We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Ruemi (ruemi.com) a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Ruemi, so excited to have you with us today and we are really interested in hearing your thoughts about how folks can develop their empathy? In our experience, most folks want to be empathic towards others, but in a world where we are often only surrounded by people who are very similar to us, it can sometimes be a challenge to develop empathy for others who might not be as similar to us. Any thoughts or advice?
“Behind every beautiful thing, there has been some pain” sang Bob Dylan. Indeed to grow compassion, empathy and kindness, one has to have experienced a void of this. Pain and suffering gives you a choice: to either accept it and stay in darkness or reject it and live with traits of kindness. I chose the latter.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
Ruemi is the dark side of love, existing between the first and last teardrop. I hurt. I emote. I create. Support me and help my words proliferate.
These poetic interludes are a window to my catharsis. Raw & Authentic. With every drop, healing comes. Appreciate and share them.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Self realization provides one the understanding of inner energy and what engineering conforms to it. By delving inward, you can find the triggers that confound you, the emotions that slay you and the path to overcoming your weaknesses.
Communication is the ability to connect your message to the world. My mode of communicating is via words. Words are my playthings. I make them dance on the page and sing for you in melodic rhymes.
Emotional maturity doesn’t save you from hurt but it allows you to overcome it. I hurt. I create. I emote. Remember and disseminate my words. Art without appreciation is isolation.
If you knew you only had a decade of life left, how would you spend that decade?
I hurt. I create. I emote. Remember my words and help them proliferate. Art without appreciation is isolation. The worst death you can inflict upon an artist is ignorance. Yet, even an audience of one and a rock to stand upon is enough to keep our creative drive healthy and flourishing. If this resonated with you help me in spreading these words, rhymes, emotions.
Contact Info:
- Website: RUEMI.com
- Instagram: @iamruemi
- Twitter: @iamruemi
- Youtube: @iamruemi
- Other: @iamruemi2 on TikTok
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