Suddenly This Summer | Issue Twelve

The Road to Passion | Suddenly This Summer

In my three and a half decades of life, I have been many things. A writer, a rapper, a stylist, a nanny, a waitress, a teacher, a publicist, a journalist, a wife, a mother, a friend, a daughter, a sister, a boss, a worker, and an entrepreneur. My autonomy has never felt more challenged than while in my role as an entrepreneur. Seems easy, seems fitting; straightforward, calculated. Oh but it’s not! It’s one of the hardest things I’ve had to do. I have had to lean on the strength, time, and talent of others to complete projects and tasks of my heart’s desire. This has been awakening in so many ways.

For the past seven months I have pursued the deepest meaning to what I do and why I am essentially here on earth. The question: “What are we all doing here, anyway?” Has shaped many of the decisions and new chapters unfolding in this current season of my life. I have taken pride in the road less traveled and in this issue, have prepared a survival kit (in the form of very candid interviews) that I hope would be the catalyst for shaping some intricate world perspectives at the crossroads of belief systems, culture and the human evolution as a narrative.

I’ll say outrightly that I, myself hold some pretty strong belief systems that have been met with challenging, not-so-black-and-white case studies. I yield to my instincts and inner knowing to guide me to all truth, what purpose God has planned and established and why and what exactly is expected of me on my platform and my role in society. I am a kingmaker, rooted in creative theory, and cultivated in nuance and infallible strength to continue; ONWARD. Especially when I don’t feel up to it or worthy of any of it. But I now know that I have been many things so that I can be all things to those that I serve with this platform, in hopes that their God-given talent and ability will be inspired to birth something new in its time.

“Suddenly This Summer” is a culmination of conversations I have had over the last year that have caused me to think deep, sit long and love more with this mind, heart and soul that I protect so much. An interpretive ode to the late 50’s play, of a similar name, “Suddenly Last Summer”,  by Tennessee Williams; this issue explores the heart of the achiever. Purposed, rooted in familiar cadence and open to a world of possibilities. We are reminded that no matter where we come from or what we believe, we can only travel as far as we see or we risk being devoured on the road to passion. So travel well, friend. Eyes wide open.

Sincerely,

Jane

Editor-In-Chief