⋆ patterns

⋆ patterns

I remember, back in the LiveJournal days, I was in a community for abuse survivors. I never posted my own story. I just commented on those that did - I…
⋆ he is one of those boys

⋆ he is one of those boys

you hold his face while you kiss him numbers are dictation, dictators are numb. the more i sayΒ the less you feel. abandon age for pints and ounces, and let your…
⋆ adoption, raced

⋆ adoption, raced

I remember my mother holding a newborn Isobel, gazing at her tiny, pink beauty and saying to me, β€œMaybe you should give her up for adoption.” I was horrified. Years…
⋆ scribbles

⋆ scribbles

"I realised I would not be happy without you in my life." I stared at this written sentence long enough for it to blur. Have you ever had someone cross…
⋆ The Prize

⋆ The Prize

Q: Why do you want to fix a negative situation with someone that is always harming you? What causes you to be there in the first place? The people you…
⋆ limited

⋆ limited

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution". Why are you where you are in your…
⋆ Energy

⋆ Energy

Consciousness: You have it. You use it. You know what it does. But you have no idea what it is. You can argue that everything is energy, or can be…
⋆ boundaries

⋆ boundaries

In preparation for a mini-course I will be holding for my final exam, I have been holding some conversations about a much-used (but often misunderstood) term: boundaries. In several conversations…
⋆ Glue Song

⋆ Glue Song

"Because it isn’t." I replied with an answer to this, but I felt that I needed to post my answer instead. Love is just mostly attraction and expectations. You got…
⋆ Age of Anxiety II

⋆ Age of Anxiety II

ο»Ώ Something in the way you love me won't let me beI don't want to be your prisonerSo baby, won't you set me free?Stop playing with my heartFinish what you…
⋆ Age of Anxiety

⋆ Age of Anxiety

Someone had mentioned to me that everyone under the age of 45 is living in the "Age of Anxiety". I had to pause and think of everyone in my social…
digital drawing of a long purple monster playing a dj with a missing person sign

⋆ talking in circles

Unsubstantiated fear = obsessive thought processes = increased unsubstantiated fear = increasingly obsessive thought processes = even more unsubstantiated fear = uncontrollably obsessive thought processes = psychosis. Welcome to an…