Special Visit

The Eminence Production Company had a special guest artist this past week, an actress named Olunike Adeliyi. Everything about her was an inspiration, the fact that she is a working actress, the fact that she managed to be successful despite all of the things stacked against her, (being a young, black single mother trying to get an education). But overall, the most inspiring thing about her is the fact that she is from my hometown, and she was a student of one of my current teachers. If a regular person who had it rough could overcome her problems and head for the top of the world, then there is absolutely no reason as to why anyone else can't do the same.


When she was talking, I was just there taking in some of her values. I've noticed that most successful artists that I know of write regularily in journals, accounts, blogs, etc. It's not very often that you'll find one who doesn't; for an exapmle, EVEN STEVE-O (A.K.A. MR. JACKASS) HAS A BLOG. So I figure that there must be something special about regularily writing.

The peace of mind that accompanies writing must be helping these people toward success, or like another one of Olunike's values, maybe it's channeling your thoughts that allows people to know themselves better. Knowing yourself = confidence, especially when it strengthens your values.

 When you can get to the point where you as an artist can confidently interview and filter your potential agents, no doubt; you know yourself well and you trust yourself.


So much can be learned from an artist like Olunike. I was amazed when she told us that while living in New York, she was taught more by the atmosphere than the school that she attended; that she would sit on a park bench and simply allow the city to speak to her. If there's a model artist for emotional awareness and sound inner being, it's Olunike Adeliyi.

- The Artist