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Writing can put a
person in a lonely place. I, myself, happen to like to work alone. I love to
write. Nothing gets me more exciting as when I have an idea and how it starts
to come together in the story that I am working on.
Then there are times
that I can’t generate anything to write, no matter what I do. That’s when I
wonder if I am a writer? Who would even want to read what I write? Does anyone
even care?
But, the other evening,
I was inspired to get back to my writing. I attended the Labsy Awards at the
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The awards are a teen media contest. The Labsy
Awards recognizes teens’ original creations, inventions, and works of art. The
categories were divided as such:
Filmmaking
(original film).
Graphic
Design (digital or
traditional art work).
Fashion
(hand-made, modified, or up-cycled apparel and accessories).
Invention
(a robot, video game, or other original
invention).
Music
(original composition).
Photography (original photo).
Cover
Art
Prose
Poetry
I had never heard of
the Labsy Awards but I know what they are now. I attended the awards ceremony
with my son because his daughter and her classmate were up for an award in the
Music category.
My granddaughter and her
classmate didn’t win an award but to me they were winners by writing an
original composition and performing it. Kudos to the teacher, who submitted
their work and for the girls to be in the running for a Labsy Award. But
mostly, congratulations for the girls for even trying.
The best part of the
evening was seeing what the 1st and 2nd place winners in
each category had submitted and what won.
The evening left me in
awe of these young teens. They were lucky in the fact that they were just
beginning on the road of creativity and they would only get better and better.
After the ceremony, I went home renewed with the excitement of writing. I also
realized that I have a lot of catching up to do!
For the 2015 teens who
created and submitted their work and to my granddaughter, Bayleigh and her
classmate, Anna – Congratulations! Remember that this is only the beginning of
all that creativity that you have inside. So keep creating and performing!
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