Christopher Darrick Odom

I often describe myself in the following manner: "To begin to tell you about me would take a lifetime for it took a lifetime for me to get to this point in life. Rather than figuring out what to add and what to omit, I will just simply state: I am often a profound sage in search of truth, knowledge and understanding, I am often a capitalist in search of financial freedom, most times I am a fruitcake baby who refuses to grow up. I definitely will grow older and I'm proud of my age, but I just decline to grow up!"

It has been hard to recognize what I do as an art. Writing to me is something I must do. I have admiration for a musician who can create a heartwarming, emotional uplifting or energy generation song or lyric. To see a great rendering of art either in paint, sculpture, or photography is truly an art. I now realize writing also is an art.

We live is a world of categories, pigeon holes, and markets. I don’t subscribe to any of this. Hollywood has lost its creativity to subscribe to sequels and remakes. There was a time an actor was forced to do a movie they didn’t want to do only to become their greatest work. Best seller list are toped by the same formula.

I write whatever I feel like any artist. If I reach one or one million, for me it is the art of reaching someone. If I can help someone to feel something, seek something or understand something I have attained my goal as an artist. I say all the time that I am paid in smiles or wows!