Kara Edwards is an artist. Her outlook on life as a representation of art is reflected in her blog posts. She uses her life experiences as both an inspiration and metaphor to then manifest through her instrument, her voice.

This process is complex and does not happen overnight. I have known Kara for years and it has been interesting to observe her art unfolding, changing, morphing into various expressions through her vocal discipline.

As the voice of many animated characters, Kara can fill a persona with a calculated tone that comes from years of sensitivity training.  Her ability to occupy a personal space with vocal textures is one that requires precision through physical expertise.

But there is another element at play as well. That is the paradoxical ability to let go and allow a spiritual infusion to occupy her psyche as she becomes the instrument of IT. All this happens in a flash as Kara speaks and lives words just for the moment that will bring animation to animation itself. How simple. How hard.

That is what makes an artist. I have said for years that a true artist is simply one who knows what to frame. A well placed frame helps the viewer see what was there all along.

This is what Kara does with her voice. It seems effortless after the fact but the artist feels the struggle, the paradox and the resulting fatigue or elation or both simultaneously. It is not so much the physical effort but the inner struggle and mastery required to allow the counterintuitive to happen in a willful way that demands relaxed release.

It is refreshing to see an artist hurt. That’s the sign that art has happened.

Kara often shares her inner vulnerabilities on blog posts. What the reader may not be aware of is Kara’s extraordinary strength in doing so.

Find her at KaraEdwardsVO.com