Davidson Gray

The Upward Spiral Davidson Gray

Davidson Gray was born in Russia in the 1980?s. The son of a Math teacher and an Army Captain, he was raised by his mother and grandfather after his parent?s divorce. He immigrated to the US with his family in 1993 and was given scholarships to several Jewish religious schools on account of his refugee status. While in those schools, he cultivated a high level of education and a deep personal relationship with God though he never quite fit in with his peers or the framework of his religion. He took on the pen name ?Davidson Gray? and released several albums of music and poetry in college financed them independently through years of hard work and savings. Davidson understands adversity well through his background as an immigrant and has been working since the age of twelve including working as a janitor. In addition to working several office jobs in college, Davidson also spent many years working in counseling centers and schools led by the belief that human life and dignity are more important than money. He spent many years working not only with children but also with drug addicts, domestic violence cases, and criminals. Those these experiences have heavily influenced Davidson?s poetry in both negative and positive ways, they have also added a great deal of perspective to his life as well as a belief that each individual?s life is important and that other people must be afforded the same fairness you would want bestowed upon you. Davidson?s perspective on American life is so unique because it is influenced by three different languages and three different cultures ? Russian, Jewish, and American. Though he has long learned to think in English, part of Davidson?s goals in everyday life is to translate his experiences and the experiences of other people from one culture and language to another.