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

Sabria, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

Like many creatives, I’ve been a creative for as long as I could remember. I’ve gone to college, even have gotten my Master’s, but I’ve never intended to anything else than to be creative and I don’t see my life in any other way than to create for the rest of it.

Sabria, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

My name is Sabria Sparrow and, as a creative, my current creative identity lies in being a fashion, beauty, and lifestyle content creator across social media. Through my content, my goal is to inspire my audience to be better version of themselves through remaining authentic to their core values and investing in the parts of themselves that they’re most proud of. I believe in radical self-love and acceptance. I believe, speaking for myself, that especially as a Black woman, the world is constantly sending you signals that you are not enough, that you’re the least desirable, that nobody cares about what you have to say. Through my work, my goal is to embody taking up space with the knowledge that Black women are, and always have been, the blueprint, and that our magic shines even when other people refuse to see or acknowledge it. My brand is all about speaking my truth through fashion, lifestyle, and personal growth content and being unapologetic about being myself and protecting my peace.

How can we best help foster a strong, supportive environment for artists and creatives?

I think the best thing society can do to support artists and creatives is value them. Particularly in the US, we live in a culture that doesn’t value creativity and see’s anything creative as just a “hobby.” We really value things like stem and sciences and things that “feel” more practical. This is something I see in what I do outside of my creative pursuits as a college writing instructor — I’m constantly having to prove to students that writing is valuable, that the humanities are valuable, and in the same ways, art is valuable because it imitates, emphasizes, or draws attention to the human condition in whatever capacity explored. We need creativity as much as “practical” or “logical” pursuits because, simply stated, it makes us better people, and it makes us feel less alone, and educates us about the world around us.

If people took creatives more seriously it would be seen as just as valuable as anything else, (and we’d get paid on time).

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

Ultimately, I want to write. I began creating online because I wanted to write, and along the way discovered all of these various forms of digital art, and it’s really cool to see how that is expanding. My particular goal, as mentioned previously, is to help people not feel alone, to embody confidence and self-acceptance, and to bring attention to social issues in the world through writing, social media, etc.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.sabriasparrow.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/sabriasparrow