to write list:

1. there is poetry inside of me i have to write 2. healing wombspaces/ my wombspace 3. re-connecting/staying connected with/in spirit 4. sisterhood- finding love and solidarity amongst other mujeres. appreciation for this. my blood sister and beyond. 5. the use of language- teaching myself/others to use language to end sexual harassment and other forms …

liberade

i've been quiet on this blog. i've wanted to come here and process, tell you all about the training I'm doing, about what i see here in Rio de Janeiro, the new things I eat, the way this city feels so much like Los Angeles. my days are filled with movement and creativity. a new …

day 15

its been 15 days since i've sat down to write. my voice has been silenced by the busy-ness of life. i hate when that happens and yet it happens too often. in my heart, i feel as you all do, many emotions. some crash into each other as cars do on fast and furious freeways. …

esta es tu casa

i found myself just yelling at my cat, my giant dinosaur baby cat, "esta es tu casa!" "this is your house!" she's been hiding under the house all morning long. i got so worried she'd get eaten by underground monsters that i stood by the crack she wiggled through, calling her, shaking food in her cup, …

getting each other through

i spent my lunch time with a friend of mine today who i would like to spend way more time with than she and i actually have time for. but our 40 minutes was lovely and we got to talking about everything under the sky. as i was driving away from her work, i blasted …

writing

i want to write much more than i do. but if i start the list of the "i wants" then there will be no end to this blog entry.so i will stop there and just explore this writing thing for a moment. i read other people's blog daily, getting inspired by thoughts, images, canciones, and …

ay esa melancolia

she is here again. amada melancolia. only this time, i have deadlines to reach and i am finding it hard to focus with her strong energy around. que deseas querida? what do you want from me today? she desires i feel, con todo mi ser. bueno, si, ya, i feel you and i feel all …

love/connection series, 7

the words, images, and experiences since i have last written are stuck at the tip of my tongue. it is hard to concentrate here, i feel like my vision and mind are being constantly stimulated to the point of explosion. and when i have down time, i don't know what to do so i keep …

since yesterday and a second attempt at writing:

1. haven't finished the writing i started yesterday morning but will make another attempt this afternoon 2. my symptoms worsened, i burnt my first batch of soup, and by the time the second was ready, i was already too sleepy to eat 3.dreamt of ghost pasts, really old ghosts, nothing too bad, just a little …

my sunday thus far (and my attempt to put something down on paper/this writing space):

1. woke up feeling sicker than yesterday 2. was happy when i looked out the window and felt the sun shining in, was inspired to pick up my journal and begin to write about various topics that led to starting a new post on an unexpected topic- eventually became frustrated with myself because i am …