came, no matter how much energy I used to dim my very different light. So, I am embarking on a journey wherein I will discover the jewel of "me", knowing that I am not what others may expect. Rather embracing what I can be, without any expectation of what that is. I am excited to see what that is.... unknowing.... restless.... waiting.
And if you feel anything like this.... follow me on this journey. I've wrapped my fear in courage, nestled my doubts in love, and am walking in my direction with abandon.
I am committed ... in showing my doubts and how I work through them; showing my successes and how they propel; showing the abstinence of progress and what it takes to grab forward to a new understanding.
Yes, I am a musician and I perform for audiences. But I consider this commitment as my "performance art"... the art of making it through to a new understanding, and you are my audience. I can't wait to see where this takes us.
--- with love and gratitude, Yvonne
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