Burning It Down

<p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)></span><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A turtle does not seek her shell from fear hesitation or shame. She simply found a place to rest inside of herself.</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)></span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Former high-tech executive Neelam Patel torched her 22-year career to pursue her creative passions. In her poetic debut </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>Burning It Down: Dancing in the Rubble</em></strong><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> </em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Neelam renounces the story of transformation as a glamorized before and after. Instead her raw poetry carries you through subtle layers and complex emotions uncovering the deeper truth that the light is not at the end of the tunnel but somewhere in the messy middle. </span><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)><em>Burning it Down</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)> offers fresh perspectives on friendship anger the South Asian-American experience sensuality shame and dreams. It illuminates how opposing forces like the feminine and masculine or gratitude and rage can coexist. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)>In a world of overthinking </span><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Neelam</span><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)> welcomes you to sink into wherever you are in your own journey and celebrate the rich messy middle: the uncomfortable honest feelings that create space for deep love and vulnerability - ultimately un-shaming the shame. Dive into </span><strong style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)><em>Burning It Down: Dancing in the Rubble</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)> and watch old paradigms burn. </span><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Neelam's</span><span style=color: rgba(5 5 5 1)> got the fire covered.</span></p>