Andrea has been one of my greatest heart teachers. I hope they know that I don’t see it as their body carrying my heart, and my heart breaking if their body were to leave. I feel it like their eternal soul has shared love with mine. That love will always be with me and will be shared as far as my soul can reach too. There will be grief, but mostly immeasurable beauty and love. My heart cannot break - it’s been made more whole.
I second this. Andrea has been my favorite writer, and the person that reminds me how to feel the most. I hope they always know their legacy that has touched this earth, and will always continue far after flesh has left
“Looking directly at yourself and not turning away is very similar to looking directly at the world and not turning away.” 1:03 and I'm already crying! Andrea you are such a heart-opener.
When we were kids, Andrea visited our small yet mighty school to preform poetry. I think I can speak for every single person in that room when I say It completely changed our lives: we were blown away. Their kind/passionate/radiant heart permeates all that they do, altering everyone they meet. I've never met another human being like Andrea. Thank you beautiful soul for everything you do/have done - you make the world a better place. We all love you ♥
Gosh...we sure waste a lot of time doing anything except having gratitude for our bodies, huh. I learned a lot from this video. It's also nice to know somebody else transforms into a kid when in nature. :) Thanks Andrea. :)
To see Andrea choose to take off their shirt and show their scars and tape was probably one of the most vulnerable and truely powerful things I've EVER seen in my 45 years. I'm in shock. Loving shock. This reminds me so of my beloved mother in ways I cannot put to words. Thank you, Andrea. ...thank you
In an odd kind of way, my stage 3 breast cancer fifteen years ago was liberating... It set me not only on a different path, but a better one. I remember that moment at 2 AM in the middle of chemo where I looked in the mirror and saw myself truly for the 1st time. I realized what everyone else thought meant nothing, and I was a peace with who and what I saw. In facing possible death and my own fear, I started to truly live.
I felt every range of emotions during this as I do when they perform and speak. It’s Andrea’s power with their words, the way they see the world (and themself) with such empathetic, beautiful clarity. The love and honesty they’ve shared with the world I will forever carry in my heart, and as others said, it has already made me more whole. Thank you for your ineffable vulnerability throughout the years and I hope we get to keep that lightning striking for awhile ❤ ⚡️
Oh, Andrea. It's been such an honor to have found you through Button Poetry. Your words speak of life and love and grief, and watching you embrace every piece of your vulnerability has made me realize that I've wasted so much time beating myself up. I just hope I can learn to be at peace with myself, and you've been a great teacher. I'm pulling for you. I love you and your spirit. Thank you for being a lighthouse.
Andrea has long been one of the most influential poets to my life. Their work was instrumental to helping me share my own voice at one point. I hope that they know how much power and energy their words have put into the world.
I remember the first poem I ever heard of theirs when I was 13. I am 27 now, I wouldn't be here or who I am today without Andrea. Words cannot amount the gratefulness I have to still be learning from such an incredible person - We are all one another and to live through kindness is truly life's purest lesson. I am in awe of everything shared. Thank you thank you thank you. We are all on this journey with you. Love and light.
I, too, heard my first poem of theirs at 13 and am now turning 27. Andrea’s work has been laced through my development. So grateful for their work. Heart opening words.
Chemo helps. Rebuilding tissue so important. No sugar. No alcohol. Look up super conscious healing. You are such a light. Jim Cary says illness is the body undone by the stress of being a persona we no longer wish to be.
I have never cried ever watching a youtube video. This is very touching. My mom had chemo and it was hard to watch her. Seeing a daughter…she’s so beautiful.
I love, love Andrea so. Having recently been diagnosed with a demyelinating disease, I find undescribable comfort in their wisest of words and approach. Was feeling very disheartened today and couldn't shift the relentless anxiety over my situation. But then my mind reminded, go listen to Andrea, and came across this new piece hadn't heard before. Cannot stop crying but in a good way. My heart is lighter, more alive again. I wish I could hug them one day, look them in the eyes and thank them for saving my life. Bliss be with you dear person 🙏
This episode ripped me open, exposed my own vulnerabilities and fears, and yet, left me with so much hope for life, for love, for being. Whilst I learn something from all the What's Underneath episodes, this one changed me. Thank you Andrea and thank you StyleLikeU xx
I met Andrea in 2019. They were the most pure soul I had ever been in the presence of. They didn't "look down on me" like any other "celebrity" I've met. They just emanated pure love and compassion and I felt completely equal.
OMFG, that's one of the most beautiful, transparent, raw, insightful, and lovely interviews I've seen in a very long time. Thank you. Thank you to the interviewer, but especially thank you to Andrea Gibson. Wow.
I came across this person by accident - just showed up in my feed. How lucky and grateful l am that it did. Love your spirit and feel even more freeing by seeing you!!
