>>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" COMMUNITY TO ARTISTS, EVENTS, AND CLASSES AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM >>> THIS TIME ON "BROAD & HIGH," MEET AN ARTIST WHO WORKS IN MOLTEN METALS.

DISCOVER A FASHION DESIGNER, WHO GAVE BACK TO HER COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

LEARN THAT ROLLER SKATING IS NOT JUST FOR KIDS.

AND LISTEN TO AN ORIGINAL SONG THAT'S BOTH A CHALLENGE AND AN ANTHEM.

THIS, AND MORE, RIGHT NOW ON "BROAD & HIGH."

♪♪ >>> WELCOME TO "BROAD & HIGH," I'M YOUR HOST, KATE QUICKEL.

FOR SOME OF US OUR LOVE OF CREATING STARTED AT AN EARLY AGE.

IN MY CASE THAT WAS BAKING TREATS IN THE KITCHEN.

FOR FRED McMULLEN HIS FASCINATION WITH METALS STARTED BY EXPERIMENTING ALONG SIDE HIS OLDER SIBLINGS.

THIS COMBINATION OF ART AND SCIENCE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHO HE IS TODAY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW FRED USES FOUND OBJECTS AND HIS LOVE OF NATURE TO CREATE UNIQUE WORKS OF ART.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> I HAD SEVERAL OLDER BROTHERS, WHEN WE WERE LITTLE, COURSE I CALL IT THEIR PATH, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID WAS MELTED LED IN THE BASEMENT.

♪♪ MY DAD WOULD COME HOME WITH THIS BOX OF TIRE WEIGHTS.

PROBABLY FIGURED HE'D USE THE LEAD FOR SOMETHING.

WE WOULD MELT THOSE DOWN AND POUR THEM INTO MOLDS.

I THINK ONE WAS CALLED CREEPY CRAWLERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THEY MADE GREAT MOLDS FOR THE LEAD.

SO I'D POUR THOSE IN AND THEY'D BE SHAPED LIKE WHAT THE MOLD WAS.

I THINK THAT STARTED MY FASCINATION WITH THE METAL.

I REMEMBER TRYING TO MELT NICKELS WITH A PROPANE TORCH TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD DO.

THAT EXPERIMENTATION WAS JUST ALWAYS SOMETHING WE DID.

♪♪ I'VE WORKED A LOT OF DIFFERENT JOBS, MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, SUPERVISOR POSITIONS, AND FOR SOMEONE WHO IS CREATIVE THAT CAN BECOME KIND OF A GRIND.

WHEN I STARTED DOING THE BRONZE, EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF CLICKED.

JUST SOMETHING I ENJOYED DOING.

♪♪ I LIKE THE BRONZE PROCESS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY STEPS IN IT.

IT KIND OF USES ALL PARTS OF YOUR BRAIN.

YOU KNOW, MELTING THE METAL TO ABOUT 2100 DEGREES.

IT'S GOT TO BE SKIMMED OFF.

THE MOLDS HAVE TO BE DESIGNED SO THAT THE METAL FLOWS IN CORRECTLY.

THE BRONZE WILL SOLIDIFY QUITE QUICKLY.

WE'VE BUSTED OPEN MOLDS, YOU KNOW WITHIN 10-15 MINUTES, I LIKE TO WAIT AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR.

THEY'RE STILL EXTREMELY HOT WHEN YOU PULL THEM OUT OF THE MOLDS.

A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL JUST HAVE A BUCKET OF WATER, WE'LL DIP IT IN THERE, THAT'S EXCITING TOO.

[ STEAM HISS ] [ LAUGHTER ] AND THEN THAT'S WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO DOING THE FINE FINISHING.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE POUR STUFF AND THEY JUST LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS.

OTHER TIMES PEOPLE WANT TO SAND IT AND BUFF IT, AND POLISH IT.

THAT'S JUST A PERSONAL PREFERENCE.

IT'S A GREAT PROCESS TO PLAY AROUND WITH.

[ LAUGHTER ] ♪♪ >> WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT, IS IT'S FIGURING THINGS OUT.

