Artistic Expression

Hey there dolls,
         This week my post is dedicated to my starving artists. The Barbies that long for artistic expression, those that paint, draw, write, dance, and sing to live. Those for who music is their heart beat, paint is their blood, and the pen their life line. I mean come on ladies you get what im saying, this post is dedicated to the creative spirit that resides at the core of every Barbie. In the past couple of weeks I've been feeding my own creative spirit, and plan to continue to do so. Just want to share with you guys some of the shows I went to and of course how much I paid (next to nothing)!
            So two huge events these past weeks. First off there was the Drake concert. Where do I even begin with that catastrophe!  When Ms. Erica called to hip me to the goings on of the day,  of course I was ready I jumped up off the breakfast table and ran into the shower. If you've been tuning into the youtube channel (Barbieonabudget), you saw my rant about being ready for adventure especially CHEAP adventures. Nonetheless myself, Ms. Erica, and Ms. Sammie arrived to the concert around 2, we figured we'ld get a head start, a FREE Drake concert, of course we knew the whole of New York was coming. And to our dismay, the whole of New York did come, and ruin the entire show! However,they were not the only ones to blame, the show was poorly organized. But first things first lets discuss the disgusting crowd. There were the few hipster music lovers that admire Drake for his lyricism and skill (i.e. myself and Ms. Erica, we wont include Sammie for 2 reasons, shes not really a hipster and shes not as familiar with Drake as we are, she just likes him and wanted to hear more of his music! Five points to her for explorative spirit!) Then there was the hip hop heads you know, slightly older in there early to mid thirties who grew up in the hip hop generation. But trust me, the true music lovers were few and far between, the crowd was infested with teenie boopers. Long story short, the crowd got rowdy, management didnt provide enough crowd control or enough music to mellow the mood, Drake never performed, I went home vowing to never subject myself to freee hip hop concert again! But no fear, my week was saved by none other than Alvin Ailey.
                   The wonders of Alvin Ailey. I've loved them since I first saw them when I was 13, I was definitely stirred. At that time I was a little aspiring dancer myself, I've since stopped but i still have a dancer's spirit, so when ever I can afford to I check them out, I do. This time they were at BAM tickets were as cheap as $20. However, because Im a student under 25 I got in for $11, and we (Ms. Sammie and I), got orchestra seats which would probably have costed us about $60. My favorite part was the entire performance. HA! However three pieces really stuck out, In/Side which was choreographed to Nina Simone's "Wild is The Wind". I know, you know, that anything presented by Ailey to anything sung by Nina Simone can't help but be a master piece. If you Barbies havnt heard of or listened to Ms. Simone get on it! She's amazing. Uptown, which was a piece focused on the roraring twenties was spectacular with the most vibrant costuming, but what stood out most for me was the section when the dancers danced to the narration of passages written by W.EB Dubois and Zora Neale Huston's. And of course they performed the piece that the Ailey company has become so famous for Revelations. Undoubtedly, my favorite section of that piece is the section choreographed to wade in the water. My spirit wades in that water everytime!  Stay Tune to hear about my venture to get tickets for Shakespeare in the park and my trip to see Ms. Myotis' Bible Camp.
                     Im not gonna go into too much detail cause I want you Barbies to see these things for yourself. Even if your a number pushin' Barbie behind a desk artistic expression is vital to a full life. You just may find that in your numbers as an accountant, or in cells as a biologist, but you should also experience how others find it.  Come on Barbies make me proud and go have your own cheap thrills! (not the ones your thinkin' of lol)  Till next time dolls stay relevant!