Love in Solitude My previous essay led me to the solitude I know, and know to return to.

Every genuine intimacy carries risk. Not as pessimism, as simple fact. To be with someone is to be inside the possibility of a goodbye.

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Consciousness is the hidden architecture behind fundamental and quantum physics <p><em>Physics, and science as a whole, attempts to paint an objective picture of reality. Consciousness, experience, and subjectivity are forcibly pushed out of this picture. Even where science is em...

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On Victimhood and Responsibility Capacity, Power, and the Erasure of Context

A response to the way the language of responsibility is used to silence rather than clarify. #language #culture #power

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Better — a word that can keep us from ourselves It can shape our expectations, our self-worth, and the way we understand growth.

The latest:
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#essay #substack #justbe

Wildflowers in my home. 🌱 #flowers #photography #visualdiary

Unsilencing Breathing truth into being.

Second little post on #substack It’s been nice to write like this. Near zero audience but still nice! 🙃 less #socialmedia feel.

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Portraits lately 🤍🎶
#bnwphotography

NOVEL DIARIES My naked first draft - creative process reflections.

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No idea what I’m doing but doing it anyway! Fragments of a story in the making #writing Might be a book one day. For now it’s a #creativeprocess, a discovery, a little torment, and a lot of joy. #thewomaninthefilm #fiction

Monochromatic play in morning light.
#mindfulness #light #bnw #leaves

Shades of #blue #urban #nature #art #photography

Love it. Inspires me to do the same. Thanks!

Unsilencing; truth into being.  – Shawna Tavsky

“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you…” Audre Lorde
A recent contemplation on the feeling of safety in silence…how it becomes a form of self-erasure—an invisibility. #audhd #unmasking #writing

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Portrait session the other day 🤍
#bnwphotography #stories #bnw

I visited Rwanda years ago and failed to share the stories. I had no words. It feels good to be published, and good to share a story now of something in me from that visit. Sadly, it felt relevant to write in the quietness of a world watching bombs explode in another genocide… #stories #writing

Where the sea meets the sky… I’m in love. #bnwphotography #seascape #sky #love #writing

Happy news - my #shortstory “Untold Stories” is now published in Beyond Words Magazine. :) #creativewriting #indiemag

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Analogue desk. 🎶🤍 yes!

Love it!

Felt good to lose myself in some creation this weekend… #portrait #art #mexicocity #studio #women

Over 500 People Killed and 900 Wounded Since Israel Broke Gaza Ceasefire Israel has launched new ground operations in the north of Gaza and continues its ongoing blockade.

Nearly 200 children are among those killed by Israel in Gaza over the last three days since the powerful U.S. ally broke a cease-fire agreement and began a massive bombing campaign with the blessing of the Trump administration.

“Can the hungry go on a hunger strike? Non-violence is a piece of theatre. You need an audience. What can you do when you have no audience? People have the right to resist annihilation." Arundhati Roy.

#quote #arundhatiroy #humanrights

Recent portraits. Sessions are very personal experiences. Stories held inside are often shared, sometimes with words, often not. 🤍

#portrait #cdmx #bnwportrait #studio #photography #stories

The world feels so deeply broken.
#flowers #freepalestine #love

Not sure this answers your question exactly, but I wrote myself a note with “expect good” on it and stuck it on my fridge. Although, the note is just for my personal context, can’t say it applies to current US or world politics :/

My cat, pissed off :)
#monday #cat #bnwphotography

The feeling of…
#naturephotography #blackandwhite
#photography
#walks

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Cracked floor of a dried up part of a reservoir in southern Spain (drone image).

#aerialphotography
#dronedreamer
#dronephoto
#dronephotography
#djimini3pro
#djimini3prophotography

This is all so horrible… thanks for sharing this article.