Wk2 Exploration: Storyboard

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WK2 EXPLORATION: STORYBOARD
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Before I started the MCBS Program, I was a
wanderer and student of life.


I had always thought I would do great things by
following societies rules.

I would be successful, and I would be happy.

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Following that path, I went to Western Washington
University and began working on my degree in Music
Education.

But, after two years, I began questioning everything
and became confused and frustrated.

Nothing seemed to connect. I was becoming like the
sculpture on campus that led to nowhere.


And, trying to sort my thoughts, just tangled them
more. Why did I need to follow societies rules?


Was this my dream, or the expectation of
family and friends?


All I knew, was it felt like I was wasting time, being
chased by a dream that may or may not be mine.


So I left school, and began a different
adventure.

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As a result, my life became one journey after
another.

The journey began as I boarded a one-way flight to
Hawaii with a backpack on my back.

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I had no plans, no responsibilities, and no expectations. All that
mattered were my own actions, and the situations I found myself
in.


I spent years bouncing between Hawaii,
Washington, and California.


I had broken all the rules, and it felt perfect.

I found success without a degree, built skills, and
even found love interests.

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But after seven years, my choices led me to troubled
experiences and troubled relationships.


It was then that my world shattered when I was
diagnosed as HIV positive.


My life as I knew it, had come to an end and a new
experience began. Fear, anxiety and struggle.


I spent nearly a decade
lost and defeated.


I never stopped seeking opportunity or inspiration to
take back my life, but never found that true
connection.

And then it happened. Driving home from work, I was
witness to the Coachella Music Festival being built from the
ground up.

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It was that one defining moment, which was my
greatest Aha! I had just found my life again.

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I knew then, that I would be part of planning and
producing large experiential events.

I immediately took action and chose Full Sail
University as the school of choice.

I would go into the show production an touring degree
program. I even visited the school and began the application
process.


But before I could complete the process, my doubts
took control, and I was once again defeated.


This was a pipe dream that would never be mine.
I accepted I would have to settle for less.


However a year later, a shift began to happen.

I began working on a cruise ship and was inundated by
dozens of crew involved in all aspects of the entertainment
onboard.


And my dreams crept back into my thoughts like a
constant buzz and yearning.

After four years working on ships, I returned to
Seattle. I was looking for stability that ships didn’t
provide.

Soon after returning to Seattle, I chose to join the
Seattle Men’s Chorus. I needed a creative outlet in my
life.

And that was the choice that made all the difference.
It is their love and support that I lean on.

Friends, who choose to live their dream, each day.
And friends who support me, in living mine.


It took a decade, but I understand now that HIV
is not a death sentence, but only an inconvenience.

I no longer live in doubt. I no longer live in fear.
I embrace what seems larger than life.


And today I walk boldly through the door that MCBS
provides, confident and ready to create my future.

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My time has come to unleash experiential awe in the
world, and help others achieve the same.

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