I have now been writing for five days in a row. Continuing these 30 days of blogging is making me uncomfortable, but I had to commit to it like a fool. As stated before, I am using writing prompts to help build my writing foundations. Today’s prompt is about open-mindedness. Why open-mindedness is important for me? Throughout my life existing within the system of white supremacy I have often been seen as lesser…
It is now the fourth day of this 30-day blogging challenger. As stated in previous posts, I am using writing prompts to build my habit. Today’s prompt is on “how mental health impacts physical health.” This one speaks to me as a person who has often struggled with maintaining a healthy weight. Mental health often impacts everything that we do. It has been a struggle to do anything at times with my introverted personality…
It is now the third day of my 30 Days of Blogging Challenge. Previously I announced using prompts to build a foundation. Today’s prompt is from the non-fiction suggestions. I am to write about discovering morals. What are my morals? Merriam-Webster defines morals as: Definition of moral 1a : of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior : ethical moral judgments b : expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior…
It is now day two of my 30 days of blogging commitment. I am now experiencing the same problem I have had whenever I try to start a challenge, I have nothing to guide me. In my past experiences, using guides and planning what I wanted to do did help. Recent world and life events, unfortunately, often lead to my demotivation and abandonment of interests. I am too stressed to think of what to create…
I’ve resigned myself to writing for my own personal benefit instead of remuneration. In the last several years of trying to configure myself into functioning within the system of racial capitalism, I have only made myself miserable. As of writing, an ageing autocrat has invaded another sovereign nation for the foolishness of an immortality project. The collective inhumanity that I, as a dislocated African experience, alongside billions is once again shrugged off as nothing…
I am trying a new approach to writing. I believe it will be helpful if I spend a few hours or days planning out what it is that I want to write. For a time there were many subjects that I wished to write about, but have never been able to fully commit to task. I know that writing is compensatory action for existing within the system of white inferirocracy. It is with that acknowledged…
It’s been more than a month since my father passed. I no longer grieve his absence, for his memory lives on within my mother, my brother and myself. We are all proof of his existence of sixty-seven years on this planet. Although he only lived half of his potential lifespan, the chronic health conditions and system of white inferiorization that robbed him of his remaining time; as the system does. In reading and reflecting on…
Exercises from this can be found in Betty Edwards Book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Three posts about art back to back, a new world record for my lazy ass. As I’ve identified art as the work I am supposed to be doing, I’m going to have to plan the next step of my art education. The first step of my plan is working on art fundamentals. Art, like anything, is…
Art used in this post can be found on my Instagram A question that keeps me up at night is this: what am I trying to do with my art? The naive answer is to make myself happy. A more detailed answer expresses how I feel operating within the working world. I have never fit in at traditional employment. Most of my job experience is either in general labour or food service. Industries that are…
Oh yeah, it’s time to get serious about this anti-work journey by resuming all the creative projects I’ve been putting on hold. I’ve chosen content creation to be my escape vector from the indignities of racialized existence. While my coercion is set to end within two months, I’m putting my stolen time back to creative pursuits. Dealing with my mental health will also add to this difficulty. I’ve already identified writing and drawing as…