This Artist Discovered Her Inner Superpower Creating Her Own Musical

When Lourds Lane wrote her female superhero musical, SuperYou, about a comic book artist who learns to love herself when her own super heroine creations come to life, she was in a dark place. “I wrote the musical at a time when I was navigating through pain and lack of self-worth,” says the writer, composer and performer.

Lane was dealing with heartache, crying her eyes out. Then one day a song popped up on her playlist that energized and gave her hope. “At that moment, I thought, “Man, I wish I wrote that song,” she recalls. “And then as I listened more, I realized that I did write that song. I was feeling rejected, dejected, depressed, and when my own song sang to me and empowered me in my darkest moment, I realized that maybe what I offer the world matters.”

Published by Jeryl Brunner in Forbes.