Cleo Wade reflects on her personal awakening in a special series created with Vogue to celebrate Gucci Bloom

Academy Award-nominated director Garrett Bradley and poet and artist Cleo Wade met up in New Orleans to shoot Act V of The Awakening, a collaboration between Vogue and Gucci Bloom. They took a break from their busy schedule to chat about Cleo’s dreams, her journey of becoming a writer and her connection to her readers.