Chalk me up one more point for awesome girlfriend status. I surprised the Boy with tickets to see the KONGOS at The Fillmore at Silver Spring last night. We saw them first in 2014 at DC101’s Kerfuffle and they were amazing! And this show did not disappoint. I’m beyond proud of myself because I somehow managed to keep the secret until we get there—I’m not a good liar, and subsequently not good at keeping secrets, hahaha.
I’ve been thinking about what I want to do with this blog. I originally created Black Girls Don’t Blush as a way to cope with anxiety. I had a tumultuous fight with depression the year before, and I was still understanding how to cope with it all. I liked the name because my skin was too dark to show when I was embarassed, and this was meant to be an outlet where I could talk about things without worrying about what other people would say. It was a great skill to learn and it worked out well for the most part. But between high school and college the posts became more bitter and sad in tone, and eventually it became my go-to place to rant and be angry. It was a pattern I was already familiar with from my first battle with depression, and I knew how that story ended, so I shut it down.
I like the creative arts because they translate emotions that I can’t always articulate.
But when it’s only translating anxiety, sadness and anger, it’s quite the wieldy weapon.
I’m reviving Black Girls Don’t Blush four years later as a means to use this great and terrible power for good. Here we will host different creative projects that I will embark on. Here are a few upcoming porjects that I’m particularly excited for:
- A Few Years Out… a photoseries documenting fellow twenty somethings on where they are after being out of college for a few years.
- [untitled]… a series of podcast educational blips about communication theory, and short stories about people.
See you soon
– tmc
TJ Digital Creative 