 So hello everybody, welcome to the art so wonderful show. I'm Bruce Wilson general partner and before I do So our incredible guests. I'm gonna go over some of our upcoming events right art so wonderful and Help me out can is if I if I grow, you know, if I don't get my right so April 1st we're doing we work with CV OO Organization about fair housing and what that consists of is what we're gonna do It's gonna be as Burlington City Hall. We're gonna have people gonna Do art and you know drawings to say what does fair housing means to them? And we're gonna hang them up in a city hall Burlington in my art director Alondra and For one month and they got a people gonna come in we have a QR codes on the wall and People who come into City Hall will vote on The winners top three winners, so that's the April 1st That's for the whole month and then on art so wonderful Vermont housing finance agency This is an equity project and it's gonna be April 12 from 4 to 8 and it's gonna be a was gonna be it's gonna be an O'Brien Center in the Wunewski and Individuals who are interested in being a first-time home buyer can come down sign up to register to Get the information and learn how to be a first-time home buyer and hopefully be become one We're gonna have like I'm Linda's there credit unions mortgage people. We're gonna have like human rights commission to tell you about know your rights, you know about housing and It's gonna be a cool event. It's like free food there for the kids in the gym there We're gonna have I'm gonna have like bounce houses, you know For kids, you know, they say with Bruce at he like he he ain't back there to bounce house So so okay, that's April 12 and in April 27 We're gonna do the cleanup It's called our so wonderful. I give it give it. I also want a graffiti sunset cleanup, right? I have to get right So that's gonna be for downtown area and then basically it's gonna be um, you know High school kids and people can can earn a community service hours And we're also gonna have like swag bags from all the different upstores up around downtown You know that whoever even whoever does do this, they will have um, you had to get these swag bags You know, I don't know what's in them yet, but I won't want And it's gonna be some cool stuff in there because it's not a nice Shops down there and the thing about it is that we want people to like, you know, do your community service Candice say that's out to bossy. I should say do your community service, but it's you know, it's about them, right? It's about that their neighborhood their community. They should clean up, you know Help us out and and get stuff from it. And then after that it's from 4 to 8 in that around 8 o'clock. We're gonna have a arm We're gonna have um live entertainment like um dj performing so now ladies and gentlemen I want to introduce Candice Owens who is a poetry pioneer CEO president my friend and my business partner. So can this You know, we've talked a lot about um Poetry pioneer and um boy and um, you got some incredible Poetry and people can look you up on the poetry pioneer.com and check out and getting signed up You know this information from directly from you. So um You you say is go open up with a point for us, right? Can you please do that? So I'll go ahead and start out and I've found one I felt like that would be really relevant for the world today for all of us and so it's entitled be kind And it says please be kind Please let's get out of our mind. Please. Let's leave the evil and drama behind We can all seek what we wish to find we have to take a break to get out of the daily grind We have to do look at what we're truly assigned We cannot let the world keep heading towards decline We have to wake up as we've been designed Even though some can see we are all form of blind what has happened to mankind Things have become gods and humans have become mind. We are all one. We are humankind. Let's all realign Let's unlock our subconscious mind. We can change the world and break free by not being confined We can all reset and redefine All we have to do is take a deep breath and be kind Well, I mean, you know gosh And I feel like I need to take one right now too. So I'm gonna do one Need that deep reference I'm telling you That's an incredible poem. I love I love that one and um and also like that that particular point right there is um You know for me It's you know, it brings out like, you know, like be kind to one another You know, um, you know, it's like, you know, it's like stay on a narrow path. You know what I'm saying with the you know I'm saying like That the light shine on you, you know saying and be good, you know Guess what it's and what's the light sign down on you? You can share that light with others. I mean others will will learn something from you and and also Um share that light to to the to other people and so that's the whole thing about Your poetry is like, you know, it's got the spiritual pieces in it that um about human beings about humanity about sharing Where I like to call or what I personally like to call the light to people, you know, I mean, and um You know to stay on a narrow path and um And and be good, you know, and so that's Thank you so much for having me on And I feel like that's part of my my the reason I can I created the poetry pioneer and the website Is because there is just so much negativity and darkness out not darkness. We'll just say Things that can make you feel dark right and not full of light and so I've been writing poetry since I was in seventh grade. It's an extreme passion of mine It's actually how I heal myself and deal with these things in the world and um I felt like I should share it so I started doing that and we connected and You know, I my website I've been published and um couple international publications and analogies and um, I'm glad to partner with you and it is that it's all about spreading the light because We can all focus on it's easy to find stuff wrong in the world But if we can find what's right and then trying to find like being kind that you know, someone on the