SIDEWAYS EIGHT PROJECTS

As we deny our authentic selves for profit and perceived prestige, let us remember that we were born wild and ravenous. Our legs were meant to gallop through thorns and thistles but traipse through the crowd gathered in the manmade edifice. We can grow back into our wild roots while maintaining a modicum of decorum. We can breathe again where the air is thin and desperate for attention. We can be delivered into the truth which lies just beneath the surface of the universe’s intention and describe to others what it is to exist in pure freedom.

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What you see, touch, taste, hear, and smell is by no means all there is to our existence. With me however, what you see is what you get.

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This afternoon I was tremendously blessed and fortunate to have the opportunity through professional colleagues (who happen to be friends as well) to be a #judge for my region’s semifinals of #poetryoutloud.
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Big shout out to @sparkshighschool for hosting the enriching event! Thank you again to @mjubando and @renokate for providing me specifically with the opportunity! Thank you to @sylvia_stephens for allowing me to be her Judge partner!
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It was marvelous to see and hear the participating students face their fears of public speaking for the sake of competing in this worthwhile nationwide event. I hung on your every word, and I was glad for it.
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Best of luck and break legs to all of those who earned a trip to the finals!

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Sometimes a piece comes to me and I can’t figure out why. May these words find soft landing with anyone who they are meant to resonate with. May they find hard landing with those whoa are in desperate need of having a response evoked. May they simply land with anyone who is indifferent to the cause, whatever the cause may be.

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The art of the craft, and the gift of the flow are my life raft which gets me ready to go.
This is my slice of heaven, right here upon this earth. This is what gets my engine revving, and makes me find purpose in my birth.
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📷 : @delafotoreno
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I am so proud and happy to be a part of this beautiful @spoken_views_reno

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I grew up listening to ‘The sound of silence’. Here’s an original take on the lyrics to flip the meaning. Enjoy…

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We are made angels across time in contemplation of our demise. Our mortality makes us whole and yet fragile. We witness to others who are young and do not yet have the taste of decay in their mouths. They stare blankly back as if no explanation could possibly be exhaustive. We smile on the inside in the knowing that, ultimately, they will learn the lesson, even if their teacher isn’t personally known to us.

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These tunnels we imagine in our mind’s eye beg to be discovered in the waking world. Passages to plenty. Pathways to promise. Peeled back layers of perspective. Potential presence. Childhood dreams actualized.

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I can see your breath on the winds across history.

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There are beloved smells across the year that are season or holiday specific for me. There are so many wonderful (and awful) scents to take in. What are some of your favorites?

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