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#3000Questions -- Question 23: If you could ask one person, alive or dead, only one question, what would you ask?

I’d ask one of my ancestors who survived it all, “What really happened?”, to know the raw unfiltered truth from the perspective of

Most overrated virtue: Courage. While important, it’s sometimes glorified without caution. Courage without prudence can lead to reckless abandon. Riding into battle w/no form of training, preparedness, or gear will not guarantee one's safety just because one has blind courage

#3000Questions -- Question 28: Thoughts on most underrated/overrated virtues?

Most underrated virtue: Gratitude. More than simple thankfulness, it shifts focus from lack to abundance, building resilience, contentment, & stronger relationships.

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(Final poem from 'Maya Angelou - Live and Unplugged')Still I RiseYou may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very d... 'Still I Rise' by Maya Angelou (1987, Live performance)

#3000Questions -- Question 27: What is your greatest fear?

To regret never trying, even if the possibility of failure is blinding, there is also the possibility for success but it's never apparent if never tried for

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#3000Questions -- Question 26: What is your most treasured possession?

My time left on this earth. Fleeting, irrevocable, & invaluable—it shapes our lives, our loves, & our legacies. It's important what we do w/it, how & who we share it with, & appreciate it while we are here

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#3000Questions -- Question 25: What do you want to do when you retire?

Offer my life experience and spiritual wisdom to others as a full-time astrologer, seamstress & costume designer, and be a mother someday

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— the law of attraction that mirrors what we emanate and the law of assumption that it will come.

#3000Questions -- Question 24: Do you believe in a “higher power”?

I believe there is an unknown force that goes by many names that exists. I believe in the magnetic energy of the universe, luck, & unexplainable magic that's all around us..

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#3000Questions -- Question 23: What excites you about the future?

The prospect of surpassing today’s goals to embrace even grander dreams tomorrow

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#3000Questions -- Question 22: Your favorite quote(s)?

“Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” — Maya Angelou

“If they wanted to they would.” — Unknown

“If we deem something to be hard, it will be hard. If we think something will be easy, it will be.” — Affinia

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Honorable Mention: “La Femme Damnée” (1859) by Octave Tassaert (France, 1800-1874)

A tragic representation of a tormented woman, lost in a world of regret and despair, showing the haunting effects of love and society's judgments. #ArtHistory #Emotion

3rd Place -- ”The Kiss (Italian: Il bacio)” by Francesco Hayez, 1859

A passionate, secretive kiss shared in the heat of political revolution—a symbol of love’s power to transcend time and the boundaries of war. #RomanticArt #Passion

2nd Place -- “Satyr satisfies Nymph" by Arthur Fischer, 1900

A bold, mythical portrayal of lust and nature’s power, where the Satyr claims his Nymph in an embrace that speaks to primal passion and the untamed wild. #Art #Mythology

#3000Questions - Question 21: What specific work of art do you admire most?

Intimacy by Thomas Blackshear II. Its blend of oil and gold leaf is a masterpiece of storytelling of the divine sensual feminine an African-American woman #Art #WesternNouveau

We made it, thru heaven & hell we call the human experience & on the other side of the finish line a quiet pride blooms honoring how far we've come and yet a whisper beckons inviting us to do it all over again. What version will we become a 2nd time around through it all? #Tarot

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#3000Questions - Question 20: What is your current state of mind?

I’m alight with curious excitement, romance, intention, and determination for the journey ahead with a resolve to live as peacefully and beautifully as possible

You'll be called many times in your life; a small inner voice of #Judgement. This calling to check-in w/yourself; have you let go, learn to live with the monsters that lie within in you but not allow them to over take you, or will you need another life lesson to tame them? #Tarot

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#3000Questions - Question 19: Do you live by any special philosophy?

“If you can’t do anything to help those around you, do all that you can to not hurt them.”
—My father

You traversed the dark reaching dawn, #Sun rises once more due to your unwavering faith & tenacity for truth. As you gently bath in the warm light, give yourself a moment to feel gratitude & happiness @ your inner/outer strength. With pure feelings, magic flows abundantly #Tarot

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#3000Questions - Question 18: What do you try to keep an open mind about?

Sexuality, opposing opinions stoically, low-level human fallibility, and the endless potential for growth