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It’s officially been two years since my mom’s transition. It’s never an easy thing to move forward after “losing” a pillar in your life. Using the word pillar to describe a person’s impact on your life is very fitting in this context because when she left, (the foundation and structure) that she had built and supported (me) started to crumble. When she transitioned, life felt like it was falling apart. So now here we are 2 years later and I’m still trying to pick up the piece

Healing is such a hot topic in todays podcast conversation and pop culture. In a society where trauma is unescapable and unrelenting, people are naturally desperate for understanding, peace, protection, and solutions in general. Conversations around self awareness, better decision making, how we’re raised, health, avoiding toxic situations and toxic people, healing in general etc. have become conversations being had amongst every demographic of people in our society. And as i

Journaling is such a helpful tool if done the right way. Often times there are things about ourselves that are hidden in valleys and crevices that we are never aware of. Journaling has proven for many people to be a great way to discover these hidden things about ourselves. When answering these questions remember you are not in a rush. In order to get the most out of these exercises it is important to take your time to fully think about it and write our every small detail you

There once existed a supreme being from a sister universe of ours...This supreme being existed in complete harmony with itself … the epitome of “oneness”.... And it's self was vastly infinite. (Yes vastly infinite) you see, this universe was completely different from ours ... In this universe .... Something that is infinite,  is infinite in an indefinite amount of ways. This supreme being was incomprehensible in other words.... There eventually came a time when this being wan

It's late spring, you just exchanged energy for the first time with someone you really really like that you've been talking to since early spring. It exceeded both of y'all's expectations... It's a random Saturday morning session after you spent the night at their place and it's now about 7 a.m. ...after a great Friday night out on the town everything seemed as if it couldn't get any better. She, lying on his chest...he, with his arm holding her close. Both still without clot

If you've ever lost yourself before and have been fortunate enough to realize that you had lost yourself, then it usually becomes paramount to you that you never lose yourself again. At times we get hyper aware of situations where we're losing ourselves again. A lot of times For whatever reason (and there are many reasons which is a whole nother convo) but for whatever reason people will meet someone and want to exist in their world so bad even if that person's world is not a

The Top 5 Conversation The top 5 conversation has and will always be one of the most debated and enjoyable conversation within our community. There has been so many great artists and throughout history they have created so many master pieces that is virtually impossible to create a list of the actual top 5 best bodies of work for any category or genre, especially considering that art is subjective and personal to the consumer/observer. Therefore, instead of saying Top 5 great

My style and motivation Very few people get to experience black women from the perspective of being a black man that loves and appreciates the existence of black women and what they mean to the world, to our communities, and to our family units. Our women are all too often objectified, belittled, physically, emotionally, and mentally abused, sexualized, and so many other things. While at the same time they are expected to be the backbones of corporate America, our households

After a while I started realizing that the only time I wasn’t aware of my depression or anxiety, and the only time I wasn’t replaying the last few weeks I had with my mother was when I was painting. Being a perfectionist my intentions have always been to improve with every piece I created, but something else also started happening. My paintings started to become tributes to my mother. No matter what I did in my life, she always wanted me to succeed, so with each piece, I felt

About/Origin Story An artist can be defined as a person who practices any of the various creative arts, such as a sculptor, novelist/writer, poet, filmmaker etc, a person skilled at a particular t ask or occupation, a performer, such as a singer, actor, or dancer etc.  For those of you that don’t know, I am an artist. I always have been. No matter what stage of my life that I find myself, there has been one consistent thing, that thing being my intense NEED to be creating som