PinnedMember-onlyBeing Single Is the DefaultThinking that love can be found externally is a sign of a broken culture — Amatonormativity: the widespread assumption that everyone is better off in an exclusive, romantic, long-term coupled relationship, and that everyone is seeking such a relationship. I am many things, and perennially single is one of them. In my 15 or so “eligible” dating years, I have never once been in a…Relationships6 min readRelationships6 min read
Published inHuman Parts·PinnedMember-onlyStorytelling Advice for the End of the WorldBan single-use plastics? Ban single-use stories! — The world we live in is built out of story. When we moved on from the trees and the mountains and the fields and into homes and cities, we built them out of story. Tales of who we are, how we live and love and breed. …Storytelling4 min readStorytelling4 min read
Sep 5Member-onlyTarot According to Chat GPT: The LoversBeyond Romance: Decisions, Values, and the Lovers Card in Tarot — I asked Chat GPT the meaning behind The Lovers tarot card. Emphasis (bold and italic) are mine. The subtitle is one of eight great choices GPT provided me with including my second favourite, “Balancing Act: The Lovers Card and the Art of Integration in Tarot.” Personally and based on my…Tarot3 min readTarot3 min read
Mar 11Member-onlyJudgement Only Serves Your EgoTransmuting judgement into discernment sets us free — One of the most self-limiting beliefs is that one’s own view of reality is the only view of reality. The Universe is a holographic playing field and everything that presents itself to us in this field is for our growth. Everything. There is no morality to the field. It has…Judgement3 min readJudgement3 min read
Mar 11Member-onlyThe Pluriverse is Always TalkingAre you listening? — Growing up in and around Vancouver, Canada (unceded Coast Salish Territory), Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller has always been a part of my consciousness. Science World (pictured above) is one of the most iconic landmarks in the city and is one of the many geodesic domes around the world inspired by Bucky…Climate Change5 min readClimate Change5 min read
Mar 4Member-onlyWe are Always in ChoiceWhat the Two of Swords teaches us about control — A woman sits blindfolded in front of the ocean, behind her rocky crags and an island off in the distance. With waxing crescent moon overhead, she holds two swords in her hands, arms crossed just below the wrists. This is the classic Waite-Smith image, replicated in decks around the world. …Tarot4 min readTarot4 min read
Feb 28Member-onlyWe Live in a PluriverseSaying goodbye to the Multiverse — Back in 2016 when I first started telling stories in the Multiverse, not everyone knew what the Multiverse was. …Multiverse5 min readMultiverse5 min read
Jan 12Member-onlyWhat is Measured and What is Owed?Reading Sarah Polley’s “The Woman Who Stayed Silent” — Change is the only constant. The human mind forgets this. Preferring to normalize, regulate, and otherwise maintain comfort and the illusion of safety, the human’s forgetfulness often manifests itself as apathy, ignorance, consumption, and the phrase, “That’s just the way things are.” Similar but different to “It is what it…Sarah Polley4 min readSarah Polley4 min read
Dec 9, 2022Member-onlyHave You Ever Tried to Quit Coffee?Like drinking borrowed energy from the future — August 11th, 2022 Gibsons, BC Over the weekend, I ate 2.5 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and went on a 8+ hour “trip.” Different from any psychedelic experience I’d had before, I felt discomfort in my body throughout and especially at the beginning. …Coffee6 min readCoffee6 min read
Dec 4, 2022Member-onlyWhat is My Value Under Capitalism?Learning to tell the difference between intuition and impulse — August 25th, 2022 Strathcona, Vancouver, Canada I had a session with an intuitive yesterday and I asked her about my health. In prepping questions for our session, asking about caffeine or sugar or weed never crossed my mind. Work. Love. Money. Travel. All the usual suspects. But my own embodied…Capitalism6 min readCapitalism6 min read
