#041: Taking control. Stammering, being in prison and not letting things define you
This week I share an insightful conversation I had with Sean BW Parker. Sean is a British writer, artist and academic in art, cultural theory and justice reform. He lived in Istanbul for ten years until 2014 where he lectured at Istanbul University, and gave a TEDx talk 'Stammering and Creativity'.
He has published or contributed to a number of books, won six Koestler Arts awards (including a platinum for his play The Wolfstadt-Wire) and a Perrie Lectures essay award in 2019.
Sean is Editor of False Allegations Watch, for the Empower the Innocent organisation.
What you’ll hear about:
The enigma of stammering
Stammering Pride
Accepting your disfluency
Taking control and being open to talk about your speech impediment
Turning internal language processing into creativity
Balancing a state of aspiration and integrity
Being pragmatic through changing a name
R is the hardest letter to pronounce in the English language
Finding community while in prison
Keeping strong to maintain your innocence
Not letting things define you and putting it down as another chapter in your life
Weekly Challenge : Reach out with curiosity to someone you know with a speech impediment to learn more.
Power of Music : Don’t believe the hype by Public Enemy
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