side of the road You just say and have a good day. It could change their whole The rest of their day, and I think we get so busy We just forget to connect with each other and take those moments to be like, hey, whether it's words or Whatever of it. Um, thank you for letting me to share that. Yeah, no doubt about it and we got a lot of work to do because um, we'll talk about a little while about um, because we'll be doing um Continue to do this word together with our podcast coming up in march. What's I forget to date? What's the date? What's the date of a pocket? March 15. Yeah, I think yeah Yeah, so march 15 if we're gonna start that's gonna be our first podcast And um, we're gonna be talking about poetry and we're gonna talk about some surprise stuff We're gonna have uh, people get we'll have guests on it Um, we're gonna do a prizes I mean people can submit their poetry to us and we let them read it on our podcast and And you know find ways to um connect with them how we can all work with everyone's poetry They can share for people around the world, you know, and so I can't that's gonna be that's gonna be incredible I came with for that because we got a lot of things that we we are planning You know, I mean events, you know coming up We're gonna do is gonna be always gonna have poetry in it from the beginning to the middle to the end and um and so so can this um So I know I know I get it from you about the poetry and why you you know, why is a part of you You know because you've been doing this since seven seven years old, you know, I mean and um And you feel how it makes you feel though, you know, I mean really, you know, when you um write poetry and um When we recite when you recite poetry You know, especially your poetry because you create the words like everything that every poem that we you know You share in your on your website and uh instagram and all the other um social media that you have with um, um poetry pioneer It's all something you wrote written. So Where did that come from? How do you how did you bring that how did that come out to your body or your mind or your body? So The best way I can say it, um And I know I'm not alone in the world that there's other people out there that feel this way But it's something greater than me, right? So the writing Is something I just do because it's what I'm drawn to do But I've always felt like I had this message inside me that was just In poetry was the way I was able to express it. I think in even one of my poems I put only through poems. Do I know how to convey? um because I can have a conversation with someone but I don't feel like, you know, we can really talk about some things but To write it and like you said to speak it. I feel like You know the things that I did I connect with it's like I'm observing the world and I see what's bad And then I try to flip it around with words and say this is what's good And so it's something that I've I mean ever since I've been a little girl I'm like I want to I want to be a poet. I want to be a poet I want to change the world with poetry and my my logo is it inspire your desire because I feel like we've lost our desires For creativity and to connect with that source where those things come from whether you're a painter or you're a Musician and I think that's why it's good to connect with other artists because we all have that in us and so To get it out and to share it and then to get the feedback. Hey people actually like it. I'm like, oh wow, so I'm actually pretty good. So I'm just gonna keep going with it. But I think that's kind of what it's been is it's just I didn't really have choice it's like I have this thing inside of me that I need to write I need to And I'm gonna share it and I'm gonna create websites and I just followed my intuition and then That's kind of where we're at. So Right, and how you know, how good is that? You know, that was like definitely straight straight up from god sent that down to you know Couldn't been no no no other way And um, and it's something that you know, you've been doing since seven years old And um, you know, just like you said are people, you know, I've lost their desire and uh, they in this world were Um with this world, I'm saying they are they and it's where we're we're in this work Just them know not us, you know, but You know, if they could just um Learn how to like, you know, like some like the bible to stay on the narrow path, you know I mean kind of like try to be um, it's um, you know Follow your goals, dreams and aspirations like you just said they lost their inspiration their desire, you know We all grew up, um You know, I want to be a doctor lawyer and then chief fireman a policeman ballerina or something and then Also, you know, some for some reason in the world A lot of us have that fell off that dreams and goals and aspirations and why did that happen? Probably because some of the um negativity in this world that we felt involved with and um and so um And like, you know, like, you know, like it was always born with poetry like somewhere in our school like roses are red Violins are blue, you know, I mean, and you know, that's all about like you said seeing the world I mean like roses are red and violins are blue and so that's that, you know And that's because that was part of what it is in the world for real for real, you know, me And so I know I could understand what you meant by, you know, how you know about seeing things And I think we had talked about it too. Um And I'll just share it so I had about and before I created my website I had a near-death experience like I had a lot of health issues. I you know, my role has not been easy I um have had non-abdominal surgeries and multiple uh, but the last one I had I I almost died and and when I came back my I spent almost, you know, three months in and out of the hospital and poetry was the the only You know, there's not someone by you every day that can be there 24 seven And so, you know journaling and doing those things and getting those emotions out was really the only way I was able to keep my spirits high