The Human Builder Credo
In one door, told what’s “wrong with you,” out the next, told what’s “broken within you,” and in another to purchase your pills. The louder the internal conflict, the more muted the external manipulation becomes. The more full the “doctor’s” books, the less care and attention can be offered, and the more can be charged. If the doctor’s unsure, then surely there’s a high-ticket test that can determine the cure.
This is My Why
When this began I didn’t know what an “influencer” was. The meanings of “follow,” “like,” and “hashtag,” weren’t part of my vernacular and 2 p.m. was an empty space between personal training clients. When this began I also lived in fear of dementors dominating my daily life.
Busting Stoner Stereotypes and Science
Cannabis, or Marijuana, has had a residency at the round tables of philosophy, religion, and medicine since 2000 B.C.E.. Long before the socio political revolutions of the counter cultures of the 1960s and 70s, that served as a catalyst of exploration. When both cause, and consciousness, caused a generation to ask questions of a system […]
Sandow Caesar and Success
Success is an interesting metric. A bit like love, it is difficult to define as the meaning is subjectively derived. In a digital age, we are subjected to montages of monumental purchases, of disproportionate monetary value. Leaving humans — that are currently chasing down their demons and dreams — left to feel less than enough. […]
Life is Like a Tattoo
I have family members that loathe the looks of permanent ink — particularly on their first born. Assuming it tarnishes the purity of flesh they used to pinch, smooch, and squeeze. Tattoos illustrations on a canvas foreign to all of us. A meat suit we were placed in — and told to love. To treat […]
Thunder
Thunder It’s been almost a year since the rumble of Irma’s clouds chased us all the way back to West Coast — as it was the only flight left as the projected Cat. 5 barreled toward our Tampa Bay. Just days before she courted our waters, our ever-inprogress-home crumbled. Our ceiling had fallen. Yes, the […]