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Reflections on society, arts & culture, and the ways we all navigate our public and private identities
Naive Pursuits: Becoming an Artist in Precarious Times
the inspiration: Nina Simone want to be an artist, but it feels like a pointless and selfish pursuit, as the world burns around all of us. The quality of our lives is dwindling, trust for institutions is decreasing daily, as practicality is becoming blurred, mistaken for corporate efficiency. As the times grow more unprecedented, the…
Why is the workplace so meaningless?
(new articles also on my substack) Why is work so meaningless? I pondered this question last night as I examined the ways that I had painted myself into a corner in my life. The more I continue living in simplicity, a simplicity that many people would sacrifice their current lives for, the more I find…
year end reflections on the world I want to live in
the stories, the poems, and the objects I make myself when life’s labels aren’t big enough to hold it all Hello again, It has been a while. It has been a year of many internal revelations for me and I’d like to talk about it a lil’. In the midst of all of the wonderful…
Missed You
anonymity frees me to be myself, sharing the parts of me that no one witnesses with those whose hidden thoughts feel seen by my words. That is why this place means so much to me.
Reflections on my body
I have always lived my life in a fat body. Experiencing the world as a person who takes up more space but somehow still being seen as less-than. And I know there is a variety of social and political takes one can have about Fatphobia, unhealthiness, beauty politics, obesity, etc.., but I would not like…
(Just FYI) Social Media Thingy
I have only been writing for a short time, and though I am no literary fancy-pants, I love being able to feel seen and heard through the things that I write. I wanted to share more and connect more with the people who find value in these things, but as an anonymous writer that can…
Exposed feelings:
Thoughts and Songs. I am trying to date, but I’m having trouble trusting people, and when I try to find resources to know how to be in relationship safely, I am more likely to get risky tales and warning signs, rather than encouragement. People all over the world are expressing their tragic tales of deception…
After Valentine’s Day: Feminine musings on “Manospheric Love”
photo by Antonel Burlibasa Tank and the Bangas (a band that I love) have a song called “Roller-coaster” *. It’s a song about the bravery it takes to let oneself fall. I have been thinking about the Tiny Desk Concert rendition of the song and how, the first time I heard it, it brought me…
Distanced
(<— 6ft—>) (Paragraphs and Poems) My thoughts…. I am raw from the longing, touch deprived, and pining over the people and things I thought I’d never have. This time has been crushing, and though I found joy and selfhood in the rubble, these two years of forced hermitage has left me with a lingering feeling…
Why am I here?
Reason for writing this blog. Sometimes it is difficult to create and display something you love. The vulnerability it takes to be seen. To translate the internal language you speak only to yourself, and make its words into something people can hold in their gaze. They hold it, and in their gaze lies the pieces…
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