We have a fun job! We interview real people with real creative lives. Both Alyse and Jayne live in cities with many interesting creative people. Who says you have to live on the coast to have a creative life! Well, I guess Alyse, does live on the coast, in Long Island NY . Jayne lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the heart of the Midwest. We don’t have to dig very deep to find people who are genuinely living creatively and were willing to share. We believe you will be fascinated and inspired by their stories. You may even put some of their suggestions into practice.
This time we spoke with Eleni Kelakos who resides in Ann Arbor (Formerly of New York and Los Angeles). Eleni is an active member of the business community with her Communications Coaching and can also be seen on stage performing musical theater or her own music. She is an accomplished singer/songwriter with several CDs to her credit. Jayne and Eleni both felt an immediate connection when they first met at the Ann Arbor Chamber meeting last year. She generously shares the wisdom she has gained on her creative path.
Here are a few highlights of our conversation with Eleni.
I’ve created a program, (The Tallest Poppy Program) … that involves a one-woman theatrical show with music and monologs based loosely on me, Eleni, and my life as the Tallest Poppy. I wear a Tallest Poppy costume. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a six foot woman in a green tutu with petals around her head. Really, it’s empowering. It’s thought provoking. It’s designed especially to get girls right at that "cuspy" period when they are moving into adolescence, when they are being told by their peers and by the general media "diminish yourself, be less than your are." I’m saying, "Be everything you can be, what ever that is, and celebrate being unique."
I’m asking my SPEEK clients to do the exact same thing… I give permission to give yourself permission to be everything you can be. I am an artist coming in to the business world with the intention of remaining an artist in the business community because I feel it’s really needed!
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