Like, if I’m at the BET Awards or something like that I have to teach them how to hear me a different way because of what the culture is the prevailing culture. I loved the time I spent teaching on the ship because also, you know, like as a performer I spend a lot of time in rooms where I have to teach the room how to hear me. Then being able to take that to the cruise just felt like a natural next step.” Then I did my Super Soul Session talk, which I was able to express myself even more and do what I love to do on stage, which was different from doing an interview. Because you know first I did Super Soul Sunday. India.Arie: “It feels like an extension of everything. She’d just returned from Oprah’s Share Your Adventure Cruise, where she taught from the SongVersation: Medicine Practice Journal for the first time.ī: What does it feel like to go from being on the SuperSoul Sessions stage to being an actual teacher on the cruise? I spoke with India.Arie while she was in Seattle recording new music for her forthcoming Worthy album. With this new music, a new performance paradigm, and new SongVersation: Medicine Practice Journal workbook, the self-proclaimed student of life is now ready to take other soul searchers through her lessons in worth. Rather than being labeled by the perceptions and expectations of others, these days, India.Arie is clothed in the truth of her own self-defining.ġ0 Things A Man Should NEVER Say to a Womanįor those curious about what Arie discovered about herself during her hiatus, SongVersation: Medicine is a treasure map to healing. But, when she speaks about the “I AM” of who she is foremost, she describes herself as a spiritual seeker, a lover of God and a student of life. And like hair, embracing the fullness of who she is has been a process of continuous shedding and growth over the span of her career.įor the last 20 years, India.Arie’s artistic mission has been, “To spread love, healing, peace, and joy through the power of words and music.” We know India.Arie as the Grammy winning, multi-Platinum selling artist and performer.
However, she is every bit the boldness, strength, and transformative Black Girl Magic-ness that her hair implies. Like the title of her 2005 single proclaims, India.Arie is NOT her hair. We are WORTHY, i.e., deserving of regard and respect. Rocking a simple black statement tee that read ‘WORTHY’ in bold white letters, the shirt – from India.Arie’s ‘Worthy’ apparel collection launched in support of Black Lives Matter in 2016 – was arguably also an affirmation and declaration to and about its wearer and a reminder to viewers. When India.Arie graced the 2017 Black Girls Rock! Awards stage for her performance tribute to legendary singer/songwriter Roberta Flack, a coily afro accented by a yellow flower crowned her head in place of one of her signature headwraps. Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for BET)
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