Let’s get vulnerable and then let’s do it again

Vulnerable night (aka Let’s Get Vulnerable) has become an event in my little community that I never thought could be possible. I hadn’t realized how much I needed a night like this. Or how much my friends and community needed it too.

This night of sharing was born out of my pursuit to complete my solo show which has been on my mind since 2014. I have found a million and one reasons not to get anywhere with this project.

But I did have a thought last year to workshop some ideas for friends, but also decided that I wanted them to try something that scared them. I thought maybe it would be nice if we could all just push ourselves a little and face our fears together.

So we did. And the result was beyond anything I could have ever imagined. Now I don’t even care about my solo piece (great excuse to procrastinate further), I just want people to come together and share and support.

The night is not limited to any one thing. Turns out my old journal entries are very entertaining. There is story telling, poem reading, singing, stand up comedy, guitar playing, reading of letters to lost loves, sharing of fears or traumas that most have never shared before, performance art type of work that I can’t even put into a category because of how unique and special it is.

Without this night, I’m not sure where all of this would be shared. And it would be a loss. I am so thankful for what we have created together and look forward to doing this again. We have had two of these and will have hundreds more. Or at least two this year. But hundreds would be great.

I never knew something like this could exist. And am beyond lucky to have a community to come together to make this what it is and keep it going. Vulnerability is everything.

Thanks to Kathy from Industrial Grinds for giving us a home for this. http://industrialgrindcoffee.com/