USING THAT PART OF THE BRAIN WHERE YOU'RE FIGURING THINGS OUT.

YOU'RE SOLVING PROBLEMS.

I LIKE THE CREATIVITY.

I'LL HAVE AN IDEA AND I LIKE SOLVING THE PROBLEM TO GET MY IDEA TO BE MADE.

IT'S LIKE SOLVING A PUZZLE.

BUT THREE DIMENSIONALLY, CREATIVELY.

♪♪ WITH MY SCULPTURES WHERE I HAVE A FOUND OBJECT, I REALLY ENJOY THOSE BECAUSE IT WILL SIT AROUND FOR A WHILE UNTIL SOMETHING KIND OF HITS ME.

AND I'LL FIGURE OUT, OH I'LL MAKE A FIGURE DOING THIS WITH THAT PIECE OF FOUND OBJECT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY GRATIFYING WHEN IT WORKS.

AND THEN WHEN SOMEONE ELSE LIKES IT, THAT'S EVEN BETTER.

♪♪ SO THIS IS MY JUNK SHELF, AND THIS IS WHERE I THROW THINGS THAT I'LL FIND THAT HAVE AN INTEREST TO ME.

MOSTLY MACHINE PARTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND PEOPLE WILL BRING ME THINGS.

SOMEONE BROUGHT ME A COUPLE OF THESE, WHICH I HAVEN'T DECIDED WHAT TO DO WITH, BUT THEY'RE A GREAT FORM.

AN OLD CAST IRON FENCE PART I THINK.

THIS IS SOMETHING I FOUND IN A BARN THAT I HAD ON A PROPERTY.

YOU KNOW IT'S A HAND FORGED HOOK.

IT'S JUST REALLY INTERESTING.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT PERFECT, IT'S NOT MACHINE MADE AND IT HAS A LOT OF CHARACTER.

I DON'T LET ANY INTERESTING METAL THING GO TO WASTE.

SO THE SERIES IS CALLED TOIL.

I LIKE THE HUMAN FIGURES, JUST BECAUSE, WHAT IS MAN'S LIFE BUT TOIL, AND GETTING THROUGH LIFE.

SO I ENDED UP MAKING FIGURES THAT CLIMBED OR WERE LABORING OVER SOMETHING.

PEOPLE THAT WORK HARD FOR A LIVING, DO THEIR JOBS WELL, I FIND THAT AS AN INSPIRATION TOO.

I THINK THAT'S REFLECTED IN MY TOIL SERIES.

YOU KNOW, KIND OF AS A TRIBUTE TO THEM.

THIS IS A FIGURE I DID RECENTLY.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT SOLITUDE, SO I WANTED TO MAKE MY REPRESENTATION OF RODIN'S "THE THINKER."

I FOUND AN IMAGE OF THIS OLDER AFRICAN AMERICAN GUY SITTING ON A BENCH, CONTEMPLATING, MOSTLY ABOUT THE TIMES WE'RE IN.

I AM CURIOUS WHAT SOMEONE LIKE THAT'S PERSPECTIVE WOULD BE.

WHO HAS SEEN SO MUCH THROUGH THE LAST DECADES IN AMERICA.

THAT'S HIM, THAT'S MY VERSION OF "THE THINKER."

I LOVE BIRDS AND FIND A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM THOSE.

THEY'RE JUST AMAZING CREATURES.

WE'LL GO TO THE PARK AND WE'LL WALK AND I'LL JUST SEE A BRANCH THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING, JUST THE WAY IT'S FORMED.

THAT STARTS ME WITH, YOU KNOW I'LL MAKE THE BRANCH OUT OF METAL, THEN I'LL FIND A BIRD.

SO I'LL ADD THOSE TO THE BRANCH.

I AM JUST STEALING FROM GOD.

BUT I THINK IT'S COOL.

WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING AND IT COMES TOGETHER, IT REALLY SCRATCHES THAT ITCH OF -- "YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS AFTER."