and so Um, you know, it's not only a passion and a hobby. It also helps me is To to do what I need to do, right? Because I'm like if I can't do anything If I can write, you know, then that's something that that I can do and so, um But I just want to show that because like you said the narrow path and there was times I didn't even know if I was going to be have a pass, you know They're like, you're not going to be able to walk and I'm like watch me. Yeah. I I'm not ready Here we go, right And I know so so this so I'm talking about like, you know, we all had ups and like I say Who myself ups and downs and turn arounds and trials and tribulations and All counters, you know That kept us off the the narrow path and keep using that, you know Um, and when it's as a bible say wide as the road and many follows that and it's true There's so many people in wide as a road, you know and I've you know Like I say, I had to repent all day long and try to stay on the narrow path I'm like, dear lord, I shouldn't have said that I shouldn't have thought that I shouldn't I should have went left instead of right You know, I'm always repent all day long because I didn't want to stay on the narrow path, you know And um, and I wanted us to continue to do Do the guys will and do the work that we do, you know, because Everything I have ever do and everybody who knows me in vermont, you know Whoever who all knows me, you know, all I do is help and work with people And that's that's the best that I am. I can't I don't know if I can do anything else I think I'll help my god Have sent me to do this work because many times I said can I say I ain't doing this no more I'm sick of it I ain't working no damn you find worker, you know people places or things, you know I ain't going blah blah blah and then like so when I say that I said, oh god I should I should open up Or some type of are you sitting in um in katakis malls? You know, I should open up something, you know a kid for you for free because In Baltimore like our directors say, you know, because it's high risk in Baltimore And I think I told you we started to look for a place there, you know, you know another Avenue and then Then in my mind, I should open up one in Baltimore too in somewhere in the malls or something I started looking for places, you know, and so even though, you know, I might be like, oh, I'm so sick of this work You know, I mean, uh, I could be on vacation In Cancun or Rupa somewhere and I wish I was on Cancun or Rupa somewhere, you know, just chilling And but I know for a fact that I always like somebody say youth or families or community or Something that I think I can do that I do Um, I mean, whoa, wait, wait a minute, you know, let's let's talk about it here. I'm on vacation I still doing work this good. This God said God's work this God's work And uh for family youth families and whoever for everybody, you know, so I can't I don't know nothing else to do, you know, I mean I don't know what else I could do but but this work, you know, and I know This is all I ever do, you know, so Well, I know when I was a little girl, I always wanted to be a poet But I never really had anyone around me to look at that was like, hey I'm a successful poet. Um You know, like you have Maya Angelou and all these really famous ones that you see But you don't really have anyone to connect with so I hope Like like you'd help the youth I hope is I keep going that I can do that too because You know, whether, you know, it doesn't I'm not like World famous or anything, but you know at the same time well, I guess I kind But at the same time the thing is I never gave up on my dream, right? I work full-time at a university. I've been here for 20 years But on the side my passion. I just kept doing it. You know those nights. I had free time. I dedicated to it I got my LLC, you know, I've been working on all that and and just trying to Partner with places like you which is gonna, you know, an art so wonderful and do these to you know Come to Vermont and see things there. Like I'm really excited to yeah I mean they go they'll be excited to see you too You know, because you know, I got a lot of people to introduce you to when you get here And um, you know all these incredible, you know people You'll you'll meet them know all the people who um, who um, believe in the work I do, you know And so um, like I mean They will see that What the work we're going to be doing, you know, not the work we're going to be the work that we're doing You and I in Canada is no poetry part in here and are so wonderful. Um, it's like, um It's just meant to be you know saying and I just like, um, I'm so excited You know, man, I'm really excited You know, I mean like every day I think about poetry part in here and I think about art so wonderful Clabo Synergizing being proactive, you know, I mean all together all those ball into one, you know, I mean, um And my mind just goes like I think of so many things hit my brain till I can't think of what the hell I'm thinking about You know, they all get at once. I'm like It's like a ball of confusion almost, you know Well, because it's all good, but I still you know, there's so many good things Since I just can't pull it out my head like I want to you know I have to like you really like, you know, you pull a lot of things out You know, you say you pull a lot of things. I'm like, I'll say wow How good is that? How wonderful is that? I mean that you know, like I told you, you know Say can't it she go out to like keep me structured a lot Because like like all my team do because like I'm all over the place I got you know, I sit around I don't know how many boards and you know commission and that I you know, you know, I do a lot a lot of work and I'm all over the place and like if I could just like Stay focused on to some some of everything that I do, you know, I mean I'm always like try to make them all work together and I do, you know Like if I got art, I want music when they look at Educational events by drugs and that called the Bible. I want art music drugs and that called me because