beware getting stuck thinking about wanting things instead of actually thinking about them or wanting them

crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious

divinity within is real, divinity without sure is fun tho

what greater honor than to inhabit the music

what do you like enough to be bad at for years

the center of the cypher is a sacred place, at once stage and altar, container and well

it’s so funny that we try to get really good at something before being confident about it

oh to make love with joyed ones

oh to make joy with loved ones

don’t view yourself, relate to yourself

striving for dopeness

this has alleviated so much of my angst and yearning to be understood, to be seen. want as i might, i can't make other people feel any type of way about me. might as well let go of trying. what i can do is make an artful reflection of me, for myself and those who do go looking

a deeply fulfilling aspect of personal website artistry is that it lets me paint the picture i see of myself, exactly as i wish, and set it out there in the world. if people are interested, they'll find their way there. i craft it on my terms and they experience it on theirs

at any moment you can come back to life

every shape you can make with your body is valid

the antidote to caring too much about what people think is finding the things you love so much that the idea of other people just falls away

unmasking and masking and unmasking and masking and

effort is the ultimate test of desire

i think i just got tired of being embarrassed and realized i was creating that experience for myself in the way that i related to the world

expression and permission are two sides of the same coin

self-simulation is the void

you can just initiate a new way of being into your experience ⚡️ no set-up or justification required

you can’t reason your way into feeling the music

i should not, cannot, be casual with the manner and occasion of solitude

inflection points happen when you viscerally experience your life in a new story

you can’t contort yourself into being loved

not that all dark places are bad, darkness is real, shining light into the dark can be healing, yes—

i'm speaking to the fact that there are trains of thought that spiral into self-created suffering. you don't have to take yourself down them every time. you can hop off the ride

there are corridors of your mind
that reliably bring you hurt and sorrow
you can learn to recognize their aperture
practice turning away from their maw
you don't have to give your light to the dark places

becoming a better dancer means becoming not just a better mover, but a better listener

all work is imperfect; making anything at all strengthens the spirit