Tag: Breath

A Deep Breath: Practicing Antiracism after an Attempted Coup

Living through ongoing crises is draining! To process continued trauma, or brains require rest. (And when we don’t get it, we often perpetuate the culture of white supremacy that fuels these attacks.) Move deadlines, cancel or shorten meetings, lead by example in ending your workday at a reaso...

Art is my poison and my medicine. It???s my lock and key. It???s my person. It???s my being. It???s my breath.

It’s January first. It’s my birthday. I was going through some of my emails and I was reading one of them that I received today amidst the baking, food, and gadget sites birthday sales for me to spend money. Art is my poison and my medicine. It’s my lock and key. It’s...

YHWH: His Breath in Our Lungs

There was a moment when Moses had the nerve to ask God what His name was. God was gracious enough to answer, and the name He gave in the original Hebrew was “YHWH.” Over time we’ve added an “a” and an “e” to get Yahweh because we prefer vowels. Scho...

The Wind???s Breath

The cool, nighttime wind blew through my shaggy blonde hair. I stared out at the never-ending, dark sea from aboard Ruby’s huge pirate ship. It was no longer safe within the Great Sea and we were attempting to find an island to relocate to. Even after the demise of trade that had fallen apart ...

You Took My Breath Away, and Now I???m Dead

I made the mistake of looking up how many breaths a person takes in their lifetime. 605,491,200 if we live to be seventy-two. So Elon Musk has roughly 100 times more money than I’ll ever have gasps of air. Neat. Worse — because it’s not like I can invest in more air &md...

You Took My Breath Away, and Now I???m Dead

I made the mistake of looking up how many breaths a person takes in their lifetime. 605,491,200 if we live to be seventy-two. So Elon Musk has roughly 100 times more money than I’ll ever have gasps of air. Neat. Worse — because it’s not like I can invest in more air &md...

You Took My Breath Away, and Now I???m Dead

I made the mistake of looking up how many breaths a person takes in their lifetime. 605,491,200 if we live to be seventy-two. So Elon Musk has roughly 100 times more money than I’ll ever have gasps of air. Neat. Worse — because it’s not like I can invest in more air &md...