AND THEN THE BEST PART OF ALL IS WHEN SOMEONE ELSE FALLS IN LOVE WITH IT.

AND THEY TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

IT SPOKE TO YOU WHEN YOU MADE IT, IT'S SPOKEN TO THEM.

AND THAT'S WORTH MORE THAN ANY FINANCIAL GAIN.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> TO SEE MORE OF FRED'S INCREDIBLE CREATIONS VISIT HIS WEBSITE AT BENTREESTUDIOS.COM.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> IN HER LIFETIME, AMANDA WICKER WAS MANY THINGS.

SHE WAS A FASHION DESIGNER, TEACHER, BUSINESS OWNER AND MENTOR.

IN THE FACE OF HARDSHIP SHE BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FASHION COMMUNITY IN CLEVELAND OHIO.

♪♪ >> WHEN AMANDA WICKER MOVED TO CLEVELAND NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, SHE PUT HER EDUCATION TO WORK.

HAVING STUDIED TEACHING AND SEWING, SHE STARTED HER OWN BUSINESS OUT OF HER HOME TRAINING OTHERS IN DRESSMAKING.

>> SHE'S LAUNCHING THIS BUSINESS IN BASICALLY WHAT IS THE ERA OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION.

THAT'S WHEN HER BUSINESS IS TAKING OFF.

AND SHE'S A WIDOW.

A CHILDLESS WIDOW AT THE END OF THE 1920S AND THROUGH THE 1930S BUT SHE DOESN'T GIVE UP.

>> WICKER'S DETERMINATION PAID OFF.

NOT ONLY DID SHE CREATE UNIQUE DESIGNS FOR HERSELF AND HER CLIENTS.

SHE HELPED OTHERS DO THE SAME.

>> WELL SHE STARTED OUT WITH A BUSINESS IN HER HOME, WITH YOU KNOW A SINGLE CLIENT.

TEACHING THEM HOW TO SEW AND TURNED IT INTO THIS HUGE SCHOOL THAT TAUGHT TEENAGERS, ADULTS, SHE TAUGHT HIGH FASHION COUTURE TECHNIQUES, BUT ALSO IF YOU WANTED TO BE TRAINED IN GARMENT INDUSTRY, FACTORY WORK.

SHE COULD TRAIN YOU ON MACHINES THAT WAY TOO.

>> WICKER MOVED HER BUSINESS OUT OF HER HOME AND ESTABLISHED THE SCHOOL AT EAST 89th STREET IN CEDAR AVENUE IN CLEVELAND'S FAIRFAX NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN TRIBUTE TO HER OWN FASHION INSTRUCTOR AND WASHINGTON D.C. ADDIE CLARKE, WICKER NAMED HER BUSINESS THE CLARKE SCHOOL OF DRESSMAKING AND FASHION DESIGN.

I REALLY LIKED THE FACT THAT SHE'S AN ALUMNA OF TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE AND OF COURSE THE FOUNDING PRINCIPAL OF THAT SCHOOL IN ALABAMA WAS BOOKER TALIAFERRO WASHINGTON.

HE WAS SOMEONE WHO PREACHED SELF HELP FOR BLACK PEOPLE.

SO IT WAS AN INDUSTRIAL AND A NORMAL SCHOOL, CERTAINLY LOTS OF JOBS AVAILABLE IN MANUFACTURING, SEWING, TEXTILES.

YOU KNOW CREATING THE FABRIC, WORKING WITH THE THREAD, AND THEN CREATING THE GARMENTS ONCE THE FABRIC HAD BEEN MANUFACTURED.

SO I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF THAT TUSKEGEE ALUMNA WHO EVENTUALLY STUDIED IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND THEN MADE HER WAY TO CLEVELAND AND BECAME THE FOCAL POINT OF A BURGEONING BLACK FASHION COMMUNITY HERE ON AMERICA'S NORTH COAST.

>> FOR DECADES WICKER CELEBRATED CLEVELAND'S BLACK FASHION SCENE WITH ANNUAL SHOWS.

THE LARGE SCALES EVENTS FEATURE MODELS WEARING THE LATEST DESIGNS, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR STUDENTS.

