26 Creations

Reflections on Identity, Storytelling, and the Importance of Community

By: Jonathan Paul

Narrated by: Jonathan Paul

I call on you

To join me in creation

In all its frustrating beauty

I invite you With my words and allusions

To respond in kind with your own

I challenge you

To enjoy with maximum pleasure

To wake up

To breathe

To smile

Jonathan Paul is a 26-year-old Trinbagonian author currently living in San Francisco, California. Born and raised on the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, he grew up thoroughly enjoying the creative and performing arts: writing essays, performing poetry, acting, and playing the alto saxophone. He left Trinidad and Tobago with an Open Scholarship for his performance in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations and attended Amherst College where he double majored in Mathematics and Psychology. Deviating from his creative roots even further, he graduated from college and began working in management consulting.

Following the publishing of this book, Jonathan plans to return to school in order to obtain his Masters in Social Work to further explore his passions there, and also because a former colleague mentioned to him that going from consultant to published author to social worker sounds like a good setup for a really funny joke.

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