I’m so incredibly honored to be featured along side my sister Maya Azucena at my other sister’s, Sarah White & Lichiban’s Wrong Lips blog! Here are the answers to their lovely mad libs, and you should really visit their site live in action, because it’s packed with goodness at:
http://wronglips.blogspot.com
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Now next, we have Caitlin Meissner aka Caits. She is one of those women that you vibe with and know you’ve got a homie for life. In a world of bullshit, she is bringing something real and in the flesh. She is an amazing poet, community worker, performer, designer and also known to give you a kick in your ass if you need to get to work. I love this girl, and I’m glad to finally feature her. Aslo be sure to peep her livingroom sessions!
WHERE DO YOU CALL HOME? Brooknam, heart of the city, Crown Heights, buk buk!
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? A small town outside of Albany, New York. Which pretty much negates all of that fanfare above and the truth is, my heart is often in the mountains, anyway.
WHAT DO YOU DO? storyTeller/magicMaker… which is a fancy way of saying a lot at once: poet, writer, performer, music-maker, teaching artist, graphic designer. Lover of mankind and red wine. Extreme day dreamer.
TRUE BEAUTY IS… Embracing your unique being, full of flaws and imperfections and sometimes wearing face paint and big ol’ fake eyelashes or just out of a bath naked, with those stubborn dry skin patches but my how fly you pull them off! Shining from the inside, didn’t yo’ mama tell you that one?
BEATS… are what I put words to, what I stream through my headphones, what I geek out with my friends to and make the ugly face and clutch at my chest, what makes life all red and hot and sweaty and puts the bounce in my step and flips up my heart on a bad day
.
TRUE SEXY IS… confidence, talent and owning your bad self ‘cuz that self is pretty bad, boy.
MUSIC IS MY… pulse, thanks to Dad’s record collection and schooling me from the time I was a baby on why sound can be more crucial than food.
ART DOES NOT… leave you empty or unchanged. It incites, encourages, moves, pushes you past the edge, fills you with love or hate or anger. It gets you. Or it does not get you. But it gets someone, or else it’s doing a lousy job.
MY NIGHTS ARE… extended into the morning, most days. Filled with solo creation sessions, dancing ’till my back breaks, laughing with my friends who’s smiles damn near fill up their entire face, having spiritual revelations, being under the fire of a warm mouth, being an insomniac. To be truthful, sometimes wasting time on the internet. But there is always a discovery.
THESE 3 TURN ME ON… being magnificent at what you do. Having a record collection that rivals my own and puts me on to some new thing that makes my belly turn ’cause its THAT good. And good rhythm.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE … is a never-ending journey and shape shifts just when you think you’ve got a good handle on the sucker and shouts, “aha! Tricked ya.” Other days, however, I think we are the very samepeople we were at age five. I made a lot of little arts and crafts gifts for everyone. I still do that.
ENOUGH OF … having haters being something to brag about. War. Greed. Jealousy. Bring on the light!
MY CREATIVITY IS… a tricky little kitten. Where is she hiding today? Under the bed? In the back closet? She do what she please and fancies herself the most beautiful muse, and the truth is, she is and I follow her all around the world and make myself all sick from airplane germs and not enough sleep but those red lips, ohhh how they pull the poems outta my deepest caves….
TRUE POWER IS… being able to say, “I was wrong, but I am committed to being right.” And not right, like, I got the answer to the math problem right, but like Tiny Tim right. Like good heart right.
LIFE CAN BE THE… sweetest song, if you slow down long enough to put your ears against its hum.
TO LOVE IS TO… be in your most creative essence, wide open. To feel where the blood pumps to and put that into your pen, your lips, your dance. Why are there so many songs and poems and paintings and films about love. What else do we live for?
I’VE GOT FLOW BECAUSE… I grew up dancing to James Brown in my parent’s living room. Cause, in inspired moments, I can be a fish. The ocean lives in my mouth and speaks for me.
WORDS YOU LIVE BY: “Well, that’s one for the memoir.”
NEW PROJECTS FOR 2010?
Writing for a short film /
Collaborating on music (still secret!) /
Meditations /
More Living Room Sessions /
Getting published /
Love
SHOUTOUTS?
The MVMT team, who’ve put the fire under me for 2010
Always & forever my cousin Alec & lil’ Sis, Lins
Sarah & Lichi for this inspiring blog, of course!
And y’all who know me, know I love you and we can
do shout outs for days, but I hope I say “I appreciate you”
enough for you to know who you are.
Multi-disciplinary storyteller Caits Meissner uses an exciting blend of poetry, music, performance & visual art to deliver poignant testaments to the complexities of the human spirit. (Read more.)
Wrong Lips Interview!
