Blood and Mud The lines are not clean no clear space between the black and the white but a muddy chaos rising in the blood talking heads would tell you there is one sole path one sole faith to guide every step denying the many names of gods turning their backs on empathy and love … Continue reading Blood and Mud
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Blind Mountain
Blind Mountain The proverbial mustard seed did not transform the hatred of hearts into anointed souls though it could have given half the chance The mountain still stands unmoved, impossible for what they profess as love has been a curse a civil war between neighbors rather than the sole commandment They speak hatred and preach … Continue reading Blind Mountain
Claiming Space
Stepping into our own
We Break Ourselves
We Break Ourselves We see the rocks ahead as we are carried on the tides we fight, and we struggle we break ourselves on those sharp edges We can see the darkness ahead as we walk a lonely path we rage, and we wrestle we lose ourselves inside that inky void We see the danger … Continue reading We Break Ourselves
Dividing Lines #MondayBlogs
Dividing Lines #MondayBlogs "Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it..." - Hermann Hesse Dividing lines were such a soft sell: "for your own good" "to strengthen community" "safety in numbers" a lie we were all fed from an early age meant to start us down the path … Continue reading Dividing Lines #MondayBlogs
The Fight #MondayBlogs
We fight to exist
Open Mind #FridayPhilosophy
Open Mind #FridayPhilosophy “Fear grew in places unlit by knowledge.” - Roshani Chokshi “There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.” - Lyndon B. Johnson “We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is … Continue reading Open Mind #FridayPhilosophy
Pride #FridayPhilosophy
"We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity." - George Takei "You look ridiculous if you dance. You look ridiculous if you don’t dance. So you might as well dance." - Gertrude Stein "No person is your … Continue reading Pride #FridayPhilosophy
We Are the Last
Never again
Revelation #MondayBlogs
History and justice have rarely met