Whipping our hair like willow smith

WILLOW SMITH PERFORMS LIVE ON ELLEN.

INTERVIEW W/ ELLEN!

If you are like me and the rest of the world, you too are whipping whatever hair you have. Or maybe not. The sensation that is known as Willow Smith performed for the first time on Ellen yesterday and it was a promising performance. What I enjoy most about this little wonder is that she is very pleasant, charmingly present and real. What does that mean you say? Well, in a time when being a young person has become existentially extinct for many youth around the world, Willow Smith is showing us all what innocence really looks like.

Working with youth my entire life has shown me that they are some amazing people and this young girl is not to be taken lightly. We know her from her amazingly talented, and rich family. We’ve laughed with her father for years, watched her mother mature into a delicious woman and talent, we’ve also shared moments with her and brother Jaden on the big screen. The amazing aspect to this burgeoning career is that she has some talent and definitely a lot of flavor. She sat first row in several shows during MIlan’s fashion week. And baby, her ensembles were some of the hottest I saw!

I love when young people are given the stage because what we are blessed to witness is their life and their journey. So many young people are living dramas that we adults have created and play out with them. It is a breath of fresh air to see young Willow taking us on her particular adventure, bright colors, hair whipped and focused. Like her father, the girl is a positive energy and spirit.

My hair is probably about two inches long, and since it is african hair looks like it is 1/2 in. in length, but that does not stop me from whipping it, at least whipping my neck. I’ve loved this song ever since I heard it online. Now, I have been blessed to see the beginning of what I hope to be a long career of discovery and maturity for Willow Smith. Like she said, ‘Whip My Hair is the new “I AM Me” song, and I am glad we are able to see something different than the plastic-post-pop-posturing of music today. Maybe Willow Smith can get all of us to look a little closer into our own innocence and find some of the special things that make us who we are. And when we find it, make sure we whip it, whip it real good.

DEVO, WHIP IT. (for the old heads)