Category: JOURNALS OF THOUGHTS

Image by Wilgom Following the release of Acrimony, the controversial Tyler Perry movie, many conversation tables could not settle on who was justified and to what extent. Being a woman, I quite understand the raging support women had for the heroine and the outrage at the audacity of the protagonist to recreate the life he… Continue reading Scars and Healing

Art by Izzakko Initially, when the inspiration to write this piece came I was in my feelings. I really did not want to write about the emotions churning within because if I looked closely, I could see shame, anger, and disappointment. I read somewhere that anger is an emotion that reflects self-love because it gives… Continue reading LAST INCIDENCES

Original drawing by Curecherche Ato. Hello!!! I think I was too enthusiastic with that greeting considering I am about to attempt a philosophical diatribe. The concept of good and bad is as old as time itself and the understanding as evolutionary as morality. Mathematically, parallel lines cannot meet or intersect at any point. If they… Continue reading THE PARALLEL LINE BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD

Painting by Lina Iris Viktor. The pre-eminence about being a writer asides from individual storytelling is the ability to tell collective stories, singular stories till they become mantras, and to borrow the stories of others that we encounter. Today, I want to share the story of a woman I met in a restroom in a… Continue reading THE STORIES WE EMBODY

Image from Pinterest. I am not sure how to navigate this topic because it seems contradictory to the ideals of feminism to allude to the importance of a feminist man but maybe that is the intrigue with opposing ideas, the ability to hold parallel truths with equanimity. I know you must have encountered the use… Continue reading THE FEMINIST MAN

Image from Pinterest. Today is the day I will finally lend my voice to paper on this discussion. Honestly, I'd have preferred a round table talk on television with the originators of this question "what do you bring to the table?" Of course, this question can apply to every sphere of life but my flummox… Continue reading THE TABLE TALK

Nirvana by Sabantha. This blog post was triggered by a comment. "Dara, fun as always, I have missed you." Immediately I read those words, I just had a flashback and an epiphany at once. I remembered how far I and this person have come. We've almost gone the whole nine yards (why do they say… Continue reading FRIENDS IN THE CHAPTERS

Painting by Angeladawngamboa It is 4:39am and my creative juices are high. I have been itching to write for a while now but never seem to find the headspace to truly let it out. I have several inspirations but I just let it seat in my mind for a while. Sometimes I get so lost… Continue reading Just another day in the mind of a savant

Image from Pinterest. You meet a random stranger, smile, and for a moment the warmth makes you forget that the memory does not extend beyond that smile. Someone said "people build relatability" It is like the relationship we have with celebrities in our head because we watch them every day and relate with them on… Continue reading FALSE ATTACHMENTS