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Do not, I repeat, DO NOT CRASH OUT.
Folks are relying on you to be overstimulated, overwhelmed, & overcome so you won't resist.
Take breaks,
Take a breath,
Be intentional with how you spend your time.
Be effective with how you spend your energy.
Support each other
Rest, live, & fight another day.

Now, more than ever, awareness is critical.

Several content creators - on video and text platforms - break down this treatise into digestible chunks. Look them up, pick a topic that stokes your inner fire, find local organizations who are rallying to fight these threats.

We need each other.

Be as proactive as you can, and set up self care as needed - we will likely experience quite the ride next week

That’s my guess tbh

The current TikTok saga is a taste - and/or test - of what is yet to manifest

This, so much this. It didn’t have to be this way.

Noam Chomsky has been a hero of mine ever since I read his books exploring transformational grammar.

I felt sad today. So I watched a few of his recent videos about our current reality, which seemed like completely logical thing to do.

I don’t feel better but I also don’t feel alone.

… as they salivate over the potential windfall of money (of course)

The same argument can be made about any kind of protest/movement. Not everyone is a soldier on the front line. We still need people to provide support, and not just when things go badly.

I’m having similar thoughts. For now, I am in a “wait and see” mode but Chew has spent any goodwill/trust we might have had.

Our reality is created from a kaleidoscope of individual truths, perspectives, and reactions.

Keep speaking, even if your voice sounds like a whisper against the wind of oppression.

Being curious is the first step to building bridges and understanding interconnection as well as intersectionality

Photograph of storm clouds in the mountain foothills

We are in the calm before the storm, literally and figuratively.

The air tingles with expectation.

#photography #pnw #weather

There will be a line between safety and compliance.

Will you cross it? How much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice?

#comfort

One ancestor was the first woman in her county to obtain a drivers license. I imagine bystanders “ate dirt” when she raced down rural roads. She was a Suffragette yet she filled a Hope Chest with hand-painted porcelain.

Ancestors give us strength and lessons. Past, present, and future become one.

*pssssst*

Hey

You know that one project?

That one you've wanted to write FOREVER except it's scary as hell & maybe you don't feel good
enough or brave enough or strong enough?

Spend 15 min on it today

Keep the dream alive

Even a pot on the back burner needs to occasionally be stirred

To riff on an frequently cited quote: we don’t need any more dystopian how-to manuals 😬

We are here to save each other

Color photograph of winter trees and a full moon partially hidden by clouds

May this full moon give us glimmers of hope

#photography #clouds #moon #nightsky