Simone Fruittree Dewar releases her first EP collection “Thoughts”

BY LA SHAWNA GRIFFITH

Simone ‘Fruittree’ Dewar is a Jamaican poet and author who most recently released her first EP called Thoughts.

What led to her deciding to create an EP with the thought-provoking title of Thoughts? I had the pleasure of interviewing her to find out just that.

Dewar’s debut EP contains six tracks, and she said the inspiration came from realizing that she could not turn off her thoughts.

“The one thing that has always been consistent in the mind and brain has been the constant presence of thoughts/thinking. Thoughts are so profound to us that we make decisions based on thinking. If we cannot control our thoughts it can impact our choices and overall experiences in life. One day, I was trying to meditate and enjoy the silence and it was so difficult to turn off my thoughts.”

In the EP she discusses her thoughts on a myriad of concepts namely money, insecurities, and distractions just to name a few. She explained why she decided to share her thoughts on these issues in her six-track album.

“I have had a battle with money all of my life. I have a love-hate relationship with it. There had always been a fear factor associated with it and I knew those fears formed barriers, so I had to use my words to break that spell. Growing up I loved myself however, there were certain insecurities that I held onto which resulted in me becoming a people pleaser who was scared to speak my truth. Now that I am older, I have become much more confident in standing in my truth.”

I kept envisioning myself as a healthy and potent fruit tree that was abundantly blessed with spiritual poetic fruits. They were always ready to nourish others and me. After I saw this tree, I was given a tagline that I kept saying out loud: Fruittree forever blessed! I give you fruits but you have to do the rest.”

 Despite this Dewar revealed that she was unhappy with her life six years ago and decided to take the steps to self-publish her book Fruits and Truth on Amazon.

“I was not happy with my life on this earthly plane. I was distracted and jumping from job to job. The minute I started I began to look deep within my own tree, and I found an abundance of fruit (poems) and they were all ripe and ready for consumption.”

Despite the world being in a pandemic, Dewar released her collection of poems in 2020 to an overwhelming response.

“It has been overwhelming regarding the amount of love and support that I have received from people who knew me but had no idea that I was a poet much less a writer. By planting the seed of self-publishing my book was well received and the sales are steadily growing. I have already received my first royalty check from Amazon in January. Receiving the amazon cheque was a beautiful feeling, to say the least.”

Dewar is also nominated in the I AM Root Competition. She explained that the owner of the competition reached out to her on Instagram after seeing a trailer for her EP Thoughts. Admitting it was out of her comfort zone, she said she entered because she wanted to showcase her spoken word abilities.

Her plans are to create a visual album called Folk Tales where she would be paying homage to a revered cultural icon, Jamaica Louise Coverly (Ms. Lou) with Jamaican folk songs. Although it has not been formally planned, she is confident her idea shall manifest itself.

Learn more about Simone’s Fruittree by visiting https://linktr.ee/simonefruittreedewar.