“When you’re called, you need to be able to walk through that door.”
In this fourth and final episode of the Voice is a Wild Thing Series, Susan Eichhorn Young discusses her career in the arts and how it has shaped her perspectives on teaching voice, the role of the artist within society, and how their voices tell the stories of the present, doing the work to create more conscious social awareness.
She also talks about finding your authentic voice, not letting it be influenced or dictated by what we feel society or the industry expects of us, and reminds us of the power of our voice, and the importance of giving ourselves the permission to use it, embody it, and live it.
“I never really felt all that Indian until I picked up a sitar. Even now after playing for almost 30 years, I hear that and it sounds like the authentic voice of my soul.”
Musician, actor, composer, singer, dad, and overall renaissance man Ronobir Lahiri takes us through the journey of following his dream and finding his voice as an artist. He discusses his experience navigating the racial landscape of American theatre and television, and how he was able to pivot, adapt and find a place as a creative artist in that paradigm.
Ronobir also performs live for us, a beautiful rendition of “I Say a Little Prayer,” and talks about his music, how he began to play the sitar and the importance of not burying our voice as we go through life, in defining who we are, what we’re doing, and how we talk to ourselves.
“We have many lives, many great opportunities. And they don’t stop coming.”
Broadway and television actress, singer, and teacher Carolyn Mignini discusses her life and career through the lens of change and the freedom that can be found in making decisions, particularly those decisions that come from listening to inner cues of your deepest self.
She also talks about her love of singing, how the vibration of our voice opens us up to expansion, balancing contemplation with action, and how she has come to find that in order to find peace and fulfilment, you must first get to the centre of yourself.
"You are worthy and you’re beautiful. You belong here and you belong anywhere you want to go."
In this first episode of the "The Voice is a Wild Thing Series" Susan talks to artist, teacher, activist, Lisa Teasley about her work, from writing to her paintings.
Lisa knew she wanted to be a story-teller from a very young age, acutely aware of the power and rhythm of words and language to build bridges of understanding between people and cultures, to communicate with others and come to a place of understanding.
She shares with us a story of her first book Glow in the Dark, as well as parts of her own journey in developing her voice as a writer, and the deep connection she builds through her work with children, particularly adolescents in juvenile detention.