Category: Ascension Resurrections Shifts and Transformations

October 2022 Because I haven’t published a full blog in over 2 years, when I finished the essay for the current issue’s Call, Rap & RealTalk, I revisited the last essay for this section. I wanted to refamiliarize myself with those thoughts. I wrote a series of vignettes, on varying topics from Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic …

I’ve missed sharing my thoughts, ideas and experiences.  With well over a year’s worth of thoughts and stories that could have filled far more than four publications, I thought I would highlight the most impressionable ones, those that have caused me to reflect, broaden my vision and challenge my assumptions. These vignettes are in no …

Note: I haven’t written a creative essay in many years, but I was inspired to write this from a conversation that I had with a companion. I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed returning to one of my favorite essay styles. ~Akilah   The Book of Our Lives An artist …

I normally reserve my travel experiences for outside of the country, but for the past 2 years, I’ve changed up a bit. A shift in experience always follows a shift in perception. I believe that my beliefs about the political and cultural environment of the U.S., has clouded and prevented my intimate knowing of the …

I wrote a four page entry for ARS&T; after inserting and editing the photos, I tried to save the file. The window continuously opened so that I could hit “save,” even after I “believed” I had saved the file. Finally I get a “Word is not responding.” I copy the document with the idea of …