all they all work together I mean you'd be surprised if like I say just like the cleanups that you helped me design Um, I said we say all right. We're gonna clean up. We're gonna clean up downtown Bronson to graffiti Guess what? We're gonna give you community service hours. Guess what? We're gonna give you swag back tomorrow the different business. Guess what? When you bring at the end of the day, we're gonna have like entertainment. I mean, so, you know If you mix those together like, you know, um happy media stuff together We're like something that seemed like clean up Clean up graffiti then you it's a straight up winner. Every time I know it's for a fact, you know It always a winner and so that's what we do, you know That's what you do. That's what we do and we're gonna do more of it It's got um came way to talk about so so let's talk about Okay Here we are you know So what what what you feel that our podcast going to be like about well, you know what What I already know was our goal is to reach everybody in this entire world, you know about um, you know, try to try to help them Create um be humble and get wisdom and live and wisdom brings you a long life You know, we that goal is to by using words and events and Everything that we can think of that that's good and helping with their own goals and dreams as per Based on things that they want to do in life. I think I might have said what you about to say But what what will you think um our podcast? It will be like, you know I think it's really cool And I think we can go many different ways with it and that's the best part about it right now because it's We're kind of envisioning different options But I love the fact of getting you know, we can have people calling in and have discussions at some point or you know, just kind of Featuring people on there connecting with others and just focus on uplifting humanity and and using art in any form You know, whether it's writing or power of words because spoken word is a form of art too like everything Um, and I think that that's the main goal is you know We both have that passion to help people and then you know, we both want to help spread positivity and and and you know as we say the light and get people to kind of be like, hey, let's Let's light this world up with excitement and joy and like Good energy and good vibes and you know get everyone together and That time that we're together and that we do dedicate to it We'll we'll have giveaways like he said and partner with people and have You know try to make it something that is worth your while and you won't Definitely don't regret every two minutes. Right. Right. You know, it's like, uh You know, it's it's um, it's non-traditional. We're you and I are non-traditional first of all Yeah, because most most shows like I got a cable show right now. I was like, you know, here We are like laughter talking, you know, like what I what I've got is you know, I mean, we like, you know We cheerful we cool, you know, you sitting by your your pond in your backyard. That's so nice And that that's the water is the purity of the world. It's what it's the it's the Is everything, you know, so I know that I know that's one of your big deals Well, this is the background, but if I could be outside right now, I would this is my backyard. So It's out there. I'm just And you got two ponds. So yeah, so yeah, but it looks so cool, you know, Kentucky. Is that real Kentucky blue glass? That is real Kentucky bluegrass That's so funny, but but anyway, so so um I mean, like I said, um, so so that's a good answer about how you feel that um, our podcast is going to be because I feel You know, we think the same on the on these on these on these issues and these, you know, how we feel And we say what is it too great to measure because you say it's we don't know what it's going to be It's just going to grow, right? It's just going to be beautiful Too great to measure came measure, you know, I know that for a fact I know I know right now. It's too great to measure came measure people who thinking like us are trying to help the world That's all that's what that's what I've been doing. That's all I do and and and that's how you've been doing through poetry and so The good thing about that is is I mean I see I I can't use the words that it's hard for me to use words because I say the good thing and good mean good You know, I mean, like, you know, exceptional me exceptional excellent me excellent, you know Well, I started too great to measure, you know, and so So I'm gonna say too great. The good the too great to measure things that we we are is that we want to um spread You know love and happiness with people Place and places, you know, whereas that they need them You know, where people who just want to have an outlet, you know, because like power a spoken word, you know That's what they call spoken word. You know, that's why they call these um events that people want to come to a spoken word event or something Well, and it's open space with no judgment And I think right now so many people get the fake persona of people that walk around and they're like, hey We're super nice. We're here to listen to you But then when they really want to express themselves people generally either shut it down or And so I think just having a space where it's like, hey, just come be yourself Share your work. Let's collaborate. Let's Let's see who you really are and getting and I think that's huge because for me, that's the reason I created my website. Um I knew it was safe, right? I knew that there's nobody that can make comments on there like that was the first step to me trying to put my work out there um And and so I I think that's going to be huge with the podcast is that it's going to be like you said We're not traditional. So we're just giving people like we have that space and we're allowing it too as we keep going So, right? Yeah, and so I mean look how much we're going to learn too You know from everybody because you know, we try to we try to hit this worldwide thing, you know And um and we will because that's