In the last few months, I have conversed with two different young people (both mid-twenties) who told me they do not have computers, barely text, and don’t have smart phones. I found my mouth literally ajar. “Really?” I said, “But how do know what’s happening in your area and stuff?” One of them said “Oh, […]
You are Here (or somewhere close)
I have an unusual relationship to my spiritual guides. Don’t roll your eyes, you’re just jealous. I don’t know what else to call them, my spiritual friends? My higher selves? My Smurfs? (haha, cracked myself up with that one). Whatever, the thing is, I talk to them. Daily, and they literally show me a map […]
Choosing the Healing Life
When I was 24, my life, as I knew it, shattered. I had my first flashback of childhood sexual abuse, attempted to speak up about it to my family of origin, and was promptly kicked to the curb. I was set loose into what felt like a violent, insane world. Before the flashback, life looked […]
This is how Artist Oppression sounds/feels/thinks
When it’s time to make art, I feel… what’s the freakin’ point? and who the F cares? and I suck anyway so… and I’ll never make money at it and when I tell people that half my day is dedicated to making art, they look at me like “poor selfish b–tch, she thinks her hobby […]