Kuumba | Kwanzaa 2025

Kwanzaa Day 6 of 7 | #Kuumba (Creativity): Believe it or not, before I became a super nerd, I used to write poetry. 🤓 I can't explain what caused my season of poetry-writing back then, nor can I explain why I haven't written any more poetry in the many many years since.

But, today's principle made me go back and look thru some of my stuff - I found one I'd written called "When Women Sing" that talks about the beautiful melody of the female voice. It's too long to post on this platform, but I'm particularly fond of its ending:

"...And I just bet God sits and rests And begins to dream When Women Sing..."

Kuumba is about the power of creativity, and how it can inspire and uplift. It can take so many forms, and even now that my work is almost entirely technical, I still find ways to bring creativity to my tasks. (Have you seen some of my old PowerPoints?) :)

In 2026 I'm thinking of [re-] trying to learn the guitar. Seems like that might be a good balance after a day of building AI solutions in Azure. LOL

How about you - any plans to be more creative in 2026?

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