I feel every medium of art needs to heal to some degree. It can't live in it's own void, and this came from my earliest experiences as a young refugee.
Masiela LushaBeing as restless as I am by nature, I couldn't simply just be on set, wait for my turn to rehearse for the week. And I kept reading, but it wasn't enough for me.
Masiela LushaI feel my poetry has contributed through all these languages that I needed to learn leading up to English.
Masiela LushaI just don't know how to stitch words in a predictable way sometimes. It's a weird instinct I've developed.
Masiela LushaI know that there's this one Albanian myth that's always reflected on, and I think it reflects on the actual core culture. That myth is called The Besa. B-E-S-A. The Besa is a word that Albanians use to mean avow, but it's such a strong promise, that even past death, one cannot break that promise. It is unfathomable. So if you give someone your besa, life or death, heaven or hell, you have to fulfill that besa.
Masiela Lusha