A week or so after getting fired for depression/anxiety/burn out, I said yes to assisting in the production of a Black dance festival in my neighbourhood.
At the time, I didn't have access to feelings or sensations. I had low energy, my head felt like mush and I was grappling with a poor memory. But the lure of meeting community dancers and musicians inspired by African and Black diaspora dance motivated me and gave me life! Seeing Black creatives shine is the best medicine.
It's been 2.5 years since saying "yes" to producing, making, facilitating dance, theatre, writing, visual arts, public art and community art experiences - full-time. I still live with fear and I'm getting better at moving through it, with my incredible circle of support. I'm not entirely sure if it's courage, living in delulu or my neurodiversity but this is my plan A. To be me. A full-time Birungi. Art is our birthright, our expression, a way to be. And this is why I'm sharing my art with you today.
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