I have been a creator and performer ever since I remember. I wrote secret poems in the night-time as a way to process my violent, unstable childhood. Being on stage was a kind of catharsis, where I was allowed to release the bottleneck of emotions inside me. Yet any kind of natural gift cannot be utilised meaningfully when it is unmastered. My gifts exploded out of me, raging in moments when I did not mean them to. My wisdom was trapped within the tangle of my trauma for decades.

I was a time-bomb. 

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One of my earliest lessons in this life was the 6 months I spent in Changi Women's Prison when I was 19 years old. I was not able to write, as they regulated such materials in case of misuse. It was torture. I realised then, how much we need to express our creative energy. All humans are born creators, we just forget because in order to create, we have to feel - and it is hard to feel, especially in big cities and emotionally-silenced societies.

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When I was done with my time, I went back to study performance but this time with the intention of using my skills in service. I knew that I was here to give voice to those who are silenced, and to speak from within the margins of society. When my mother died quite suddenly a decade ago, my entire world crumbled and I had to rebuild my reality. I began a process of spiritual awakening while simultaneously learning how to create more advanced art and performance. This is how the pieces came together to make this transformative vehicle, Elevated Expression. Today I work as a professional poet and performer, and with Elevated Expression to give voice to the voiceless and transform my universe in my own special way.

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