Once he changed his mind about that limiting thought, everything changed. The calls were coming from inside the house. He was the producer of that limiting thought. He realized that he was the one telling himself that. When a friend encouraged him to return to drag, he wondered where he’d heard that he couldn’t do it. “Pop stars represent your secret self.” He was drawn to rule breakers like David Bowie and Diana Ross, and (now for something completely different) Monty Python’s Flying Circus.Īt one point early in his career, he thought that he couldn’t make it to the big time doing drag. In “Cultural Lighthouses to the Soul,” RuPaul describes himself as always being a seeker, and pop stars were who he looked to. Meditation is as simple as “being still and listening to your body.” “You want to create space in your conscious for your frequency to shine through.” When that frequency comes through, not only will you have a sense of your true self, but once you embrace it, your people, your tribe will find you. He talks about how there’s so much noise! As my blog is called Writing Through the Noise, he had my attention. There’s a frequency that is unique to you, and your job is to locate it. (I’m a compulsive note taker.)Īs I listened to the first lesson, “Finding Your Frequency,” I was surprised to hear him talk about stillness and meditation! I chose to start with “RuPaul Teaches Self-Expression and Authenticity,” because I wanted something I could listen to without feeling the need to take notes.

I was convinced and signed up for a year-long subscription. He plays the lessons as he draws, and not just the ones on writing and film, but others on food, music, or science. My friend, children’s author and illustrator Matt Phalen, couldn’t stop talking about Master Class (video lessons taught by experts in their fields) the last time I saw him.

The world is our collaborator, and sometimes we can be surprised from where inspiration comes. If we’re lucky someone will place the book we need for instruction into our hands at just the right moment.Īs they say: when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.īut writers aren’t our only teachers. I tell my writing students that our teachers are always available 24/7 waiting on our bookshelves or a click away on the internet.

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