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Where are you in your life? Where are you in the plot right now? Remember, you are the star. You are the supporting characters. You are the writers. You are the director. You are the grips.
In this 3 minute episode, it is just me, IN-Q. I wanted to share my poem, Fairytales, with you, and I give a journal prompt. Your life is a movie, write about it.
Aug 17, 2021
3 min
In this weeks episode of “Inquire Within”, myself and Instagram famous poet, Kamilla Tolnø, dive deep into what started her poetry journey, growing up in Copenhagan, and how instagram played such a big part in her career. Her writing has inspired so many, and has even helped readers learn English. We talk about the power of words and what past writings can teach our future self.
Aug 10, 2021
59 min
In this episode, I’m joined by Javon Johnson. The two of us dive into Javon's journey from the epics fails as a beginner poet to building a solid career focused on a political agenda. Javon is the author of Killy Poetry, Ain’t Never Not Been Black, and Viral Poems. Additionally, he writes for The Huffington Post, The Root, and Our Weekly. And, he has appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, BET’s Lyric Café, TV One’s Verses & Flow, and The Steve Harvey Show, and also co-wrote the Showtime documentary Cr
Jul 27, 2021
1 hr 53 min
I've been thinking a lot about time horizon recently. We are in such an instant culture – everything has to happen right away and we need instant gratification. But what about incremental and cumulative growth? What happened to things happening slowly, adding up over time, and absolutely changing an area of your life or changing your entire life? In this episode of Inquire Within, I contemplate this thought and give you a journal prompt to help you contemplate this thought as well.
Jul 20, 2021
4 min
In this episode, I am joined by the talented Dante Basco. Dante is most known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg's Hook, and for his voice acting role as Prince Zuko from Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender. Because of Dante’s stand-out roles, he has become an important role model in the Asian-American community, which is what we dive into in this episode of Inquire Within
Jul 13, 2021
1 hr 29 min
Gratitude is a muscle. If we don't use it, we experience atrophy. But here's the thing: If we stop being grateful for the things the universe presents us, the universe will stop presenting us with things to be grateful for.
In this episode of Inquire Within, I challenge you to contemplate the gratitude you have in your life. I also share a thought-provoking spoken word poem, as well as a journal prompt to encourage you to inquire within.
Find more from me on Instagram: @inqlife.
Jul 6, 2021
9 min
In this episode of Inquire Within, I'm joined by political poet, Propaganda. Throughout our conversation together, Propaganda reminds us that while we may be tempted to overstep our limits and boundaries, doing so will cause us to use ourselves as resources, which like any other resource, can run out. Towards the end of our conversation, he also shares with us his childhood and how the neighborhood he lived in shaped the art he makes today.
Jun 29, 2021
1 hr 2 min
In this episode of Inquire Within, I share a poem on love. What is love? What does it look like to love? How do we navigate love? Plus, at the end of the episode, I also share a piece of personal advice on relationships. This is something I found to be powerful in my own relationships and hope you will find it to be just as powerful in yours.
Jun 22, 2021
7 min
In this episode, I'm joined by the amazing Humble the Poet who shares the details of his journey to becoming an artist, how he navigated his newly found success and resisted the urge to cater to a style of art that wasn’t pure to himself, and what making art meant for him back then, and today.
Jun 15, 2021
1 hr 50 min
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