“Expect the unexpected.” What a beautiful story that would be. Being a 2D dungeon-crawling RPG, it definitely felt like my kind of game. So I asked them what story would they like to tell the world. Going into PAX East 2020, Young Souls was one of the titles I was most looking forward to finally getting my hands on.

I said to them that animation is not just about making things move. As one young lady said in my first class in response to a question I asked. Consistent, long term and with a follow up plan to ensure that the remandees fit back into school and their life after their incarceration… I feel a sense of hope. (Man With The Crazy Shake) And His Great Potential Band Of Young Soul Brothers. His experiences developed his character and resilience. ET White & His Great Potential Band were a 60s Washington DC soul act. These young offenders are exposed to yoga, art therapy, dance and drama music and now animation. City Kids has helped my son grow into the young man he is today. Even if it was temporary.Īs the days moved on my despair turned to hope as I recognized that this project, ‘A New Path’ conducted by the Organisation of American States and the Government of Jamaica is a unique one. I promised myself to bring some kind of meaning, expression, creative release to these young souls.

Look up and appreciate the bigger picture.” That prison cell will never go from my memory now and I will use it as a reminder to continue to do what I do. Don’t see life only in that small square box that you cling too everyday. Martha Lise Tjoe Nij our guide (in more ways than one) implored for us to put away our phones. So I immediately put into practice a wonderful lesson told to me a few weeks earlier while on a forest trek in Suriname. But of course I had to leave it at the front gate. My first instinct was to take my phone out and take a picture. For as I looked into the cells of these young men all I saw was darkness. Have you ever wondered what is living underneath the ground of your own home In Young Souls, you play as twins Jenn and Tristan who are about to go on the adventure of a lifetime. I can never get accustom to what I hear and see from these young inmates. For though I have done this kind of work before, it never becomes normal for me. My first day into the training, as I got back to my room I fell onto my bed sobbing. I am one week into a four week training programme at Metcalfe Prison for young men and South Camp for young women in Kingston Jamaica.

This week I faced something so starkly different, so at polar opposites to my red carpet moment that it took me a few days to find my grounding. A few days later I rubbed shoulders with politicians and the Mayor of Washington DC Ms Muriel Browser for her Birthday celebration. Invited participants are expected to arrive in Washington, D.C. Last week I graced the red carpet of a film premier in New York City, Time Square. Making Beats: A Production Workshop with 9th Wonder and The Soul Council.

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