Meet Love Harris

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Love Harris. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Love below.

Love, so excited to have you with us today. So much we can chat about, but one of the questions we are most interested in is how you have managed to keep your creativity alive.
I find that giving myself space and time to create helps me to keep it alive. I operate mostly through feeling and emotions when it comes to my creativity. If it doesn’t feel right or comfortable, I leave it alone.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
Sheritta “Love” Harris (drums) started playing drums and percussion at Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High under Mr. Charles Funn. She continued studying at University of the District of Columbia 2004-2006 under the late Calvin Jones and Allyn Johnson. She is currently a member of The Funn Band Jazz Ensemble with Charles Funn , the New World Outreach Jazz Orchestra with Ronald Rolling, the lead vocalist for The Storage Unit Collective, Nu Band featuring Tim Obasi and The Rose Gold Experience. Her performance history also includes playing at Baltimore’s Jazzway 6004,An die Musik in Baltimore, Twins Jazz in DC, at the 2019 Baltimore Jazz Alliance Jazz Festival, and with multiple small ensembles and artists in the DMV area. She is currently the host of The Vibe Check held at The Motorhouse on the 2nd Thursday of every month. Her love of music has lead her to become a musician, producer, engineer, designer and entrepreneur. Inspired by her daughter, a website was created www.Lovefree1.com is filled with clothing, household items and accessories.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
The best piece of advice I can give, JUST BE YOU. To often we change or manipulate who we are to fit others ideas and standards of us. Take control of what you feel, what you do, who you are. Hold yourself accountable and don’t waste time pointing fingers. Self awareness can be beautiful and overwhelming. Spend time with yourself and get to know you. If its something you don’t care for about yourself, change it. You are your best work and its constantly being worked on. No one is perfect.

Looking back over the past 12 months or so, what do you think has been your biggest area of improvement or growth?
Self Reflection and Self Care.

I started therapy last year and it has been one of the best things I have done for myself. Getting to know me in a different way has been rewarding and has provided a wonderful release. I’m able to see things so much clearer than before and hold myself accountable for how I see an react to things. It is hard work but its worth it.

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