Queer, Polyamorous Autigender & Anti-War Veteran of Color who is also AUTISTIC AS FVCK <they>đź’»</them>
Cultivating Grace
📸 Portage Canal, Pt TownsendI’ve had myself a bit of a revelation… I have come to believe that grace comes from my ability to make peace with my own suffering. When I heal my wounded parts people will not be able to ruffle my feathers. I have become aware of another way I can take more responsibility for my emotions. I can proactively tend my wounded parts in an effort to continue to cultivate my own resiliency. Mostly I’ve just been aware of all of my Trauma, but now I can go back and lick ...
Cultivating Grace
📸 Portage Canal, Pt TownsendI’ve had myself a bit of a revelation… I have come to believe that grace comes from my ability to make peace with my own suffering. When I heal my wounded parts people will not be able to ruffle my feathers. I have become aware of another way I can take more responsibility for my emotions. I can proactively tend my wounded parts in an effort to continue to cultivate my own resiliency. Mostly I’ve just been aware of all of my Trauma, but now I can go back and lick ...
Are you tracking identities and power in your relationships?
Why questioning these two elements can be supportive in understanding or making sense of, or potentially healing from an experience.Took some time to make some visual representations of some thoughts I chew on.Perhaps it’s my way of leaving breadcrumbs along the way throughout my journey, either way I’d like to share and am open to feedback/dialogue. I’m not glued to the language, simply laying out what makes sense so far.Image descriptions for white text appearing on a subtle but dark textil...
Are you tracking identities and power in your relationships?
Why questioning these two elements can be supportive in understanding or making sense of, or potentially healing from an experience.Took some time to make some visual representations of some thoughts I chew on.Perhaps it’s my way of leaving breadcrumbs along the way throughout my journey, either way I’d like to share and am open to feedback/dialogue. I’m not glued to the language, simply laying out what makes sense so far.Image descriptions for white text appearing on a subtle but dark textil...
Grief, Growth & Gratitude // behind the scenes...
Seeding my intentions with this manifestation circle I created in my phone back in July** I have been calling in a very specific and nuanced medicine that I know my spirit needs.** I believe that I have been neglected spiritually by the culture I was born into. As I've embarked on my healing journey from being born into a caste system (and generations of genocide, slavery and displacement) I have healed and learned what parts of my whole have not been properly nurtured. I believe many th...
Grief, Growth & Gratitude // behind the scenes...
Seeding my intentions with this manifestation circle I created in my phone back in July** I have been calling in a very specific and nuanced medicine that I know my spirit needs.** I believe that I have been neglected spiritually by the culture I was born into. As I've embarked on my healing journey from being born into a caste system (and generations of genocide, slavery and displacement) I have healed and learned what parts of my whole have not been properly nurtured. I believe many th...
“Good Grief!”…
Honoring the sacred and beautiful art of the Grieving Process.Aloysious holds the “Grief card. “ Image on card face is a sprig of white flowers in a small pile of dirt covered in a glass dome. Three staggered white text boxes appear with bold black outlining displaying the following text from top to bottom: “RELEASE” in red ink, “Grief” followed by “Cycles” in black.Grieving as a process is not linear.Grief takes its own time to pass and can be down-right unpredictable. Many of us will come t...
“Good Grief!”…
Honoring the sacred and beautiful art of the Grieving Process.Aloysious holds the “Grief card. “ Image on card face is a sprig of white flowers in a small pile of dirt covered in a glass dome. Three staggered white text boxes appear with bold black outlining displaying the following text from top to bottom: “RELEASE” in red ink, “Grief” followed by “Cycles” in black.Grieving as a process is not linear.Grief takes its own time to pass and can be down-right unpredictable. Many of us will come t...
What “Seeding Community” means to me.
Rainbow Corn seeds purchased from Native Seeds As Diane Wilson puts in in her novel Seed Keeper, “We can think of seeds as knowledge holders, as story keepers”. I believe this framing around all forms life and how wisdom is transferred between life forms deep within my bones. I’ve used the language of gardening and for the sake of this article : planting seeds in regards to how I communicate with others. I am a keeper and sharer of stories. I passionately share my philosophies and the truths ...
What “Seeding Community” means to me.
Rainbow Corn seeds purchased from Native Seeds As Diane Wilson puts in in her novel Seed Keeper, “We can think of seeds as knowledge holders, as story keepers”. I believe this framing around all forms life and how wisdom is transferred between life forms deep within my bones. I’ve used the language of gardening and for the sake of this article : planting seeds in regards to how I communicate with others. I am a keeper and sharer of stories. I passionately share my philosophies and the truths ...
