Done
“Done” was originally a piece I hated. In 2016, I arbitrarily decided that I couldn’t throw away or put a knife through any paintings I fucked up all year. All I could do was start over, or leave the knifing… Continue Reading
Episode 1: The Mind, Memes & Other Connective Issues ft. Dennis Amadeus
This episode features my dear friend, Dennis Amadeus. A poet, youth development worker and Leo, Dennis is a very expressive dude who cares about his fellow humans a lot. We started this episode by pulling a card from the Osho… Continue Reading
On Expectations
Expectations aren’t only a burden on the subject of our expectations; expectations burden us, too. We only impose on others what we’re already doing to ourselves, or what we’re willing to have done to us. Outside of basic dignity and… Continue Reading
Being Kings & Queens is Wack
Why are we so obsessed with the notion of being kings and queens, or some other nobility? Throughout the modern record commonly accepted as history, kings and queens got to where they were by beating down common folks, stealing from… Continue Reading
Twisted
Why is having our dreams dashed a right of passage? “I was like you, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.” “I was young once.” “It’s all downhill from here.” Why’s it more upstanding and normal to stay in society, working jobs we… Continue Reading
On Appropriation & What People Are Actually Mad About
Despite the brilliance people have managed to fit into tweets, Tumblr posts and Facebook statuses that have gone viral, in 2018 there’s still a significant segment of society committed to either misunderstanding or distorting cultural appropriation, in the name of… Continue Reading
Point In Fact
Black capitalism won’t save us Black communism won’t save us Black socialism won’t save us. Systems have never saved us. We are the only thing that has ever saved us and the only thing that ever will. Our deliverance is… Continue Reading
Winning?
Organizing got us the weekend. Organizing got us cleaner workplaces. Organizing got us consumer safety standards. When is it gonna get us free? When we spend our weekends escaping our responsibilities, our time at work daydreaming of being somewhere else… Continue Reading
Otherwise, Leave Me To Mind My Business
I’m not attached to what you do with whatever I say. I sometimes have preferences. In actuality though, I know that you’ll do whatever you wish with what I say. All I can do is the best job of saying… Continue Reading
A Word, This Sunday
If you aren’t prepared to deal with people continually self-improving and have it rub off on you, don’t date someone significantly older. You’re gonna be a drain on them. If you’re dating someone significantly older and they’re not healthily striving… Continue Reading