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Let us begin with a conversation. Then we'll build a relationship based on reaching outward in ways of listening and not being so quick to react. That's where the fault line is and this generation has already had too many heart breaks.
My father always accused us of being a bump on a log. What does that even mean? Showing no movement is always going to play on your mindsets. The goal is to get moving. It doesn't have to be a walk or run but also being creative. Move your mind forward.
Tae is no stranger to struggle. Deciding to go against his gospel upbringing and follow his country dreams, he ventured off to various cities trying to break out. Constantly getting denied for gigs, Tae says people were confused by a Black country artist. At one point, he found himself homeless and living out of his car for six months. However, his fortunes turned when he connected with the Black Opry and started to make a name for himself. He has gained recognition, appearing on CMT and securing a placement on the show "Shameless." Tae has also found success as a shoe stylist, leveraging his love for vintage country fashion. He has since sold hundreds of cowboy boots and admittedly grown his collection. Coming from a family of pastors, Tae initially pursued gospel music but found a deep connection to country music. He hopes to impress his father and prove his success.
A huge spring storm is about to bust loose on this forest. It's swirling in circles like that of a hurricane but it's much too early for such a thing. The forest is leaning in to prepare for the worst. Human's tend to run indoors to watch the storm from a window or an app. I can't control what plays out inside this collection of trees. I am only a poet in a forest.
For this is the path we've been placed upon. Not always moving in the same direction but still energized by the making of a connection headed toward a destination.
About Philip’s new book: NIGHT & ITS LONGINGS (On Sale: March 26, 2024; Livingston Press; Paperback; ISBN: 9781604893748) - in time for your: spring reading, mystery, and romantic suspense roundups…a brooding tale of love lost, adultery, and crime - both a love story and a mystery inseparably intertwined. Writer Jake Garrett’s world is turned upside down when the husband of his former flame, Vera, pays him a surprise, late-night visit at his Greenwich Village apartment. Instead of harboring resentment for their affair, Vera’s husband has an unusual request: to help find his missing wife who disappeared from a New York City park while taking photographs. Suddenly, Jake is thrust back into a world he thought had been lost to him forever. Jake’s undying love for Vera propels his search for her through the city's night-time streets and, finally, on the remote beaches of the Carolina coast.
Night and Its Longings isn't just a story of a missing woman — it's a tale of redemption and self-discovery. Both Jake and Vera, in their separate ways, are forced to confront the most vital human questions: why we do what we do, how we make amends for a life gone wrong, and how in the darkness of night, we see ourselves in the clearest light.
About the author: PHILIP CIOFFARI is the author of 6 works of fiction, including: 1) If Anyone Asks, Say I Died From The Heartbreaking Blues; 2) The Bronx Kill; 3) Catholic Boys; 4) Jesusville, 5) Dark Road, Dead End; AND 6) the award-winning A History Of Things Lost Or Broken (which won the Tartt First Fiction Prize and the D. H. Lawrence award for fiction). He is also the writer/director of the Independent feature film, LOVE IN THE AGE OF DION, which has won a number of film festival awards, including Best Picture at the Long Island Int'l Film Expo, and Best Director at the NY Independent Film & Video Festival. His plays have been produced off and off-off-Broadway at the Chelsea Playhouse, The Belmont Italian American Playhouse, American Globe Theater and American Theatre for Actors, among others. He’s a graduate of St. John's University and received his Ph.D. from New York University. He is a member of the Playwrights/Directors Unit of the Actors Studio. www.philipcioffari.com.
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