After a couple of weeks filled with art exhibitions (no less than three), cultural evenings and the fabulous Dhaka Hay festival which included a number of very inspiring speakers. For me the bravest of all were the performance poets. I have been moved, again and again by the courage of those who dare to share their art and have the courage to be proud of what they do when there is no quality standard against which to measure and reassure themselves.

Artists

Courage to overcome
the inner critic,
skeptic analytic,
to dare to share
who you are, what you hide
inside.

Have the cheek to be loud,
weird and proud.
Unrefined emotion,
you’ve untwisted, set in motion-
let free,
let be,
let us see
what emerges if you dare
to share.

Dhaka 2014