In one set, Andrea Gibson made me cry, laugh, simmer, hold my friends close, and want to call my mother.
There is no place for complacency in a roomed shared with Andrea Gibson. She reminds us of how much work there is left to be done. Her candor and sincerity bring reality into the present moment as she coerces her audience to face the intensity of truth.
When she spoke of home, her words caught me vulnerable. Though her vignettes from growing up in small town Main look nothing like my own memories, she captured the significance of home and I found myself held in the resonance. Confused tears dropping from the corners of my eyes rendered me human.
As an artist, there is nothing more thrilling than an encounter with a beautiful heart, a powerful mind, or an impassioned spirit – Andrea Gibson incapsulates all three of these.