how that's how we bred that's what we bred for, you know, I mean bred for worldwide so It's you know, everything, you know, like I say working divine order order that's supposed to and that and And and and that's what it's working for us. You know, I mean like each step like right now It's working that everything worked in divine order to get to right here, you know And uh, and that's too great to measure and it's too great to and it's always going to be too great to measure I'm not going to put a measurement on it because I can't But it's so awesome that we're going to learn a lot from people about How they look at words what words mean to them, you know, maybe even some symbols. I don't know but um You know, it's going to be awesome How much we're going to learn just be able to listen to other people Rather and and also the good thing about it is what we're trying to do is share Just give them a platform to be able to be creative Based on what they love, you know, I mean, you know, people might even people might not even, you know, think about poetry as much You know, I mean, but all they gotta think about like like like, um, like the affirmations you buy every day, you know so Well, you know What was your affirmation today? Let me look here I know I got it So, yeah, and I think we talked about I'll eventually come out with a book that has them in it But right now I'm just trying to get them together. But the one I did Today was There we go Um So I always start up and say how I feel right because you have to address the emotions So I put that I woke up And I felt like today was the day right because today was our show and I was inspired so I'm like, let's go And I put today is the day that I've always prayed for Today god opens the door. I can't wait to see what he wants me to explore. So that yeah, awesome I know and this was just like that somebody, you know, we work with don't have to have no necessarily have a whole like That's a poem of itself affirmation, you know, but they don't have to have like a Page poem, you know a page that a words that would like poetry But they could if they want to but this is like an affirmation Oh, just like how you say How you felt and then because how you felt or how you feel sometimes in morning, you know, okay I better change this around right now It was called intervention. I better in the theory I better change this around right now if I'm gonna make it through this day happy happy And you know and successful, you know, I gotta I gotta change my emotions my feelings and all that right now And so just to be able to write an affirmation, you know, based on how you feel right then And change how your feelings right then is is powerful You know, I think we both know, you know, and I don't know if everybody knows this But when you first wake up in the morning, that's how you start your day And if you don't get yourself and take a minute to get yourself out of any negative Because you know, of course, I wake up sometimes I'm like, I don't want to go to work. I don't want to do this, you know But I'm like, okay. I got it. It's adulting. Let's go. You know, I gotta do it But I want to do it with a smile right because I'm like, well miles We'll just do it with a smile. So taking that minute to flip can change your whole Your whole day, you know, so that's huge. I feel like just taking that minute to recognize how you feel No doubt about that's so important. Like, you know, like I was saying about, you know, I was I was saying suggesting you that, you know, check out, make sure we um, check out our physiology. You know, I mean, like, you know, check out um, um Like How many steps to get from your house to the car? I mean, you probably from every Not you but anybody everybody. Let's say just to walk down the stairs From their house to the kitchen or whatever, you know, some anyone has seen it on real like that People just do it automatic systematic. They don't actually realize first of all If they walk down those stairs like that, you know, I mean, they don't know if they touched the rail Did they, you know, um Do they always, you know, you know, skip the you know, they might remember if they skip the last step or something But um, just to walk down those steps, you know Don't necessarily, you know, some people should what all of us should do is sometimes is kind of those steps that we walk Up to uh, I touched the rail So, you know, you can you can understand yourself from your physiology and you know, don't take things for granted You just see it and you feel it and um, so it's good to understand a physiology The ways we use it for ourselves because it helps us to be like, wow, I've been doing this for five years Why I've been doing that. I don't know why you know what I'm saying I'm the weird person standing out in the courtyard with my eyes closed absorbing the sun on my lunch break And everybody's like, what are you doing? And I'm like, you know what you all are over here On your laptops and stuff sitting outside I just need to take about because who doesn't like the sun? I mean besides like, I mean they can cause cancer I'm not promoting people to be in the sun But like I know that also if you take that minute like you said to be like You don't even have to close your eyes. But if you're just like, oh the warmth on my face, you know, like it just feels good Yeah, right exactly exactly feel the warmth on your face. That's right. That's right. Go stand in the sun I mean go across the street and whatever you know, because if it's not on that side, it's definitely on the other side We're going on the other side standing in the sun Get some vitamin D. I guess, you know, I mean, I guess that's where it comes from Energy and get that light from you try to suck some of that light down On you and try to absorb some of that energy And you know what if you stand in the sun for a while, you can feel the energy now that warmth from that sun And then you feel like, you know, you feel different too. You know, I mean you really do You know You really feel different as well, you know, so I