Tag: Lifestyle
“Todo Llegara a Su Tiempo” Vol. 3 (Poetry Series)
If I am being honest, it’s been pretty hard for me lately. The theme of loss has been surrounding me for the past two months and at times the feeling suffocates me. Yet, through it all, I’ve found a safe space. I’ve found peace in areas of my life where I once feared. I’m learning to be more open about my experiences with people I trust and allowing my vulnerability to show. Tomorrow is not promised to us, so let’s lay it out all on the table. Let’s live honestly. Here is Vol. 3:
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No Hay Mal Que por Bien no Venga
It took me thirty minutes to write this sentence.
“Todo Llegara a Su Tiempo” Vol. 2 (poetry series)
This summer I took the initiative of seeking and visiting a new therapist. Not only has this experience helped me navigate through the trauma I’ve had the difficulty of letting go, but it’s also forced me to understand my perspective on relationships, sexuality, feminity, and race. As I’ve taken some time to just live life, I also revisited old drafts of poems and recreated these pieces.
The past, present, and future are constantly in dialogue. They meet when I take the time to reflect. They force me to extract inspiration from my surroundings and appreciate life for what it is and less for what it “should” be.
I encourage you to do the same. Allow yourself to be vulnerable, unravel yourself and enjoy your process of reconstruction. Thank you to my beautiful friends Amy, Lydia, Natalie, and Vanessa and all the beautiful women who have inspired me throughout this process. This one is for you. Continue reading ““Todo Llegara a Su Tiempo” Vol. 2 (poetry series)”
To My Superwoman, Happy Birthday
I come from a league of brave women. The women in my life have taught me the value of compassion and faith while teaching me the importance of using my voice and defending my self-worth. Today is a very special day as my alliance and I honor the birth of one of our leaders, my … Continue reading To My Superwoman, Happy Birthday
“Todo Llegara a Su Tiempo” Vol. 1 (poetry series)
I have lived through some of the darkest hours of my life these past six months. While I struggled understanding why I had so much resentment towards the people I claimed to hold nearest to my heart and feeling extremely self-deprecating, I turned to the only thing I knew best to do and created this series.
I dedicate this to my mother and all the young women who are and have struggled with self-identity, loss, abuse, and forgiveness.
But it should also be said, it is an inevitable truth in Buddhist beliefs that suffrage exists and it is universally experienced. This series is a reflection of a lifelong lesson that I believe we all connect with, allowing us to be more humane towards one another. Let us continue thriving, reminding ourselves that soon our time will come, for, in the darkest hours, there is a sunrise offering us an opportunity to start over again.
Namaste.
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Womanhood is Self-Definitive
I’ve always believed and said that womanhood is a self-definitive process. But even within my own process I have struggled to find the words and meanings to the many feelings, thoughts and experiences I’ve had to deal with as woman. At 21, idealistically, most would say I have yet to learn what it is … Continue reading Womanhood is Self-Definitive
Letting the Flakes Fall, One Beat at a Time
“My music is my form of healing; a healing process that has taken sometime and will continue for as long as it needs to take. But I know that with my music I will be safe and it will give me the strength to push through.”
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Looking Good on a Budget: The Thrift Store Guide for the Non-Thrifter
Get ready to get your hands dirty, I promise this will be rewarding in the end! Continue reading “Looking Good on a Budget: The Thrift Store Guide for the Non-Thrifter”
The Blueprint
“I’m ready now. I feel like everything before this was all preparation, I have the blueprint. At a young age I got tired of doing the same shit and with something so powerful like art within my reach I’d be a fool to postpone it any longer,” Adrian says gazing into the window, he sees himself past beyond the concrete familiar streets of his childhood.
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