This is probably the most inspiring thing I've seen in a long while. Everybody is so afraid of death, the pandemic showed that, and I think the most beautiful thing is to embrace it and be aware of it and be present. it's truly the only way to live life and be content. Death is my safety net
I remember witnessing Andrea perform spoken word at the Mercury Cafe in Denver when I was a freshman in college at CU Boulder. It’s a moment that inspired me to continue on in my writing career and to perform my own poetry. Seeing this 22 years later broke open that corner of my heart in a precious way. ❤thank you for sharing this light
I LOVE YOU ANDREA ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS WILL. You taught me that my story, my words, my existence and my life can be unbounded. That my dandelions , my mind can break open a million times in the wind, and scatter a thousand seeds.
Andrea Andrew I didn't think I could love you any more than I already do. You had me bawling on my drive home. I've already cried and loved every poem mentioning your cancer so far. Lost my mama to melanoma 2010 rest in peace & in power, mama Patsy. Staying alive during my hardest bouts with suicidal ideation...the reason was always how could I put my loved ones through that? Even when I'm angry at them for not understanding. Even when I felt like they'd be better off without me. I know how much pain I feel when someone even just walks out of my life. Huge abandonment problems. And... I can't bare to do that to someone else. That's what always stops me. Thanks for bringing up that part of being the child considering the pain it'd cost your parental folks... and having to face that possibility..oof. my heart. You burst it wide open every time. Thank you for that. Thank you for this. Thank you for always being so authentically you.
I didnt cry until i realized i was wearing the same boots as my hero, the soul who showed mine a way to exist freely and joyfully. Its a very strange little detail but the physical connection is something I treasure. Thank you Andrea. Your heart has carried ours for so long- I promise we are here now to carry yours 🫂💖
I am so grateful for you, Andrea, for the feelings you allowed me to tap into through your poetry. For how you have poured yourself into words, into feeling, and opened all of our hearts. I am so happy that I got to see you perform twice and have your signature in my journal. I cried throughout this whole video, just so grateful for what you did for my newly queer teenage self over 12 years ago, and what you're doing for me now as you articulate your most recent revelations. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you for your vulnerability, Andrea. You are a beautiful being and the impact you have had on me, both in this video and your personal posts, has made me feel things I once thought I was too damaged and jaded to feel. You really are a treasure. 💛
Wow! Just... wow. Andrea, your strength, insights, self-reflection, words... all of it. Just... wow. You are inspiring and admirable. This interview was very powerful and moving. Your words are a gift. YOU are a gift. Thank you for sharing your story and yourself with us. May you safely move through the rest of your chemo treatment and find yourself healed completely. Forevermore.
I had cancer when I was 21. It was not life threatening and I did not undergo chemotherapy treatment (although I did have a surgery and radiation via a pill), I so relate to cancer altering my gender and planting seeds for my realization and expression of my queerness. Just one of the incredible things about Andrea's sharing here.
Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing with us, with me. I follow you on Instagram and I love the way you see the world. It teaches me and causes me to reflect so much. As the caregiver of a cancer patient with an incurable form of cancer that also is a slow-growing form, it's very insightful to hear you talk about your experience. His experience is different, I know, they'll all unique journies but there are some strong similarities and this helps me be more empathetic and understanding. Thank you.
Andrea has such a way with words, Jesus Fucking Christ man... What a gift for her to have found her true calling since an early age. Many people go through their entire lives without finding it. Myself included.
Andrea has always been a major inspiration to me. Her strength and willingness to grow and learn and share is a driving force that continues to help guide me in my own journey. I wish her the very very best...
I am in awe of the vulnerability that Andrea was willing to share. As all the people on this channel do. I confess that I did not know of Andrea and their poetry before this...I just found a few of their poems online, and absolutely loved them. I am going to find some more now and devour them. Andrea's voice is like a magnet wrapped in cashmere, and I can't wait to hear them performing their poetry out loud now. Thank you so much for sharing this, Andrea. I wish you the best in every way.
Andrea, you/your work was a part of my wedding. Bone Burying was read by my SIL during the ceremony and it is printed and in a frame. Beautiful piece of work ❤
i found your poetry recently, right before the newest diagnosis. i find your words so raw yet beautiful. thank you for such truths. i have a rare tumor in my lung, diagnosed in the spring of ‘21. i am opting for no surgery. weirdly though, before the dx, i decided i needed to move, but for the first time in my long-ish life, i could not imagine a place to live or a future. it was so perplexing. and then, the tumor. so many feelings of vulnerability now. so new to me.
Thank you 🙏 I’ve been desperately seeking people who have similar practices and ideas. Starting to find them more and more the more I accept it in myself :)