know because You know, that sun really bring your your energy and it feels some power from it And that's why people like to Wondries not not because it's all about sun tanning, but it's people love to lay in the sun You know, I mean just to feel that sun on their body boy It's amazing. It's amazing. You know, and so yeah, you're right. So You know and to go out and then go out to like and look at the like, you know The universe, you know, I mean just try to look see if you see with the moon, you know I mean stars, you know, she started like I used to be sitting back in my hot tub. I like, I didn't know daggone star That's a that's a you know, oh What you call it? object or something, you know Where I live in the country, there's no spaceship. There's no light pollution where I live So there's just nothing but stars and stuff and I walk out there and I know all the time I'm like, okay And my son's 10 and we've even talked about it. I'm like, is that a star and he's like, no That's not a star and I'm like, it is a star and so we've been confused like it's a satellite But in the time you're present, right? You're you're present in that moment. You're looking up at your surroundings You're not distracted by all the stuff going on. You're just There and I think that that is what we need more of is you know what who cares what it is up there The the point is is that you're curious and that you're looking and you're being all those stars And you can see the big dipper little dipper, you know, you'll be looking for I'll be like, that's a little different That's the big dipper, you know, and you see them now. Those are the little and big dipper for real You know me and all stars and I think star links would confuse me. They put all them satellites up there And now they light up sometimes and I'm like, I don't know what's what Yeah, it's a lot of satellites up to get granted, you know, you know, I never think that is a satellite I always think like it's some we call it um some Martian or something or something Yeah I can't think of the word the acronyms, but um, yeah, so Wow, you know, but to be able to look up there. Look at the moon and you're like, I have a friend And I said, wow bro, check it out. You know, you know, we be like, I don't know hanging out or something And I said, look, uh, that's a full moon. You're like, Bruce That's not a full moon. That's a Four quarter three times, you know, some He he's uh, he's um, um, well, he's uh, he was a math make a math major. He's like he's he's all it's in this You know, he's numbers aren't like incredible, you know, that's why he's on our he's x i associate me Teddy's on our social media, um director And that's not that's that is not no full moon. I got to come on teddy Hey, what no, that's the moon that he kept the name for you know, whatever You know, so he's so cool. You know, I like come on. That's a full moon, bro. Come on You know, you like no, that's not a full moon But you know, it's so cool, you know what he said because but it's a good thing about is that how much fun we have If we just when he said it, you know Oh, oh, you know some or anybody's just talking about the universe and you know, because as you know and one thing that um We discussed it what you what you what we're trying to do is like, you know Why are people fighting killing each other? Why why? Oh, dear god Dear god Please god, please stop everybody from fighting Pass on peace let them find peace among themselves. It's you know Maybe this poetry will help them one word can stop a war. I know okay But man feel so sad about all this war and killing and murdering, you know, just because You know, you know, I guess they got their reasons, you know You know, but the reasons are not good enough, you know You'd be killing each other, you know Well as we've discussed, I believe and people can say what they want. I don't I believe we can create a form of heaven on ours you know and we do that by kindness Welcoming environments promoting it, you know, like we're doing And there's people like us all around the world that will connect and just keep making it brighter and brighter And then eventually hopefully There'll be no need for war, you know, eventually people are like, you know what guys, what do we even fight over? We're all humans. We have one planet. We have to share You got some vegetables. I got some fruit. Let's share, you know, like It's not that complicated. It really is. You know, it really is not that complicated It isn't but for some reason they feel it's complicated. I don't know. I think that's the devil working real Easily and he's not working hard at it. He's it's real easy Who we manipulated these people to um fight over something they can sit down and try to solve, you know, like fruit and um vegetables, I mean and um, hopefully the poetry and the words can help stop something because um can help heal some people and within their families, you know because these young kids Today in the world Are witnessing um all this devastation this war and You know, and then they you know, sometimes you just can't help poverty or whatever. But you know, wow, can you imagine running from missiles at the age of Young age running from missiles and standing in a dughouse and can't get the water is not running there You can't get food to eat and you know, just it is I mean My son, I think I told you he's 10 and I won't even let him watch the news because What happens when he does and is that I'm asked mom, am I going to be able to see the world when I grow up? Are they going to destroy it before I'm grown? And you know what? I refuse to answer those questions because a whole bunch of people that I can't do anything or talk to about Are making decisions that affect everyone else and I don't feel like they're very peaceful You know, and it's just like you said there's lots of problems that need to be solved But I tell my my son that you know what that's not the world That we're going to choose to live in because that's not the reality. We're going to accept You know what? I mean, we're going to make it