Being Your Own Muse: A Black Woman Wednesday Moment

Who is your muse? Have you ever considered that it could be you? Get ready to explore this powerful thought in our latest episode where we shine the spotlight on every Black woman. We're turning up the dial on our regular Affirmation Wednesday, now rebranded as Black Woman Wednesday Moment, dedicating it entirely to celebrating, uplifting, and inspiring Black women. 

In our deep-dive discussion, we highlight a potent quote from the phenomenal Oroma Elewa, a Nigerian visual and performance artist. "I am my own muse, I am the subject I know best, the subject I want to better." Let these words resonate with you, as we unpack what it means to be the muse of your own life's canvas. Remember, your strength, beauty, and excellence are your powers. And as always, every moment of your life, you are deeply loved and cherished. Join us next week for another hefty dose of inspiration. Follow us on Instagram at the Melanin Unicorn Podcast. Remember, you are not just unique; you are a trailblazer.

Episode Transcript

Kerry (00:00):
Hello and welcome to the Melanin Unicorn Podcast, a
weekly podcast that is dedicatedto the upliftment of black
women.
I'm your host, Kerry, and todaywe are going to have a Black
Woman Wednesday moment.
Let's start the show.
Thank you for tuning in onceagain to the Melanin Unicorn

(00:22):
Podcast.
I'm your host, Kerry, andtoday's episode is called Black
Woman Wednesday Moment.
It used to be calledAffirmation Wednesday, but this
show is about black women forblack women by a black woman.
So now that is the name change.

(00:44):
So what exactly is a quote?
Well, according todictionarycom, it is to repeat a
passage or phrase from a book,speech, or the like as by way of
authority.
So today's quote will be short,but it will be food for your
thoughts, heart, mind, and soul.

(01:05):
Today's quote comes from abeautiful sister named Oroma
Elewa, a Nigerian visual andperformance artist, writer, and
creative director.
In her art, Oroma examinessocial constructs and their
impact on identity, thought,expression, and behavior.
Her work is fundamentallyconcerned with reflecting upon

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and interrogating personalexperiences that hold social,
cultural, political, and racialimport, contemporary womanhood,
and, in her own words, facets ofblack identity, including the
transnational African mindset,the diasporic experience and her
possession of a black body.

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So Oroma's quote is called I ammy own muse, and it is as
follows I am my own muse, I amthe subject I know best, the
subject I want to better.
So let's say that again I am myown muse, I am the subject I

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know best, the subject I want tobetter.
Let's inhale and exhale.
I want you to take that intoyour spirit because you are your
own muse, you are the subjectthat you know best and you are

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the subject that you want tobetter.
As we go down from this place, Ijust would love to thank you
for tuning in to this episodefor Black Woman Wednesday Moment
.
I'm so appreciative.
Show notes will be available onBuzzsprout.
Also, you can follow the showon Instagram at the Melanin

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Unicorn Podcast.
I will see everybody for ournext full episode next week.
And remember you are love, youare excellent, you are beautiful
, you are well, you are safe and, most importantly, you are you.
I will speak with everyone soon.

(03:21):
Take care and enjoy the rest ofyour day or evening, wherever
you are.