Joshua Luke Smith releases powerful track for World Suicide Prevention Day
25 year-old wordsmith and philosophy graduate Joshua Luke Smith has unveiled a stunning new track entitled Becoming Human. This spoken word track combines his love of words and music to inspire people to break free from their own limitations. What an incredible poet he is, wow! Goosebumps all over guys!
Today, September 10th, is World Suicide Prevention Day and Joshua chose to highlight this important day with a powerful song accompanied by a moving video.
I wrote Becoming Human to connect with the heart of our human story. In a driven culture based on success and stature, where is the space to become, to grow, to fall and then stand back up? In reality we connect at our most vulnerable. We all break sometimes. We all arrived here naked. We don’t talk about our weakness enough and that’s why I think so many of us feel lonely, isolated and disconnected.
Joshua approached Samaritans as he wanted Becoming Human to help those who might be feeling desperate and isolated. Paul McDonald from the charity felt the track had real impact.
It’s a powerful blend of observation and passion for humanity. At the heart of the track is what Samaritans is all about - simple human connection so that a person feels more understood and less isolated and alone. It doesn’t judge, and encourages us all to be less afraid to make those connections. As the track brilliantly illustrates, we all have more in common than we have differences.
Joshua hopes the track will hit straight to the heart of the human condition as well as raise awareness about World Suicide Prevention Day and also the great work Samaritans do.