SHE CALLED HER FASHION SHOWS THE BOOK OF GOLD.

YOU GET A PROGRAM WITH A GOLD COVER AND IT WAS SORT PART GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR STUDENTS, AND THEN PART -- JUST A WAY FOR LOCALS TO DISPLAY THEIR WORK.

BECAUSE THE FASHION SHOWS WERE KIND OF A MIX OF STUDENT WORK, AMANDA WICKER WORK, BUT ALSO THEY WOULD BRING IN LOCAL MILLINERS TO SHOWCASE THEIR HATS ON THE MODELS.

WICKER DESIGNED CLOTHES THROUGHOUT HER LIFE FROM WEDDING DRESSES TO SUITS AND EVENING WEAR.

MORE THAN A DOZEN OF THOSE CREATIONS AS WELL AS HER PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION WERE DONATED BY HER NIECE TO THE WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

THOSE PHOTOS AND DESIGNS LIVE ON IN A DISPLAY NOW ON VIEW IN THE CLEVELAND HISTORY CENTER.

>> I THINK LIKE PLAYFUL IS A GOOD WORD FOR HER STYLE.

>> SO FUN, A LITTLE BIT OF SPARKLE, A FUN SILHOUETTE.

I HAVE A PERSONAL FAVORITE, IT'S SORT OF CHARTREUSE, GREEN DRESS THAT'S COVERED IN A GRAY LACE.

AND THEN THE BACK IT HAS A DETAIL THAT'S ALMOST LIKE SORT OF HALF OF A CAPE.

ON THE ONE HAND SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE, BUT THEN HAS THESE LITTLE TWISTS.

>> WICKER ALSO HAD A TALENT FOR HELPING THE COMMUNITY LOOK ITS BEST.

SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE CLEVELAND NAACP.

SHE TAUGHT HER TRADE FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS UNTIL SELLING HER SCHOOL AND RETIRING IN THE LATE 1970S.

>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY THINK TEACHING SOMEONE SEWING IS A FORM OF ACTIVISM.

BUT IT CAN GIVE YOU A SKILL TO BECOME SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

IT CAN HELP SUPPORT A COMMUNITY.

>> THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, I WILL HAVE TO SAY ASSOCIATED WITH FASHION, DESIGN AND DRESSMAKING.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BLACK WOMEN, IN PARTICULAR CAME TO APPRECIATE IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR.

AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT AMANDA WICKER WAS THE EXPERT ON.

SHE TAUGHT OTHER PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN EXCELLENT WAYS.

HER LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH THE EXHIBIT, "AMANDA WICKER BLACK FASHION DESIGN IN CLEVELAND."

♪♪ ♪♪ >> LIKE ME, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE ROLLER SKATED SINCE YOU WERE SINCE YOU WERE IN GRADE SCHOOL.

IN OUR NEXT STORY WE FIND OURSELVES AT SKATEZONE 71 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COLUMBUS.

THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT JUST RELEGATED TO SCHOOL KIDS.

IN FACT THIS IS A POPULAR PAST TIME FOR ADULTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

LET'S TAKE A PEEK INTO THE VIBRANT SKATE SCENE THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE RIGHT IN COLUMBUS.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> WE'RE AT SKATEZONE 71, IT'S A SUNDAY NIGHT, YO -- THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE EPITOME OF COLUMBUS SKATING RIGHT HERE.

♪♪ >> I MEAN IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BEFORE, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE.

>> YOU KNOW PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT CULTURES COME OUT AND SKATE, DIFFERENT SKILL LEVELS.

THE LATER YOU GET INTO THE SESSION, THE MORE YOU'LL SEE.

>> I JUST HAPPEN TO COME WITH A FRIEND ONE NIGHT, I WAS INVITED.

SO I CAME AND I WAS LIKE, WOW THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I NORMALLY SEE.

AND I WAS SO EXCITED.

AND I'VE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE.

>> YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE NOT IN THIS ATMOSPHERE, IT'S REALLY KIND OF FOREIGN TO SOME PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, IT'S NOT JUST A MOVIE.

IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THEY DID IN THE 70S, IT'S VERY WELL STILL ALIVE.

PEOPLE STILL COME SKATING, WE STILL TRAVEL TO SKATE AND WE HAVE FUN.

GROWING UP LIKE WHEN I WAS A KID IT WAS FUN AND IT WAS TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE.

BUT WHAT REALLY DREW ME TO IT, IS THE THING THAT I CAN RELIEVE SO MUCH STRESS.

SO MANY WORRIES OF THE WORLD IS GONE ONCE YOU HIT THAT FLOOR.

I DON'T TAKE MY PHONE ON ME, DON'T TAKE MY WALLET ON ME, NOTHING.

FOR THREE TO FOUR HOURS I AM FREE WITH NO WORRIES OF THE WORLD.

IT'S JUST ME, MY EIGHTS AND THE WOOD FLOOR.

>> I'VE BEEN SKATING FOR 58 YEARS, I SKATE AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK.

SOMETIMES THREE TIMES A WEEK.

>> I SKATE PRETTY MUCH EVERY SUNDAY.

EVERY THURSDAY.

EVERY TUESDAY.

PRETTY MUCH MY LIFE HAS BEEN SKATING, EVER SINCE I WAS NINE YEARS OLD.

>> STARTED WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD.

MY FATHER WAS A SKATER, I'VE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE.

MY FIRST JOB I EVEN HAD, MY FIRST PAYCHECK I EVER HAD, I BOUGHT A PAIR OF ROLLER SKATES.

MY DAD TAUGHT ME HOW TO SKATE.

THAT I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF SKATERS.

MY GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER WERE FLOOR GUARDS FOR THIS LOCAL SKATING RINK BACK IN THE 30S AND 40S.

SO MY DAD PASSED ON THE SKILL OF SKATING TO ME MY BROTHER AND MY SISTER.

MY WHOLE FAMILY THEY ALL SKATE.

MY AUNT, MY COUSINS, SO IT'S A GENERATIONAL THING.

IT'S IN MY BLOOD.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> I'M OLD SCHOOL, I LIKE VINTAGE TYPE GEAR.

SO MY BOOTS ARE FROM 1973.

I HAVE A PLATE THAT I CUSTOM ORDERED ONLINE.

MY WHEELS ARE VINTAGE WHEELS.

I HAVE ABOUT SEVEN SETS OF WHEELS.

MOST OF THEM ARE FROM THE '70S AND '80S.

♪♪ >> SO THE WEIRD THING ABOUT MY SKATES IS THIS IS MY FIRST PAIR, THIS IS MY SECOND PAIR, AND I MERGED THEM TOGETHER.

BASICALLY "FRANKENSTEINED" THEM.

>> THESE I HAVE ON ARE STACY'S WITH FOAMEX WHEELS.

THEY'RE REAL SLIPPERY.

THEY'RE LIKE CALI STYLE.

CALI STYLE IS -- IT'S LIKE YOU'RE ON WATER.

LIKE YOU'RE REALLY SLIDING ACROSS THE FLOOR THE WHOLE NIGHT.

♪♪ >> I STARTED SKATING WHEN I WAS, PROBABLY, IN ABOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT NEVER TOOK IT AS SERIOUS AS I DID NOW.

I'VE GOT THREE CHILDREN NOW, SO I AM FULL TIME DAD.

SO I USE TO SKATE ABOUT FOUR TIMES A WEEK, NOW IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.

SO YOU CAUGHT ME ON MY ONE GOOD TIME FOR THE MONTH.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY STILL DON'T KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENS.

THAT WE DO THIS AT NIGHT.

IT'S JUST A STRESS RELIEVER.

YOU JUST GET ON THE FLOOR AND YOUR SOUL GOES TO WHOLE OTHER PLACE.

THE MUSIC, WE ALL JUST COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

♪♪ ♪♪ SKATEOLOGY IS OUR GROUP, IT'S ABOUT 10 MEMBERS AND WE HOST OUR ANNUAL PARTY CALLED ICY HOT.

