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ring Activist. I'm a dreamer and an optimist. My baby girl turned 4 in February. She is the love and light of my life and gives purpose and meaning to every day of my existence.WRITING
You can check out my journal "My first trip to Africa: From the Motherland to Motherhood" in The Black Arts Quarterly. Just google "Black arts Quarterly" or "Azya Maxton". I just finished the first draft of my book! Shd be coming out this year! The Black Arts Quarterly just published an excerpt of the book, so check that out too.PERFORMINGI am a proud member of the Baltimore Improv Group. I had the honor of playing the first female Pharoah, Hatshepsut, at Artscape, The 5 seasons and Lexington Market. Check out "When They were Pharaohs" on Myspace for some amazing literature,google us, or watch on youtube.EDUCATINGI am the Special Projects Manager for Young Audiences of Maryland, and the site manager for the Career in the Arts Program at ACCE. I have a residency at Cross Country and Fallstaff elementary schools through Everyman Theatre, and I am honored to have been Everyman's representative for the Baltimore Partners project at Calverton middle school this year. I also teach drama through the Lagniappe project at Sheppard Pratt and Bon Secours. I love my jobs!OTHERI had the honor of doing the interludes on Venus 7's debut album, "Primer." Look for it a cdbaby.com/Venus7.UPCOMING PROJECTS/WISH LISTI want to...start a company that will tie all of my educational/artistic visions together, Ujamaa:African Folktales for elementary schools (teaches kids basic principls of personal finance); a conflict resolution/dramatic component for junior high ; Nommo: The Power of Your Word -for high school (and possibly junior high school) students will use hip-hop and theater techniques to teach literacy and critical thinking; and STEREOTYPES: A Multi-Cultural Exploration of Expressionism for colleges and universities. BIG, BIG dreams!I want to finish my book "How I Became..." which is about "the game" and produce a second volume of poetry.I want to go back to South Africa to assist Miss Judi-Ann with the hip-hop/spoken-word documentary for National Geographic.
I want to get out of debt and lose 20 pounds.I want to be rich!!!! Oh-oh-oh-oh****Stop Playing!!! Did you really read all that? Wow! Well, I'll conclude with a few lines from a poem I wrote:...Reach for the moon or settle 'mongst the stars
listen to my homegirls play acoustic guitars
8 more bars on the cell in which I dwell
Thanksgiving cuz I'm living
I have stories to tell
use my body as a vessel
and my mind as an oar
send out a beam of light
help someone else find the shore
I'm not sure
but God's certain
somebody open the curtain for my international tour
This is my debut anthem
tinted/traumatic/temper tantrums
can't stand 'em
too many tortured terrestrians
It's time to do my best again
can't stress again
and let them win
no devil's playground here
listen to the wind or my kitchen sink drippin'
take a look at my watch
and see the second hands ticking
no time for kicking back
just yet
gotta dive in and swim
not just get my feet wet
let my light shine
and know that they feel the glow
when I let my thoughts flow
like the Atlantic
this frantic pace
threatens my sanity
I'll just take what I can handle
give the rest to the creator
I know he can
tho I am weak
mere flesh must sleep
wake and make waves wander into the deep
can't wallow in the shallow end too long
born black and a woman
born strong
when the ride gets rough
I'll hold on
not too far gone
but gone too far
to hold back n.e. longer
I was born to be a star
fish float, slackers coast
stay humble, don't boast
but at my funeral
I wanna make my own toast
she laughed, she lived
she had a kid
she spread peace, love and joy
she's done cuz she did
she met hatred with humanity
she wrote, she writ
she suffered, she struggled
but she just wouldn't quit
she inspired, she shared,
she made use of her gifts
God is good
tho life's not fair
she's gone back home
we'll see her there
You Are a Bright Star Soul
Like a shining star, you have no trouble being the center of attention
In fact, you often feel a bit hurt when all eyes aren't on you
You need to be number one in everything, no matter how trivial
And it's this ego that both hurts your confidence and helps you acheive
You're dramatic and a powerhouse of pure energy
You posess a divine quality or uniqueness that's hard to define
A natural performer, it's likely you'll become famous in some circles.
Just learn not to take everyone's reaction to you so personally!
Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul and Prophet Soul
What Kind of Soul Are You?
