I remember the day I
found God, when I was sitting around in the darkness upset about yesterday. I
felt this sudden, divine force as she dusted me off and placed my feet on solid
ground. I couldn’t figure out what God was, but she placed a pencil down on a
table in the darkness and told me to “Sit down and write.” And so, I began. She
then told me that I needed to unshackle those chains of past guilt and
worry. I didn’t really know what I
was writing or why I was writing it. Suddenly, the pen changed into a key and
it just so happened to be the right-sized key to unlock the chains I carried. When
I looked up to see where God was, she had left me in the darkness, alone…so, I
thought. Then, I looked down to the notepad I was writing on and I was
surprised that I had no idea that I had written the word “future” on it. It was
clear that God had given me this ability, this part of her. I recognized that
using this ability was my way of staying connected to God. The key. So now,
focused on the present, I sit down and write.
There’s nothing that hurts more than when we lose someone from our Louisiana Words family. But, the beauty of our writing movement is that the words of our loved ones live on with us. On June 20th, 2023, Louisiana Words Allstar, Jorge Arturo, moved on from this world leaving our hearts broken. He was a charismatic and talented human being. Jorge resided in New Orleans, LA and had been active on Louisiana Words for over a year. To honor Jorge’s life and work, we will be sharing his writing and live performances all Summer 2023. Please help keep his spirit alive by sharing his work. We know that Jorge’s words will connect with our readers and we hope to keep his spirit alive. Jorge’s first submission: “The Dog Show” debuted on February 6th, 2022 and is his most successful piece to date. In 2022, Jorge spent 10 weeks in the top with “The Dog Show,” “Weavers,” “They Say Love Kills, This Time It Really Did,” and “If Hell is Real, It Looks Like an Airport.” His la...
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