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Baked In Trauma

by [email protected] | Mar 8, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, World View

My innocence was literally stolen when I was sexually assaulted as a kid. So, I tend to present in public as if I am somehow guilty of something. I get nervous and start talking. If I’m allowed to speak long enough, I will inevitably stumble upon some...

Trickle Down Fascism

by [email protected] | Mar 1, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, World View

I finally watched the horror show from this past Friday with President Zielinski and the Trump Syndicate.. It’s difficult for me to watch abusive content because it is so triggering for me personally — good luck over the next four years, right? Aside from...

A Better Way

by [email protected] | Feb 22, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View

America has been egging for a real knock down, drag out existential crisis since the end of WWII. Civil rights, Watergate, the Cold War, the World Trade Center attack, not to mention the collective unresolved guilt of ignoring the genocide of indigenous people and...

The Little Bird and the Hawk

by [email protected] | Feb 21, 2025 | Fine Art, Motivational, World View

This is a story about a boy whose parents talked him out of caring for an injured bird he found on his way home from school. “Get that thing out of here,” his mother scolded. “He’s full of germs!” “Let nature run its course,”...

Walk the Line

by [email protected] | Feb 20, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, World View

I try to walk a line, as a political person, because we are all political beings, even if we shy away from politics. I push the envelope as a citizen/artist, not as often as I’d like to. I restrain myself. But as I survey the current landscape, I find myself...

The Obstacle Course of my Life

by [email protected] | Jan 21, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, World View

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger I am a survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse, which deeply impacted my sensibility and sense of self worth. One positive that came out of it was it made me more sensitive to the suffering of others. Believe me, empathy is...

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