The written word is the most precious and intimate window into the human condition.
Scriptwriting
Poetry.
Let her breathe. Let her be water. Sweet water. Saltwater. Let her be silence. Let her roar behind crashing waves rushing to the seashore like lovers who come back to one another. Let her be roots turned into trees into nests into home. Let her be sun and moon. Let her be light and grey. Let her be twirling leaves in the fall. Let her weep in the winter. Let her sing with the birds in the spring. Let her be love in the summer. Let her be life. Let her be birth. Let her be.
— Earth
Acting.
Acting is storytelling. Acting is empathy. It is one’s ability to put themself in someone else’s shoes. It’s being able to live another life. It’s about living in someone else’s pain, joy, struggles, dreams, secrets, and journeys. It’s both a privilege and a responsibility and it requires a great deal of vulnerability and honesty. Acting is my first love. It was my first discovered secret - that through it, I can live a thousand lives. — Hayat
Free Writing.
We are made to believe that our differences are threatening to one another. The moment we are born, we are born into categories. The most important decisions are already made for us. Our gender, name, race, ethnicity, religion are all chosen. They have been used to drive conflict and create spaces between people that so often, we turn away from conversing with another in fear of conflict or disagreement. But what we are in dire need of as a people, is the space - the safe space - to simply talk to one another. — Hayat