We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jada Carpenter a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Jada, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

What I do is something that takes time, I’ve learned that practice and taking my time is the best way to progress. Knowing what I know now, there is no way to speed up my learning process. My learning process is one that takes time and patience, you can’t rush creativity. The most essential skill to have is consistency, knowing that you have to keep producing, regardless of the circumstances. The only obstacles that stood in my way of learning was me.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I am a multi- artist, someone who creates. What I do have always been in me. Everything I do, I’ve been doin my whole life.
I create written, visual, and musical art; such as poems, songs, art pieces and even sculptures. What set me apart from other multi- artists is that what I produce comes from my heart. The process I take for producing anything takes time and it takes passion to trust the process. I am most proud of what I have accomplished so far. I have over 100 poems, a couple of songs, and a few features in magazines. I maybe still going through the up and downs, but the ups get better each time. I want people to know that what I do is a reflection of me and my life, and I will continue to create as long as I can.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

The end result is the most rewarding part of being a artist. When you first begin a project, there’s this overwhelming feeling of how will it come out. Then as you get in your flow, you will some times start to doubt how it’s going, but when you finish and you see that you was worrying about nothing, it’s the most rewarding feeling.

Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?

I believe a non-creative will struggle to understand why I am a creative. They might not see the point or purpose of what I do. Alot of people think that when you produce, you are always supposed to make profit. When in fact that’s not true, especially when you are new to things. Creating works of art is about expressing what inside out. It’s about putting who you are into what you do, and allowing people to feel with you through your creations.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @_.j.ada
• Facebook: Jada Carpenter
• Youtube: @jadasroom9961

Image Credits
Devin Henry Asiegbu Asiegbu Darian Thompson