Why 'Wet Paint'?

A gentleman once asked me, if I had an autobiography written about me, what would I name it. I thought for a second, sorted through my brain for appropriate titles. The Life of Me. The First 20 Years. Or simply, Kiki Wilson: An Autobiography. These would do. But none of them represented me or my life. I closed my eyes to concentrate and pulled from the depths of the folds in my brain.

I responded, "wet paint."

Why, Wet Paint?

Changing the color of walls in a room. You start with a primer, making a thick coat to neutralize the existing color. And then you begin with the first layer of the sunshine yellow paint. You wait, it dries. From that point on, you add another coat of the liquid art. and another. and another. and another. Each coat making the final masterpiece that much more beautiful.

I'm young, I have a lot of learning, experiencing, and growing up to do. Right now, the chapters of my life are much closer together and I am closing doors as I move on to opening new ones. Every experience that I have is a new layer of that sunshine yellow. I'm in the midst of one chapter in my life but I am about to embark on an additional new chapter. The walls are wet with a new skin..