Those three words can be so powerful.

They don’t need to be negative.

They don’t need to evoke shame or ridicule.

The power, the positivity and the possibility in those words is what happens AFTER.

I don’t know, but…

I don’t know, however…

I don’t know, and…

I work hard to KNOW. I want to know, I desire to know. Knowing is knowledge. Knowledge is power.

But I don’t know everything. If I did, what would be the point to continue to strive for knowledge, for understanding?

I don’t apologize. I don’t feel bad. I don’t make excuses.

When a singer needs to know something that I don’t know - I say that. I don’t know…but I will find out. I will explore and discover and figure it out.

That is empowering - for both of us. We can discover it together. We can riddle it out, discover how it works, and make sense of it so we can utilize it effectively - whatever the answer is.

Not knowing isn’t a short-coming or a flaw. Recognizing you don’t know, allows you permission to discover MORE.

And there’s nothing better than finding things out!

As artists, it’s our curiosity that keeps us fresh, keeps us exploring, discovering, revealing.

I don’t know, but I will find out!

I don’t know, yet!

I don’t know, however, I am exploring to find it!

I don’t know, and I am discovering more!

Keep knowing. Keep revealing.

Stay curious. Stay aware.

Work with your knowledge and your power to reveal what you don’t yet know.

Claim that which you do not yet know. Until you know it. Then reveal it. Use it for good. Use it for art and life and all the space in-between.

With fondness & fierceness,

Susan