Texas: Amanda Johnston
Texas: Amanda Johnston
Episode 14 of The Laureate Project
“I will say ‘Howdy’ and it is not ironic; I mean ‘Howdy.’ I wave and smile at people I don’t know. That comes from being raised in a place where I have received that kind of welcome. Before I know anything else: ‘Come in here. We’ve got food over here, are you hungry? We’ve got drinks over here, are you thirsty?’ That’s where I come from.”
We grow big together. Immensity is, more than anything, a function of community and an outcome of awareness. Are you aware of where you’ve come from? Are you aware of those around you? Are you aware of the common joy that rests between you and me, ready for the picking if we take the risk? Amanda Johnston has taken the risk—of moving, listening, demanding—and her world has grown all the more for it. Here, in the latest rehashing of The Laurate Project, she gives us a glimpse at the foundation she is building upon.
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Featured Music:
"Tap of the Drum" | Dawn, Dawn, Dawn | Courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
"Blues for the Lonesome" | Rikard From | Courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
"Perpetual Transit" | Walt Adams | Courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com