I’m so incredibly honored to be featured along side my sister Maya Azucena at my other sister’s, Sarah White & Lichiban’s Wrong Lips blog! Here are the answers to their lovely mad libs, and you should really visit their site live in action, because it’s packed with goodness at:
http://wronglips.blogspot.com
–
Now next, we have Caitlin Meissner aka Caits. She is one of those women that you vibe with and know you’ve got a homie for life. In a world of bullshit, she is bringing something real and in the flesh. She is an amazing poet, community worker, performer, designer and also known to give you a kick in your ass if you need to get to work. I love this girl, and I’m glad to finally feature her. Aslo be sure to peep her livingroom sessions!
WHERE DO YOU CALL HOME? Brooknam, heart of the city, Crown Heights, buk buk!
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? A small town outside of Albany, New York. Which pretty much negates all of that fanfare above and the truth is, my heart is often in the mountains, anyway.
WHAT DO YOU DO? storyTeller/magicMaker… which is a fancy way of saying a lot at once: poet, writer, performer, music-maker, teaching artist, graphic designer. Lover of mankind and red wine. Extreme day dreamer.
TRUE BEAUTY IS… Embracing your unique being, full of flaws and imperfections and sometimes wearing face paint and big ol’ fake eyelashes or just out of a bath naked, with those stubborn dry skin patches but my how fly you pull them off! Shining from the inside, didn’t yo’ mama tell you that one?
BEATS… are what I put words to, what I stream through my headphones, what I geek out with my friends to and make the ugly face and clutch at my chest, what makes life all red and hot and sweaty and puts the bounce in my step and flips up my heart on a bad day
.
TRUE SEXY IS… confidence, talent and owning your bad self ‘cuz that self is pretty bad, boy.
MUSIC IS MY… pulse, thanks to Dad’s record collection and schooling me from the time I was a baby on why sound can be more crucial than food.
ART DOES NOT… leave you empty or unchanged. It incites, encourages, moves, pushes you past the edge, fills you with love or hate or anger. It gets you. Or it does not get you. But it gets someone, or else it’s doing a lousy job.
MY NIGHTS ARE… extended into the morning, most days. Filled with solo creation sessions, dancing ’till my back breaks, laughing with my friends who’s smiles damn near fill up their entire face, having spiritual revelations, being under the fire of a warm mouth, being an insomniac. To be truthful, sometimes wasting time on the internet. But there is always a discovery.
THESE 3 TURN ME ON… being magnificent at what you do. Having a record collection that rivals my own and puts me on to some new thing that makes my belly turn ’cause its THAT good. And good rhythm.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE … is a never-ending journey and shape shifts just when you think you’ve got a good handle on the sucker and shouts, “aha! Tricked ya.” Other days, however, I think we are the very samepeople we were at age five. I made a lot of little arts and crafts gifts for everyone. I still do that.
ENOUGH OF … having haters being something to brag about. War. Greed. Jealousy. Bring on the light!
MY CREATIVITY IS… a tricky little kitten. Where is she hiding today? Under the bed? In the back closet? She do what she please and fancies herself the most beautiful muse, and the truth is, she is and I follow her all around the world and make myself all sick from airplane germs and not enough sleep but those red lips, ohhh how they pull the poems outta my deepest caves….
TRUE POWER IS… being able to say, “I was wrong, but I am committed to being right.” And not right, like, I got the answer to the math problem right, but like Tiny Tim right. Like good heart right.
LIFE CAN BE THE… sweetest song, if you slow down long enough to put your ears against its hum.
TO LOVE IS TO… be in your most creative essence, wide open. To feel where the blood pumps to and put that into your pen, your lips, your dance. Why are there so many songs and poems and paintings and films about love. What else do we live for?
I’VE GOT FLOW BECAUSE… I grew up dancing to James Brown in my parent’s living room. Cause, in inspired moments, I can be a fish. The ocean lives in my mouth and speaks for me.
WORDS YOU LIVE BY: “Well, that’s one for the memoir.”
NEW PROJECTS FOR 2010?
Writing for a short film /
Collaborating on music (still secret!) /
Meditations /
More Living Room Sessions /
Getting published /
Love
WHERE CAN WE REACH YOU?
http://www.caitsmeissner.com
http://www.twitter.com/caitsmeissner
caitlin@mvmt.com
SHOUTOUTS?
The MVMT team, who’ve put the fire under me for 2010
Always & forever my cousin Alec & lil’ Sis, Lins
Sarah & Lichi for this inspiring blog, of course!
And y’all who know me, know I love you and we can
do shout outs for days, but I hope I say “I appreciate you”
enough for you to know who you are.
–
(Cross-posted to http://www.caitsmeissner.com)