Angela Brown, Inspiration to all of us.
Many people who become celebrities quickly forget their home, their old lifestyle and are blinded by all the luxury and money that they were never exposed to before. They become pretentious and this is exactly what I expected from someone as famous as Angela Brown. However I couldn’t have been more wrong. Angela Brown reminds me of Opera in a way that even though she might seem elite, she is for the regular people. Still the same down to earth woman from Indiana Minneapolis who loves her church, her family and who is just very happy because she is finally doing now what she was born to do.
Angela Brown comes from an average family. Even though she doesn’t have any children of her own, she is an aunt to her brother’s two children. Growing up, Angela Brown always loved to sing. Whether it was singing with her mom in the kitchen, or singing in the shower, she just had to sing. Even though she loves singling more than anything, especially Gospel music, when it came to singing classical music she wasn’t too excited about it. She simply did not want to do it, because it’s work rather than just singling freestyle for fun and the love of it. However, she went to a black liberal arts school, and despite her reluctance to sing classical music she received a BA in music and art, which required anyone who graduates to sing classical music as well.
As I mentioned earlier, Angela Brown is a simple woman, but there was nothing simple about her as she walked in one of our classrooms in Baruch. With her warmth and positive spirit as soon as she walked in you could feel life in the room. She was so positive and full of energy that the entire room lit. Everything she said, we listened to with our mouths open. Everything about her was so inspiring, friendly and wonderful. I believe Angela Brown can give hope to anyone who has a vision, but is very pessimistic about living up to it, because she is a perfect example of how someone from an average family can “Catch up with the vision.”
There area lots of hindrances in everyone’s life, however, as Angela Brown so wonderfully phrased, “The biggest opposition is that faced within oneself.” Many of us think that our dreams can never be accomplished, however after meeting Angela Brown, anyone will understand that even though there are not many examples of people like her, there is no reason to give up on a dream, because when it’s your time, you will shine.