#attemptingartistry

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Jazz Verse Jukebox 24.05.19 @hoxtonhall Lighting got me out here looking like an angel! 😇 - - “Becoming” filmed by the ever supportive, ever wonderful real MVP @corey.p.poet 🙌🏼💛🙌🏼 - - - #poet #poetry #poem #becoming #theglass #glowing #growth #lighting #london #attemptingartistry (en Hoxton Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx5i1pxjVd5/?igshid=1wj4p2tyfpe46

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I wear my heart on my feet #ballerina #dancer #ballet #fortheloveofdance #worldwideballet #language #of #my #soul #attemptingartistry https://www.instagram.com/p/BzKlwbKDT0h/?igshid=15omys2pnllde

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🌟Sköll World Forum 2019🌟 All the creatives joined me in saying the last line of one of my poems ‘This is for getting up and trying, and trying and trying...’ - - It was such an honour to be recommended to perform here last year and it was a privilege to be welcomed back again this year. The absolutely lovely @twendywendy510 put together an incredible show and it was such a pleasure to perform alongside these three super talented gems: @mikedrblue on guitar/vocals, @sameena.zehra with her hilarious storytelling and @sugarjpoet with his brilliant poetry. They all deserve your attention! - - - Massive thanks again to @damilolaonafuwa for his brilliant photography 💥 - - I can’t wait till next year! #poet #poetry #oxford #performers #artists #creatives #skollworldforum #attemptingartistry (en Oxford, Oxfordshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwWWW2oB3Y4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ejwy7tcackix

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A clip of “Salmon Child” accompanied by my new loop pedal & the v.talented @theessaflett on fiddle! —- —- —- Massive thanks to @note_toshelf for filming and sending me this video! (Full version on my facebook page: Bella Cox Performer) —- —- Written with #TransgenderAwareness in mind. Filmed at @poetryplus_bath on 27/11/18 —- —- #attemptingartistry #looppedal #poet #poetry #video #fiddleplayer #salmonchild #transdayofvisibility #art #bath #london (en St James Wine Vaults) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqzO3KZBaNj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11upikxu3zphh

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🌸Bali🌺 2/3 —- —- —- Nanang was a great teacher 🙏🏼 but every lesson comes with failures and I certainly got to know the sea pretty well as I attempted #surfing for the first time! —- —- The determination to GET UP on that board and ride the wave was stronger than I thought it could be and I have a new-found respect and admiration for surfers - It is a lot harder than it looks! But soooo so rewarding too. I was incredibly proud of myself for managing to stand up not once, but THREE times during this two-hour lesson 😁 and while I was in the sea, tilting my board above the waves, paddling furiously against the current, heaving myself up onto the board, falling off, trying again, then pushing myself up from the board and attempting to stand despite the fast waters, I couldn’t help but be the #poet I am and make the obvious life comparison...I am learning in so many different ways the art of failing gracefully, publicly, shamelessly, and continuously. It’s all growth. It’s all part of the journey to success. It’s tough and it takes grit and continued determination and it costs more than a few bruises(!) but boooyyy does it feel damn good when we do just GET. YOURSELF. UP! 🏄🏻‍♀️💃🏻 —- —- Thanks for coming to my TEDtalk. Dare to be brilliant 💛 —- —- —- #bali #surfing #lessons #growth #journey #attemptingadulthood #attemptingartistry #attemptingsurfing #acceptance #failgracefully #failoften #fail #success #joy #achievement (en Kuta Beach, Bali) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp9RJxHBK7a/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ug29nxjlo3yz

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Edited dates*** also new website is now up and running!!! Check out www.bellacox.com :) . . . 📸 courtesy of @tyronelewis22 at Spoken Word London last Wednesday . . . . #attemptingartistry #attemptingadulthood #newdates #newwebsite #websitelaunch #slam #spokenwordpoetry #poetry #poetinlondon #poetsofinstagram #lgbtq #gigs

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Also my new and improved website is launching at midnight on 28.03.18 (tomorrow night) and i cannot Waaaaiiittt for you to see it! . . . 📸 courtesy of @tyronelewis22 at Spoken Word London last week 🎉 . . . . #performer #poet #attemptingartistry #attemptingadulthood #performances #gigs #lgbtq #london #oxford #spokenwordpoetry #poetry #thingstodoinlondon #community #speak #spoken (at London, United Kingdom)

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One more sleep till the PEN TING relaunch!!!! 🎊 . . >>Reposting this from @pentingpoetry that you should follow to stay up to date<< 🎤🎤 Make sure you reserve your seat by RSVPing and buying your £1 🎟 on the EventBrite page! 🎤🎤 You’ll be hearing from each one of the new team members as feature performances and there are plenty of open mic spots to sign up for on the door @ 6.30pm! 🎤🎤 . . #hiphop #poetry #poetsofinstagram #londonpoet #attemptingadulthood #attemptingartistry #queerpoet #performer #event #penting

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Trying prose poetry using parataxis, Sharon Olds inspired with thanks to @blackbodyradiation_x for the question prompt: What do i see in my reflection? Landscape of a Woman 📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝📝 #attemptingartistry #attemptingadulthood #poet #poetry #parataxis #prosepoem #poetsofinsta #poetsofinstagram #londonpoet #landscapeofawoman #feminine #devine #landscape

