His story is in his voice.
You have to hear his voice
Speaking his words
To understand
His truth
Or lack thereof
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Is his existence a distraction?
As a child, he didn’t like speaking
Lost in big personalities
Loud voices
Beautiful voices
Obnoxious voices
He didn’t want to be the center stage
He didn’t want to take up space
So he let others speak for him
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Listening from their perspective
Using words is a commitment
Articulating truth is love
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He is speaking into existence
A new relationship
with his voice
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My voice has shock value
While you’ve been talking
I’ve been listening
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When we add emotions to the alphabet
Bringing awareness to our range of emotional expression
Part of the reason we couldn’t talk about feelings was because he couldn’t identify the feelings
Vocal Literacy
Emotional Literacy
Humans only learn from doing things on their own
When help is a handicap
Affecting how I see myself
I guess I’m the quiet one
Screaming into the wind
Muted screaming
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Queer people forced to lie
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Sometimes finding your voice is
finding what you want to say,
Sometimes finding your voice is
finding that you have one.
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Truth is playful creativity
Sometimes power/importance his people forced to lie
Learning sometimes
Confident voice
Hate voice – I hate my voice = I hate my story?
What you hear
Thoughts
Saying “if”
Perception – Finding what you want (through words)
Finding social survival
Now queer lying
Love my story
Identity, voice
Participating in society
To say words