better and that's all we can do and You know, I can't imagine those kids that don't have someone that's good because you know, if we don't have hope We don't have anything And that's any human if you don't have something to to hope or to look forward to Then you'll get up and you'll keep going, but you're not going to be invested in your life. You're just going to exist And we don't want that, you know I mean we want people like we said present enjoying the moment not having to worry about like you said those kids That are suffering, you know and have to hide and worry about things. They should not have to worry about right, right, right It's you know some damn shame really it is. You know I mean, you know, I you know, I was I was with somebody. Um, I was with somebody, um A couple of days, no, we just was um coming from a meeting or whatever and um They was walking with a bottle of water and and then they stopped pouring the water I'm full It's they say it's a bug in it. It was a bug in it. I said a bug that came, you know, bug bugs ain't not right You know, they said I said he said well something uh, something was in the water And so I was like here you got a fresh bottle of water clears it clears you clears And people here around the world are drinking water that they can even see their hands under You can't they put their hand under the water. They can't even see their hand and then you're still, you know, they gotta distill it You know, I mean, um, they gotta um boil it to make it where they can drink it And you two are not good water because you see a piece of lint or something in it. Wow see how Wow, man, you don't know how good it is and you know, I guess in america or whatever, you know, you know They don't get to think about all the, you know, things devastation things, you know, you know All the sad things that's really happening to other people around the world and Why In theory why should they you know, why should they feel like that, you know, that's the thing I mean, why should people stay on the path right when there's it's like, well, what are we going for it? and I think that's the thing is it's like Like you've said you can go Why but just just come back. Um I don't know it'll get better. It has to yeah. Well, you know Yeah, and then that's nothing too. It's like, you know, it's all about money, you know It's all about money, you know, and like, you know, we can send a thousand dollars on You know, I'm listening theory over to us through some needed place And then it's about time to get it's a trickle down effect by time we get to the kid for the bottle of water It's only five hours Because because the money that went over there, they got to it's a trickle down. It's got to be administration You know, this that sister says gotta get paid this organization, you know, everybody's gotta get paid before it actually Helped the person that we sent the money to you know, you know, so You know, there's I guess there's some opposition that also give 100 of the money to people, but you know You know, I don't know Well, and I have a I have a huge fan base and you know, some other countries outside the u.s I'm one of them being india. I have a lot of followers over there with my instagram and You know, it's very much talking with people You know, that's one thing that social media is good for you can connect with people all across the world and It's very sad because you realize that our realities are not the same at all Especially during covid a lot of them, you know, that's the only way they could communicate and I mean Just hearing how things are handled and not that it was bad. It's just you know, what we consider normal and what other people consider a normal day are Totally different and if anything it makes me grateful to connect with those people because I'm like, you know how lucky am I to not have to deal with You know, like I didn't have air conditioning like things like that. It was like, you know Um The little things that we take for granted, you know, like like you said water running water in the sink going in there And it being fresh and clear. That's not something everyone gets everywhere um, but the power of words, right because My words even though they may have not been in the same language They were able to translate them and they were able to connect and that's why they reached out because they felt like my words spoke to them and so um That's what gives me hope. I feel like as a as a poet anyways is that in any kind of artist because Especially music like music any kind of beat or anything is you don't even have to understand the words Oh, man. No, it was a really good one too. Like you can go there not understand the word they're saying and be crying No doubt about it because it's all like I love all types of music, you know We've done over 700 events with all type of different genres and you know I love all music, you know, like you said all different beats You don't have to understand what the heck they saying But the meats and you know the way they they dance into Yeah More power to the people Well, we just got a couple minutes here um can just uh, so let's go over your website. Where is your website again? Um, it's www.poetrypioneer.com and um, they'll be able to uh um They will be able to see it, you know, um Not in a couple days on the show. Um, they'll be doing what it entails, but they can also look it up too. Um, and so So, you know I wasn't gonna say this what you're coming up to very much, baby, you know to help celebrate black history month Yes, you know, how good is that? You know, we're gonna have a it's gonna be art in the park Seattle park is gonna it's gonna be a live entertainment and a flin theater the almighty flin theater One of the best theater in Well, it's probably the best theater in the state. It was to really say so because people maybe in ruttland say the paramount is the best or you know people In um, my people say they're very opera houses, you know, but but in reality the flin is the best because it really is Um, but not better. No nobody, you know But