ICY HOT IS ALWAYS LIKE SUPER BOWL WEEKEND.

SKATERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE'S LIKE 800-1,000 PEOPLE SKATING.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> IT'S LIKE ONE BIG FAMILY.

IT'S LOVE, IT'S LOVE.

THAT'S THE SKATE COMMUNITY.

WE WANT MORE SKATERS.

WE NEED NEW SKATERS.

THE MORE SKATERS COME OUT THE MORE ENERGY, THE BIGGER THE FAMILY.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY HERE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SKATING FOR YEARS.

YOUNG AND OLD.

IT'S STILL ALIVE, IT'S STILL ALIVE.

♪♪ >> FIND THE MOST UP TO DATE DAYS AND TIMES TO SKATE BY VISITING SKATEZONE71.COM OR FOLLOW THEM ON FACEBOOK.

♪♪ ♪♪ NEXT WE HEAR A SONG FROM OUR "BROAD & HIGH PRESENTS" SERIES.

IT'S LYRICS DESCRIBE THINGS YOU MIGHT ACHIEVE IF YOU SET OUT A PLAN AND ACTUALLY FOLLOW IT.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO "BE BETTER" BY CHAZ AND NICKI.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ IF THERE WAS A WAY TO GO BACK TO YESTERDAY I'D HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY ♪ ♪ BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW DON'T KNOW HOW BUT INSTEAD I HAVE TODAY SO MUCH TO CONVEY ♪ ♪ AND TOMORROW'S UNDERWAY SO I'LL TELL YOU NOW TELL YOU NOW STRONG AND FOLLOW ♪ ♪ TRY NOT TO LET ANYONE DOWN BUT IF YOU DO GET UP OFF THE GROUND ♪ ♪ AND BE BETTER OH BE BETTER JUST LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE THING ♪ ♪ YOU'RE GONNA DO YOU'LL BARELY EVEN KNOW IT'S YOU TO BE SMILING ♪ ♪ YOU'LL BE SMILING YOU'LL FIND A FRIEND OR TWO OLD MUSIC WILL BE NEW ♪ ♪ ALL YOUR DREAMS WILL BE IN VIEW SO KEEP RIDING KEEP ON RIDING ♪ ♪ BE STRONG AND FOLLOW YOURSELF, TRY NOT TO LET ANYONE DOWN BUT IF YOU DO ♪ ♪ GET UP OFF THE GROUND AND BE BETTER OH BE BETTER LEAVE THE WORLD ♪ ♪ BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT THINK OF SOMETHING IN THE WAY AND GO AROUND IT IF SHE WANTS SOMETHING NEW ♪ ♪ JUST LET HER AND OH BE BETTER BE STRONG AND FOLLOW YOURSELF, TRY NOT TO ♪ ♪ LET ANYONE DOWN BUT IF YOU DO GET UP OFF THE GROUND BE BETTER ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> WELL THAT'S OUR SHOW, REMEMBER YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.ORG.

AS WELL AS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT WOSU, I AM KATE QUICKEL.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> BARBARA FANT, POET.

POETRY IS THE WAY THAT I PROCESS.

POETRY IS THE WAY THAT I PRAY.

MY PRAYER IS JUST A METAPHOR FOR INHALING AND EXHALING YET ANOTHER DAY.

I CALL MYSELF ROYALTY.

THINGS THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE TO OTHERS, I CAN PUT INTO POETRY.

SO WE CREATE NEW SONGS.

SHARE OURSELVES AND CARVE THEM INTO OUR RUGGED BONES OF A LIFE.

I AM INSPIRED BY SO MANY YOUNG ARTISTS IN COLUMBUS WHO ARE TRULY DEDICATED TO THEIR ART AND ALWAYS STRIVING TO GROW AND GO DEEPER AND SOAR HIGHER.

I AM BARBARA FANT, POETRY IS MY ART AND THERE'S NO PLACE I'D RATHER MAKE IT.

MAKE SOME NOISE IF YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

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