Fear of Confronting a Former Love

Most of the time we fear to meet the ones we have hurt, not because we are afraid of what they will do to us, but because we will be reminded of what we have done to them. In them, we see the parts of ourselves we are not proud of, the aspects of us …

Zootopia

I watched Zootopia this weekend and I loved it. As we have come to expect, Disney delivered spectacular imagery, animation and voice acting to recount with a twist the old tale of the underdog. Like any good animated movie, there was something for everyone, as the cliche goes. Also, if one were to replace the …

A bit on people

Working with people intimately, helping them with certain of their problems for a living, is an expanding experience. You get to see the incandescent and the dull aspects of humanity, the good and bad and bland, the smart and the stupid. What this does is put you in an interesting position. Some would call it …

Back up and give the brother room to let poetry bloom to whom it might concern or consume. – Big Daddy Kane  

Yoh31

I think it’s important that all creatives understand the potential of finding ways to be more visible and produce content that allows their art to shine. As a writer, there’s more that I could do to engage with readers. I hope to make up what I lack in visibility to be balanced by my consistency …

Atlas

People notice when you are missing from a space you usually inhabit, one that you occupy however whisperingly. Most do not say they see your absence, occupied as they are with their own things. Maybe they choose not to say it or forget to bring it up. Others do not forget and do bring it …

Out of It

I feel a yawning disconnect between myself and the working world. My tribe members are going for a weekend out of town, somewhere in a conservancy where they will be running for a good cause. For two nights, there will be bonfires, nyam chom, drinks and laughter. I want no part of this. I have …

You wish they would say no, you hope to be spurned, to be turned away. They, the famous ubiquitous They, the powerful ones who hold the locks and the keys. You know them, the ones that you ask, that you pray to and exhort with your constant biting longings and with your words and ways …

How long

How long do we (humans) have to hang around waiting to be treated with kindness, with humanity? – Women  

Welcome, human.

There are some days, long tired and tiring days, uninspiring and uninspired days when doing what you love, what brings you joy, becomes a chore, a bother. What lifts you up turns into an obligation, from “I want to” to “I have to” and “I need to”. Sometimes, these days pass quickly. Sometimes, they never pass. …