Rebecca Parker is a Virginia native with a penchant for moonlighting writing sessions, drinking craft beer, and investing in the local music scene. She attributes most of her inspiration and faith to rock climbing, Annie Dillard, her community of sincere friends, and Bob Dylan- all of which she writes about on her blog: raisondetre.tumblr.com.
So the challenge for Southern artists now is to stay connected– to keep the ankles in the mud and the fires smoldering.To be a product of the palpable senses, and to let the sights, sounds, emotion and memory of your place build your reality and your platform.
Can we bake, assemble, and frost our three-tiered cakes and eat them too?
“Really listening,” my first grade teacher would say, “is not just sitting silently.”
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