A Rose By Any Other Name

You can never name me without my permission. 

There is a quote I love by activist Audre Lorde..."If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive".

I will never allow myself to be eaten alive by others viewpoints and thoughts of me. I am absolutely unapologetically Kottavei. 

I am an artist, author, artivist, maker, food nerd, conduit, intellectual badass, ambassador of joy, visual griot, nerd, hula hooper, entrepreneur and SO much more. Oftentimes, people who meet me and get a glimmer of all the thing I do to bring light into this chaotic world, they ask me "What do you NOT do?. My response is always the same: "I'll let you know when I find out". 

Am I great at all of that? Of course not! But to I trust myself to be fearless and try everything my heart desires? Yes! Why yes I do.​ I am a wildflower among roses that still fully blooms.

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