STAR FOCUS: BILAN THOMPSON
INTRODUCING ' THE BLACK DIAMOND' Bilan Thompson is an amazing poet and creative with a powerful will, and this all translates in her poetry and other creative ventures. Bilan is a frequent collaborator with International Best selling Poet, Joseph Spencer and in their very first collaboration, which garnered thousands of engagements worldwide; She was Universally dubbed by the alias, 'Black Diamond' for her powerful piece on pride as a person of Black descent. Today Bilan takes us into her world as she discusses the subject ' Come out of the Shell'. full excerpts from Bilan below: Have you ever witnessed a turtle draw back in its shell? If you were to study a turtle, you would discover that turtles use their shells to protect themselves from danger. Just like the turtle, I can relate to hiding in my own personal shell. I spent most of my life shy, petrified and frozen, scared. Not wanting to be seen. Fear is something I always struggled with being a...