Tag: Liberation

This is an article  May More  Tales  suggested a while back, and I’m very much indebted to her for the discussion that led to it. The political backdrop has only grown worse since then, and made this topic all the more important. I don’t have a Reddit account &mda...

In response to the genocide in Gaza and violent attacks in Israel and Palestine, the Kataly Foundation and the Environmental Justice Resourcing Collective (EJRC) are redistributing $680,000 to 23 Arab and Jewish-led organizations in the U.S. These rapid response grants will support groups to build p...

This essay is a personal reflection on the ontology of my life as an architect from a Mahayana Buddhist perspective. As an extension, it is an investigation into the architecture of all human existence— The form and texture of our lives, our feelings, our aspirations, our relationships with ou...

This is an insightful reframing — examining Jesus’s own words and orientation in contrast to orthodox Christian doctrine regarding his relative focus on uplifting women/the oppressed versus directing male disciples carrying religious legacy: Based on my interpretation, if focusing str...

In times of Tsar’s reign, Anarchy stirred within domain. Amidst shadows of Gothic walls, Gnostic whispers echoed in clandestine halls. A call for freedom, untamed and wild, A rebellion against authority compiled. Bogomilism thrived, a heretical creed, Challenging power, Tsar’s decreed...

When our heart is full and content, and when we are not clinging onto anything with our thoughts-words-and-deeds, when there is no attachment to the models of right and wrong, there is perfect peace, and that is liberation. When our heart is malcontent, when we are clinging on to the hurt and inj...

I’ve been slowly becoming an orphan these last fourteen years. I suppose most of us could say that — aren’t so many of us on that journey? For me, it’s been a little more “in my face” than I expected. My father had a stroke in early 2010, one that left him part...

This is especially true of a certain brand of white people, many of us middle class and hailing from the Midwest. We pat ourselves on the back with pride for being [Your State Here] Nice. Where I grew up, in a state that is about 94% white and filled with Lutheran churches, we liked to say we’...

On December 18, 2023, five gray wolves from Oregon were released in Grand County, Colorado — marking the first time since the 1940s that wolves have been reintroduced on state lands. As with any monumental event in conservation, in my Twitter sphere, I was attentive to the influx of tw...

When I read this post, I could relate to it so much, although not because of the fear of speaking out. My voice has been loud, just not on LinkedIn platform. I had limited space to think about LinkedIn since October 2023. My energy and focus were dedicated to learning: reading, watching video m...

The first image of Promare is a triangle constrained inside a rectangle, distorted and maimed as the walls close in around it. There’s a place for subtlety in art, but there’s also a place for distilled simplicity. And the more I think about Promare the more I feel...

Consequently, the term "harem pants" became popular in the West as a generic term for baggy trousers or similar styles, such as bloomers, the South Asian shalwar, and Patiala salwar; the Bosnian dimije; sirwal (as worn by Zouaves); and the Ukrainian sharovary. Poiret’s explicit ex...