It only makes sense for me to start this post off with a long-awaited refined playlist of about 80-sum songs before we get into this poetry. The songs in this playlist embody fulfillment, love, the feeling of skinny dipping in the daytime and overall just romanticizing life. Life has a funny and silly way of…
The Freedom That Comes with Disengagement
I’ve been listening to a lot of Alice Coltrane lately; freeing my mind from perceptions, self-doubt and what other people think. To say the least, I’ve been engaging with the act of radical self-care. I took a long social media break with the intention of getting my shit together. Here’s what I’ve learned and accomplished…
Cultura, Comida y Comunidad en Jalisco, Guadalajara
Every fall, the monarch butterfly takes a long journey from North America to Mexico. They help paint the cities orange alongside their beautiful Marigold cousins which symbolize the brevity of life. They are the national symbol of Dia de Muertos. Jalisco, Guadalajara (GDL) is the city I found myself in at the beginning of November….
Unpacking the Self-Love Ideology
Whenever I think about Self-love, I imagine Julia Roberts riding her bicycle in Europe and eating hella food in “Eat, Pray, Love.” Confession: I love this extremely-white and unrealistic movie for me (she made Europe look so fun). Look, I definitely bought into this whole Self-love movement. I’m all about women’s empowerment and healing but,…
Elliott Erwitt vs. Tyler Mitchell: Capturing Humanity and Blackness
On July 15th, I had the opportunity to visit the Museo Diocesano Carlo Maria Martini in Milano, Italy. I was immediately drawn to the famous photo captured by the photographer Elliott Erwitt, that depicted a young child on the back of a bicycle looking back with two baguettes fastened to the seat. As I trotted…
Pitfalls & Eclipses
It’s hard to believe that I’m sitting here listening to a white woman sing about her emotions. That goes against almost everything I stand for but – that woman happens to be Fiona Apple. It’s hard to hate her. Even when I’m the exact opposite of her and her vulnerability is accepted upon first glance-…
Purchase “Capsule,” 32 Poem Collection
This is my first original collection of poems! They are made-to-order here and I will be hand making them and shipping them out every Friday. Here is also a thoughtful review of the book from my friends at Petrichormag If you cannot afford the book at this time, please consider donating so I can continue…
Transformation, 22222 & Divine Guidance
If I’m being honest, these last couple of years have been the most transformative years of my entire life so far. If you think about it, we went from solitude and stillness in 2020 while sifting through rage and anxiety, to movement and the initiation of a new world order in 2021. I think a…
Afro-Cuban artist displays his vibrant works in the streets of Warsaw, Poland
While mostly propaganda is plastered on the street walls of Warsaw, it was hard not to notice the raw portraits of Black people in a country where 96.7 percent of the population is composed of white-polish people. 35-year-old Orlando Lazaro Ortega was born a creative child. He transforms ordinary walls into easels for his vibrant…
“el color más profundo es azul.”
the deepest color is bluefragments of your existence are elevated by you alone. above the top of your head, you can find sea glass, cuttlefish bones and empty shells-the vast majority of self, is replenished by holding your breath. slipping transforms into falling-quick, thoughtlessly and all at once into the deep end. this manifests into anxiety until you realize-no one is coming…
Something to Feel 