There used to be a time, not so long ago, (well actually…pretty long ago), when I would write out my agony, the emotions that defined me. It was the inception of my relationship with poetry. Oh the sweet, sweet years of teenage, where every emotion that you feel is as high as heaven, as fiery as […]
“Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me” – William Shakespeare This quote captioning a well orchastrated picture would be the exact thing that would earn me some Instagram clout. Now my life is valid, now it has value, now that it has been seen… This thought has been haunting me […]
That one day you will be living in the city of your dreams / That one day day you will be living the life you hadn’t even dreamed of / That one day you will be living life outside the usual narrative, and it will be fabulous / That one day you will be sitting […]
This week’s New Yorker hosts a compelling read by journalist, Ben Taub, titled We Have No Choice. It is a story of young Nigerian girl, Blessing, and her journey from Benin City to Europe. The article covers so many topics. or should I say inhuman situations – human trafficking, prostitution, refugee conditions, smuggling, violence, blackmail […]
Unabridged. Unadulterated. Unbridled. Lately, I’m seeing a pattern in my life, where I stumble upon things that are perfectly aligned with my thoughts, only to augment my vision, enrich my perspective. They say as soon as you start owning your own, initiate that first intent toward your goal, the universe actualizes every effort to align with you. […]
A blog maybe? Better yet – an authentic blog. Something you’ll hear me say often is, “We live in an era of inauthentic authenticity.” I truly believe this – Everyone knows how to be politically correct, to say the ‘right’ things, to get the ‘right’ attention, or rather saying things that tap into the buzz […]
1 minute is eternity, every second of the sixty is fire, and the moment is not only epic, but historic. Apologies for the short post, but I had to share my excitement, in fact excitement is underrated right now, I’m exploding! And what better way to express this emotion but through my writing, the purpose […]
Pretty much. I moved to NY over 2 years ago, a young girl, shielded and linear. Most of the times I was told what to do and I simply obeyed. To be fully honest it wasn’t complete compliance, and the small remnants from each time is probably what stirred the whirlwind of changes that I […]
Or does it? Oh it REALLY does! It’s Snapchat era and everyone’s loving the idea of content disappearing in seconds! But where is it really going? Can Snapchat see every sneaky snap you send out? Is it getting stored in some fantasy cloud? Can those data people track your every conversation? I know I thought this […]
Have you ever wondered how your brain functions? How one thought leads to another then another? How long does it take for all the information to process? 13 milliseconds! In that case, how much can happen in a minute of one’s time? And how much DOES happen in this one internet minute! Every minute, 639,800GB of […]
