LAST KIND WORDS
“My mama told me, just before she died
Lord, precious daughter, don’t you be so wild”
Last Kind Words Blues more commonly known as Last Kind Words is a blues song written by Geeshie Wiley in 1930. It is among the few songs that survived from the pre-blues music era which paved the way for the Blues divas like Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holliday.
DREAM it
Geeshie came to me in a dream with this song. I had never heard the song before. Nor had any of my fellow blues dancers. It is one of my saddest, poignant, yet borderline surreal life stories. As a storyteller, it remains a personal challenge to write it down.
LIVE it
Following intuition, I named my company Last Kind Words. Two years on, and the name fits like a glove. I now inspire clients to build bolder narratives and communicate like those were their Last Kind Words on earth. With kindness, courage, and purpose.
Jeta Bejtullahu
I often joke that I’m a narrative strategist until I find a “real” job, a tongue-in-cheek nod to the prejudice that discredits artists and strategists like me. Like art, crafting strategic narratives requires technical skill, creativity, emotional insight, and discipline. Yet without courage, it can all fall flat.
My strength lies in grasping complex policy issues to provide strategic intelligence, then building narratives and communications strategies to deliver change. I am a firm believer in exiting eco chambers to build more powerful narratives. In Brussels, this is much needed. I’m known for engaging in difficult conversations with kindness and humour - not to unsettle, but to understand where differences lie and what bridges we need to build and cross.
I have worked with diamonds and refugees, with storytelling as the connecting thread in those contrasting journeys. My mission is to contribute to changing narratives that are keeping us unhappy, at war, at odds with one another - and destroying mother nature.
I am fluent in English, Albanian, and Serbian and also speak French and Spanish.
My body speaks (dances) the Blues.
What's Blues got to do with it?
What's Blues got to do with it?
A passionate blues dancer, I bring music and dance techniques into my work to inspire creative and fluid collaboration.