what a majestic type place to have a Performance and and i'm glad you're coming up to enjoy some of those festivities. That's gonna happen there I'm a born on the board. We wanted to want to see my my Organization that I'm on the board directors spot a gigantic sponsor. So, you know You know, so I'm proud that they did you know, and the other thing a good thing about is that You know, you and I, you know, it's like, you know, you know, like we know so many incredible people and Wow, I'm saying god just put us around the best people, you know We could they make things so easy for us and meet the goals in life You know, you meet what we're trying to do and so I couldn't if I didn't know people like you or other people, you know, wonder Well, how could I how hard would this work be, you know, and so To share with other anybody That's what we try we want to share this with anybody anybody who knows me anybody who knows bruce wilson They will tell you that I I'm working for everybody, you know, and I'm proud to do so. I ain't better than nobody But I'll share my resources, you know, like, you know, like like you said, you know, like you'll give somebody Somebody want to pass your candy bar. Yeah, here it is. You can use your half of it You know, you know, it's not like go buy you want. It's like here, you know, why not? You know what that do when they start eating that candy bar So good to them that put a smile on their face if you're good today tummy, you know Yummy for that time. We don't like candy bar and ice cream and all those cool things, you know If somebody is really one and a half of the bar, you got it Right there is make you feel good in life, right? You know, and then right then maybe you think about Give half your candy. They might think about giving some they have they care about somebody else Who they see, right? So that's the work we do and it's easy. It's not hard. It's a simple thing It's very simple But as you know, well as it come out in the end, the measurements are rocket science. It's simple Simple to achieve but at the but really it's rocket science and really really And big and for you And I it's bigger than that. You know, so I'm not we're not gonna I won't go there for on this episode but As we get better so Candace Owens number one Come on. What else say say something before we go? What what you want to say to the people to the polls? or anything anything you want to say I just want to thank you again for reaching out to me and connecting with me and Giving me the time and space on your platform to discuss the my poetry and what we have mutually discussed that we're both passionate about and You know, I think there is a poem that we put on up. We're gonna share the slides. Oh, that's right Yeah, that's right. Go ahead. Keep talking. I'll finish what you said and share that poem But there's a poem that I put on the side because I also will create graphics behind my poem. So That's kind of what I call it quotes like, you know, like for and for the social media You can create use canva or different ways to create things like that um, but I hope that people will You know really engage with us and and I look forward to it and I hope that they enjoy What we're putting out because I don't know how they couldn't It's like, you know, we're nothing but just trying to have a good time and spread love and positivity and you know, I feel like Poetry and other things are so kind of you don't really think about it that way because you know A lot of poems are like about romance or about heartache and you know Minds about the world and how I see things and empowering people and spiritual awakenings and how to like, you know Embrace not spirit. I guess you would say spiritual just awakening that there's stuff inside of us that you know It we're more than humans. We're here to I mean, we're human, but there's something greater We're here to do and it's to live in a positive world and You know, I think that that was all I wanted to really say was just to thank you and Look forward to what we have. Hopefully join us at our events when we're there because I will be down there Think in April. Yeah, I'll be on your April Yeah, so um, I want thank you for being my friend my business partner and um, and and You know, we we have a good time a good time for what we're doing and creating this all from our hearts And so with that take us out with that poem girl. Go you go ahead you you read that point for us Go ahead. All right That's our closing poem everybody Okay, so this one's pretty short. It's called be bold To be brave, we must be bold to be bold. We must not believe all we are told We are not to be bought and sold a human's capacity for love is beyond that of gold We are meant to be free not living in fear and control Nice nice No doubt about it, you know I mean that you know I mean who can't get none of that you know what I'm saying, right We're not we're not here to live in fear and or to be controlled. I mean, no, that's not what it is That's not part of you gotta be bold right because going What we're doing is kind of going against the grain, you know, I mean it's going against the norm of just put your head down Deal with what is out there, you know clock into work pay your bills come home Do it all over again. It's like no, let's be bold um, let's look at things and don't believe everything that you're told right because you That's why we have eyes. It's why we have ears. That's why we have all these senses So we can connect and figure out what tap in and say what's really going on Mm-hmm. You got more than five senses. Um Candice You got more than five senses There you do Yes, you do. So all right everybody. Thank you for tuning in to our so wonderful show and um, Visit uh, poetry pioneers on poetry pioneer dot com and um, say hello to kandace She you know, she'll be on it On our podcast march 15th You'll hear all about it because we'll be announced it'll be all on cctv announcements, you know when we start up again So I can't just see you later girl. Have a good rest of your day. You too. Okay. Bye