A performing artist discloses his uphill climb to self-acceptance and the role spoken word and poetry had in aiding his trek. Touching on toxic masculinity, internal battles, and gender non-conformity, Jorrel uses spoken word and prose to divulge his struggle in coming to terms of being a purple: a little bit of red, a little bit of blue, in a world that is so caught up on the separation of the two. Jorrel Javier is a Philippines born, Southern California transplant raised and based in Torrance, CA. He is finishing his final year as a BFA Musical Theatre major at Texas State University, under the direction of Kaitlin Hopkins.
A devoted Spoken Word Artist and occasional Slam Competitor, his hands sometime have trouble keeping up with his fast-paced brain and schedule. Recently, he has been a featured poet at Texas State University's first TEDx Talk (2016) and he was the founder and President of the SLAM! Spoken Word and Poetry Club (2016-2017) at Texas State University. In the past, he's been a twice-featured poet at Redondo Cartel (2014-2015), the back-to-back Grand Slam Champion of Torrance High School's annual Poetry Slam competition (2013-2014), and he won 4th place at the California State Speech and Debate Championship in the category of Original Prose and Poetry in 2014. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
11 янв 2018
