SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa
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Freedom Dreaming
I am tired of getting taught. Sometimes I just want to dream. Like who would we be if we didn't dream about how to make life more accessible, more inclusive, more possible for every crevice of our country? As we can see, the direction of our country is in a stuck place. Although we can be hopeful in 2020 that we get a President that is for humanity, and not just personal gain/profits, I find that it is ordinary people that really can keep us all in mind. Sometimes laws, books, and music are all good things. But that is too simple, I don't want to be given the lyrics, the formulas, the "ways that the world is supposed to be."
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in Viva
How to Break a Soul Tie
A Soul Tie is such an intimate and close connection where you bond so much with another person, place, object, idea, etc. that it can't escape your mind. Daily interactions are just a sliver of the powerful bonding that occurs in a Soul Tie. Usually you can visualize in your head two ghostly vessels tied by an cord. The distance between them is only as far away as their hearts and minds. A Soul Tie can feel like it can never be rubbed off. I am here to offer relief; here are five ways to break a Soul Tie.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in Humans
Elizabeth Warren 2020?
Some may know Elizabeth Warren from her comments that she claimed to have Native American Ancestry, and the flack from the Cherokee Nation, Trump, and minorities in her claiming to be Native American herself. This could spiral into a place where we accuse Warren of trying to gain credibility, appropriating, or taking the place of true Native Americans from an opportunity to work at an Ivy League University like Harvard. Although Warren has slipped on her past (like many of the 12 other candidates running for office) I find that if we focus on Warren's ideals and her plan to fix Trump's mess (and history's mess), that Elizabeth Warren may be able to become the next President in the 2020 Democratic Election. Personally, I am in between Sanders, Harris, and Warren for 2020 but, I have to look into them more. Here is my take on the case for Warren in the 2020 Election:
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in The Swamp
Animism
Animism may be the basis of all religion. This is a world view, and not necessarily a religion. As I have read on Britannica, animism was described by 1800s European conquerors as a "primitive superstition," this tribal belief so differed from the ones of European missionaries.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in Wander
Dear Universe
"Dear God" comes from one of my favorite books, The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Another story of the underdog woman, who rises strong within herself, finds love, and reunites with her long lost sister and children. A story that sings pain and fairytale like triumphedness. I find that a lot of my mentors find that I am not yet all that I could be in this life. I find that I am pushing myself to be greatness and achieve a sort of grand, unrealistic homeostasis. I wanted the relationship, the scholarship, the fantastic grades, the spiritual apex, the "Queen of the World," the justice for my people, a story where a woman like myself could rise grand out of the shadows with perfection and a strength unlike anything ever seen.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in Motivation
Pariah—Lonely Living in 2018
I can feel the uncertainty and sadness in the air. It is almost tangible and if you sit too still you can get infected yourself. I don't know if it's the way that 2018 has been. We have lost many of the legends and stable leaders in politics, music, and science from Aretha Franklin, to John McCain, to Stephen Hawking. The air feels different, our country is controlled by unstable, shady leaders who make America come off as elephants in the room. It seems that we are also becoming more hateful, more polarized, and colder as our leaders make affairs seem common, and turn the other way to climate change, and our warming weather. We have turned back time in many ways to push us back for trans rights, and walls are attempting to be built to divide us from our immigrants. We are becoming more and more isolated within our phones, within the rigor of demands from our academics to our jobs. It is hard to trust others, and we close our hearts more and more each day in frustration and hate-speech towards ourselves subconsciously. I can feel somber emotions seep into my core, and I don't know if it is my empathic feeling the sorrow of war continuing for generations, I can feel the violent hearts, I can feel the breakups, I can feel the fading friendships, and frustrations. People are feeling deep despair, and it has been ongoing for the past two years under the Trump administration.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in Motivation
Water—Is Liquid Gold?
The best way that I can put is that every time that we turn on the tap, or drink that bottle of water, wash off our fruit, with clean water this is a luxury that too many of us are taking for granted. "Ten percent of American homes squander 90 gallons of water on a daily basis." It makes me wonder what am I doing or unaware of when I turn on my tap or run my clothes through the washer. So, if you are anything like me I wonder how can I get more aware of our natural life source? And how can I do my part in preserving it for the good of our human race?
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in Longevity
The Black Female Body as Art
Throughout my time taking Art-History courses in college, a lot of the dialogue that accompanies the great artists in their religions, class systems, landscapes, themselves, and women are generally white, or with the "borrowing" of an exotic woman whether that have been Asian, Tahitian, or of African-Descent. That is why I have such a deep interest when I see images of black people in art, and their relationships to the artist, or to the other objects, or scenes depicted in the work. When I found Mickalene Thomas, through doing work in an Women's Studies course, she was the first Queer Black artist that struck my interest. For me, when a black artist interests their images, flavor, and their politics onto a work of art, this is such a powerful act. For me, painters & drawers strike a fascination and wonder.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in Viva
