Woman’s Work
Bria M.
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Kate Bush’s haunting vocals in “This Woman’s Work” have been the soundtrack of countless private moments with my mom. She and I would sing and dance to it together, though I was far too young to understand what the song meant to her. As the years have gone by, I have seen my mother keep a brave face through everything, no matter how much the world tries to push her down. In a way, this dance represents the struggle she and every other woman faces in a world that doesn’t appreciate us. Now more than ever, we are not allowed to be overwhelmed by the burdens of womanhood, so I hoped to express that hidden vulnerability, as well as how we must stand up and face the world that is so desperate to silence us.
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Creativity, to me, means escape from myself. When I create, I am not just me, I am the story that needs to be told. My doubts are erased, and I become something more; I become the music and the movement and the rest of the world melts away.