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The Writing Room 2017 cohort is #lit 🔥 Big thanks to @applesandsnakes and @rogerrobinsononline for all that you've given us by way of #poetic #knowledge these past 6weeks 🌸 🎤 🎤 🎤 📸 Photo credit: @repeatbeatpoet 🙌🏽 . . . #poet #poetry #londonpoet #attemptingartistry #attemptingadulthood #blessed #thewritingroom #spokenwordpoetry #londonpoetryscene #blackandwhitephoto

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This FRIDAY! 7.30pm! @hoxtonhall I will be performing a 15min #Feature set @jazzversejukebox hosted by the incredible @jumokef accompanied by an amazing full #jazzband!!!! YES! For REAL! I cant wait to see your beautiful faces there! Grab the last tix now! Link @ bellacox.com !!! 😊💃🏻🎤💃🏻😊 #attemptingartistry #attemptingadulthood #poet #performer #londonpoet #poetsofinstagram #poetsofinsta #stage #jazz #poetry #music #words #london #spokenwordpoetry

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What a night! Thank you all for such a positive, life-affirming queer/female atmosphere! Im so happy i made it to the finals and get to compete again on the 7th of December! See you there! 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 #attemptingartistry #slam #final #genesisters #winners #poetry #poets #london @genesiscinema @genesisSlam

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Shout out to my #Vans sneakers for seeing me through 2 consecutive #EastLondon performances this week! 😉😎 - - First up on Tuesday at @ht_hackney slam finals I got to compete alongside some of the best in the field and witness some super deserving poets be crowned winner and runner up: @rickdove & @bexgordonpoet respectively 🙌🏼 (Massive thanks to @daisytgee for showing up AND making me look good - as per. 📸) - - Next up, I spent Wednesday working with the kids at @cardinalpolerc to prepare for their #poetryshowcase which was BRILLIANT despite a no-show, a nosebleed, an inter-year quarrel and some very nervous performers! I am so proud of all these kids have achieved and so thankful that I get to bare witness to it. Massive thanks to @christianfoleypoet for doing the thing and putting it all together! Great also to see @raymond_antrobus back for the show at the school where he began the whole Resident Artist Educator thing to start with. I am so thankful that both of you have created such a wonderful ethos for poetry here & for having me be part of it. 🙏🏼 - - Coming upppp we’ve got me writing poems for the @thepoetrytakeaway at the #LondonPrideParade on Saturday with @nationwide so come say hello if you can! - - - #attemptingartistry #poet #performer #educator #facilitator #artist #london #picoftheday #poetry #spokenword #slam #showcase #lgbtqpoetry #pride #thingstodoinlondon (en London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzg0uScjAWS/?igshid=1qjee0mzth150

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What a great team we were! @kat_francois @antoshwojcik and myself at @hammer&tonguehackney for #Poets vs #Rappers hosted by the hilarious duo @poetcurious & @angrysam 💥💥💥 Suuuuch a fun night! My cheeks are sore from all the smiling! 😊 thank you so much for having me! 💛 . . Okay okay, so, rappers won... THIS TIME buuut next time it will be us #POETS ! #spokenwordpoetry #spokenwordlondon #performer #attemptingadulthood #attemptingartistry #rap #battle #poetry #hammer&tongue

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What a gorgeous afternoon at @redbridgelibraries Book Awards! I got to share some of my work with 11-16 yr old students from schools across London who, admittedly, were not sure if they liked poetr at first! But swipe to see their comments after they heard some #spokenword :p - - Convinced everyone to be in a #stageselfie with me, then had my first ever queue of people asking for #autographs! Incredibly validating 😊 and one girl even drew a picture of me!!! So many gorgeous bright lights in that room today. - - Massive thanks to Nina Simon for putting on this whole event and for inviting me to be a part of it. It’s beautiful to bare witness to the next generation of #writers as they discover themselves. Thank you. - - - #attemptingartistry #poet #poetry #performer #bookaward #drawing #doodle #fanart #ceremony #london #ilford #art #kids #poetryforkids #spokenword (en Ilford Town Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzN_DqQDDe4/?igshid=puwc3oboucyh

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Lee Krasner is/was an incredible artist who refused to succumb to the pressure of finding a signature style of creating art and sticking to it like so many of her contemporaries. Her art morphs as she does. It is hugely autobiographical and, as such, hugely personal. - - I am pictured and filmed here in front of her piece ‘Another Storm’ reading a poem I wrote from her perspective entitled “Behold”. At the time of writing I felt I could hear her voice telling me not to make a metaphor out of her and demanding that she be given her due respect. I hope I have done her justice. - - It was a real honour to be selected as one of two poets to perform at this fundraising gala alongside the wonderful wordsmith that is @byfordkatie :) & a real pleasure to eat and mingle in the @barbicancentre conservatory for the first time. Thank you so much for having me. - - Photo credit to @_aislingf & @byfordkatie Thank you for capturing these!!! - - - #attemptingartistry #poet #poetry #poetryinlondon #artgallery #leekrasner #exhibition #barbicancentre #performance #art (en Mysterious Barbican Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzNLycjjEvM/?igshid=1lj4mmi84r9az