Cleo Wade: Heart Talk, Joy and the Power of Expression.
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2018
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Artist, poet, activist and author, Cleo Wade, likes to say she has three parents, her mom, her dad and the city of New Orleans.
Wade’s new book, Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom For a Better Life, (https://amzn.to/2Ltivce) is a moving collection of poems, provocative thoughts and moments that leave you questioning the status quo and opening your heart and mind to a different set of possibilities. Her artwork includes everything from short, hand-written posts shared with her giant following on Instagram to collaborations with major brands and large-scale public art installations, including a 25-foot love poem in the skyline of the New Orleans French Quarter titled “Respect.”
In today’s episode we explore how being raised as a mixed-race kid in the famed New Orleans French Quarter by two fiercely-creative parents influenced her, how hurricane Katrina changed everything, why she moved to New York, how she walked away from a career as a rising star in fashion to rediscover and cultivate a deeper, artistic voice as a writer and artist, sharing her work online and in public spaces and leveraging her influence for social justice. Be sure to listen to the end, where Cleo reads a moving poem from her new book.
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| 0:00.0 | Artist poet activist and author Cleo Wade likes to say she has three parents, her mom, |
| 0:08.5 | her dad, and the city of New Orleans. |
| 0:11.0 | Cleo's new book Heart Talk, poetic wisdom for a better life is a really moving collection |
| 0:15.3 | of poems, provocative thoughts, and moments that leave you questioning the status quo. |
| 0:19.9 | You kind of open to a different set of possibilities. |
| 0:23.2 | Her artwork includes everything from short provocations shared with a pretty giant following |
| 0:28.3 | on Instagram to collaborations with major brands and large-scale public art installations |
| 0:33.6 | like this 25-foot love poem in the skyline of New Orleans French Quarter titled Respect |
| 0:39.1 | that went up honoring the city's resilience. |
| 0:41.8 | In today's episode, we explore how being raised as a mixed-race kid in the famed New Orleans |
| 0:46.7 | French Quarter by two fiercely creative parents influenced her. |
| 0:50.6 | We also kind of dive into how Hurricane Katrina changed everything. |
| 0:54.9 | We explore why she moved to New York, how she walked away from a career as a rising |
| 0:58.5 | star in fashion to rediscover and cultivate a deeper artistic voice as a writer and artist, |
| 1:05.3 | and then sharing her work online and in public spaces, leveraging her influence for social |
| 1:10.0 | justice as well. |
| 1:11.5 | So be sure to listen to the end also where Cleo reads really beautiful and moving poem |
| 1:16.4 | from her new book. |
| 1:17.4 | I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is Good Life Project. |
| 1:25.9 | Do you feel... |
| 1:27.4 | Like one of those bassit hangs. |
| 1:29.4 | Like my nose can sense the quality of the paint even before my eyes, ears or hands. |
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