Tag: Truth
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Good Grief: Pain, Pleasure, and Possibilities
Alchemizing Grief Into Joy Through Creativity Art Turns Chaos Into Culture The poster above is for a show I am producing this Thursday, August 20, 2026. I decided to do it as a way to process the death of my youngest brother, Marcus, in December. I needed to do something with all of the grief.…
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Heaven Is the Worst Thing On Earth
Heaven as a Place Holder For Dreams Deferred One of the biggest complaints that women in romantic relationships with me have had is that it feels like I can live without them. They are right. I have never been in a relationship with anyone or anything that I wasn’t living without before they came into…
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Your “Only Black Friend” Speaks
This morning, I woke up with the question in my head, “How can I be the greatest contribution to the world today?” I know that for some, that might sound like a big question and extremely ambitious. Who am I to think that I am going to be a contribution to the world today? But…
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Everything Always Forever
NOTE: This piece was originally posted on my Substack where the majority of my writing lives right now. Beginnings, Endings, and Beginning Again Again Imagine if everything lasted forever. Not just some things. Everything. Imagine a reality where there was no death, no degradation, nothing that truly wore out or disappeared. Things might change form.…
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Dear Person Who I Am Not Talking To: An Open Letter
Why I am Writing This Someone recently complimented me for being very intentional with my words. I thanked them for noticing. But, when I did, I was reminded of how I developed this habit. This caused a twinge of grief for my child self who became hyper-vigilant on the words I used because I didn’t…
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Become a We: The Quickest Path to Healing Relational Wounds
“Become a ‘We’ as fast as you can.” Of all the advice that my father gave me in the 32 years that he was physically in my life, this was the most important. When he was dying from Multiple Myeloma, something awakened in him that transformed the way he saw reality. All of the time…
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History Is Not a Competition
Trying to Win History Is a Lost Cause “To study history means submitting yourself to chaos, but nevertheless retaining your faith in order and meaning.” Herman Hesse, German writer and poet (1877-1962) True History is Full of Histories As some of us continue to honor what used to be known as Black History Month across…
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Am I Worth Being Shadow Banned?
I had a revelation this morning about how I am going to use social media going forward. I am just going to post content that my soul tells me will be of the highest good until they kick me off. Because , I’m starting to think something fishy is going on. Coming Out of the…
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Let’s Speak the Truth About Power
“Nothing frustrates me more than seeing powerful people who think they are weak bending the knee to weak people who think they are powerful.” – My Damn Self Dear Reader, If you are here, I am going to take the liberty to make a few assumptions about you: If none of these sound like you…
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Self Betrayal Does Not Lead to Love
Generally speaking, I am not nice. But, I am kind. Nice is performative and at its core is a subtle form of manipulation. You present yourself in a certain way in order to manage another person’s perception of you, whether its to convince them that you’re a better person than you actually are for your…
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