Published inImpermanences·PinnedMember-onlyAnother Little Ode to Rising From The Ashes (#RiFTA)For a dramatic visual version, see my Instagram grid (same date). There are moments in this life that abruptly grind you to a complete halt. You may have seen them coming or not, yet they hail down upon you all the same — inexplicable as Odin’s lightning, unpreventable as our…Transformation2 min readTransformation2 min read
Published inOpenrs·PinnedMember-onlyEach Relationship Prepared Me For The NextAs Steve Jobs put it, I’m “connecting the dots in retrospect.” There are so many things about each relationship that teach us. About life, about each other, about ourselves. Surprisingly though, most of us fail miserably at noticing and applying these learnings. Here are some impactful ones from recent loves…Relationships5 min readRelationships5 min read
Published inImpermanences·PinnedMember-only{Poem} — Funny thing, the pastStream of consciousness, letting go. Funny thing, the past. Not funny at all. Whatever it engulfs, intentionally or not, stays frozen. Indefinite. What it was, what it could be. What it wasn’t, could’ve been. The amount of souls in there never ceases to surprise me. Like blades of grass, at…Letting Go2 min readLetting Go2 min read
Feb 23Member-only{short} My latest role model Tony RobbinsThe man is a little (big) miracle. So glad he exists! The 5-day free online seminar that the great Tony Robbins offered in January was a huge boost, with lots of reminders to do all the right things I used to do naturally at certain phases like in music school…Tony Robbins3 min readTony Robbins3 min read
Published inOpenrs·Jan 30Member-onlyThe Many Life Hacks of PrivilegeWhat are you waiting for?! Swap out your whole self for a better one today! Have you ever wondered how to have an easier life but never thought to look at your own genes? Look no further! With a tall, white, fit appearance, you can have your wildest dreams come…Privilege5 min readPrivilege5 min read
Oct 24, 2022Member-onlyAn immigrant’s drop to spill the glassWelcome to our lives. Some bio, some inspo. Read to the end. I’ve gone seven years and nine days without seeing almost anyone from the first of my four homes, Mexico. If it hadn’t been for the catastrophe that was my first marriage to a German narcissist, that sentence would…Immigration6 min readImmigration6 min read
Sep 29, 2022Member-onlyMasculinity = SolidityFor better models than binary heteronormativity or woo-woo talk I’ve been listening to David Deida’s 20-year-old and dangerously named classic The Way Of The Superior Man, deep waters on whose surface I found a textured reflection of a lot of my strengths and struggles as a self. It made it…Masculinity6 min readMasculinity6 min read
Jun 29, 2022Member-onlyTell me it gets easierThank you to Mansionair for the banger that inspired this. My demons are not gentle. It’s rarely a sunrise before we meet once more. One more wrestle, some more blood. One more knuckle peeled like a lava ore. My heart is not quiet. It will beat a symphonic drum to get…Passion2 min readPassion2 min read
Published inImpermanences·Apr 24, 2022Member-only{Poem} — Do not let me fail to love youDo not let me fail to love you When it’s easier to forget When the days are longer than the nights we share When my eyelids lower quicker than our guards Do not allow me to reframe you In a feebler tone of joy In a softer shade than your intense humanity In…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Published inImpermanences·Dec 17, 2021Member-onlyEnd of an EraI’ve been having flashbacks, flashforwards and flashbeyonds, recently. I sit and listen to the festive pumping of teenagers partying in our house. They’re celebrating, elated. I’m high, they’re not. I listen to my brainwaves as they pound to a rhythm just slightly different than their disco bangers, my heart beats…Spirituality3 min readSpirituality3 min read
