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Mujer Caribeña in America [future "anything" that allows me to talk fast w/ hand movements]

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something random that i wanted to share! i love it & i hope you do, too!

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To kick off #womenshistorymonth for @aigadc, I made this illustration to celebrate some of the amazing contributions to humankind, I give you some of my fav ladies. From top to right: 1. Patricia Highsmith, writer (ex. Price of Salt 2. Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter 3. Misty Copeland, ballerina 4. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 5. Katherine Johnson, mathematician (hidden figure) 6. Kalpana Chawla, US astronaut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla 7. Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist for girls’ education, winner of Nobel peace prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai 8. Iris Apfel, 95 y/o style icon 9. Annie Leibovitz, American photographer 10. Jane Goodall, British primatologist 11. Yu Gwansun, S. Korean martyr and peaceful freedom fighter against Japanese occupation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Gwansun 12. Serena Williams, American tennis player ________________________________________ #futureisfemale

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do “out & loud“ w/me

for a huge chunk of my life I have been so afraid to be who i am that i never got the chance to learn [ME]. i look around at all the things and people around me. the luxuries, my toddler and newborn. its an amazing feeling. i don't have any regrets, what i have is clarity. as my life flashes before my eyes my vision is no longer blurred. it feels fantastic and sad. it took me 23 years, 8 months and 27 days to finally accept who i am. when i think about it and analyze my life i can attest that … [well, thats going to be a long story including examples.] i do this thing where my life flashes before my eyes and my words go back & forth from one side of the brain to the other, & its this amazing feeling because, well, amazing doesn't seem like a good enough word right now. its exciting, thats what it is. as my words tumble in my brain i cant help but stare out & wait until the words get grounded. until the words begin to steady themselves out. until the words make universal sense. until the words become all-inclusive. until they become a timeless beauty. incapable of EVER tumbling again. thats who i am. i AM loaded with words. with sentiment. with admiration. with pride which i try & hide like it was the last thing i will ever do. & this is where it gets sad. this is where the truth comes out. this is where i cant focus on my words getting grounded but more so i simply feel. i feel from the inside out. i feel myself out. until it sits "right" with me. i am a drama queen that sticks up for people i love & trust me i can love almost anyone. we all know that love is a dangerous thing. i don't give love expecting anything back, consciously. subconsciously, i have this constant idea & belief in my head that we can all come together, one way or another. that all this hate is fucking exhausting. too much to handle. & then i think that maybe I'm just lazy. maybe i don't want to accept the reality of life because it fucks with me every single time. its not right. i stand for whats right. i understand when we’re wrong, but oh do i love it when we’re right. i’m also a “wanna-be know it all” i don’t know shit though. i don’t have the solutions & i do NOT have the energy to figure it out most times. so when i do, pay attention. or don’t. the psychologist in me swears i got ME figured out because it also swears i know people. I DO though! i’ve come across a lot of people. people give me hope. maybe thats a disorder, psychologically speaking of course. FOR SOMEONE WHO FIGHTS FOR WHAT’S RIGHT YET DEFENDS everyone, I WONDER WHATS WRONG. i am always in wonder of ways to cultivate the unity. i see it all the time. the way two people can work together & create greatness. now, i’ll sit here and wait for the universe to send me a sign. even though i know the answer to this. lately, i just want to DO. Do out loud. because i’ve always been so afraid to speak with genuine rawness; right in the moment. Doutloud…do[out]loud…doutloud. excuse me exercising my creativity. k.m.b-r

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its not that i couldn't communicate it in every language we know. its that you wouldn't understand me w/o words. how? you never got to understand yaself." [k.m.b-raw] 1-11-17

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Scientist vs Imagination These are facts I cannot continue to ask why when I've already made my assumption Assumption Ass out of you and me ? Or can it just be a hypothesis? Scientists seem to have more grounding beneath their feet when Ive reached a level too high to function [ive wandered to parts of our never ending universe, too deep, too lonely, too "never has the answer] I get it Somewhat My perception might need changing But if it changes Will all of me go away ? Will I still be who I love ? Am I close to wholesome self-love? I like to imagine there being no ending in my scientific moments Flipping shit upside down Scientist vs Imagination I'm grounded by the opposite when I simply don't have the answers At least the back and forth is long distance yet so close, so together, so me So very much me (just breathe) 12:25pm Dec 10, 2016

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A couple of weeks ago I submitted my "peace" for Jenay Wright's PROJECT: TO BE BLACK AND FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

Since November 1, 2016, I have been focusing all of my energy on releasing all that's inside of me.

I have made the choice to move out of my imagination to live right here & bring all I've created in my imagination to this place.

May here & this place be where you are.

Kiara Mabel Batista-Restituyo

a.k.a.

k.m.b-r

mini e-book link : https://www.canva.com/design/DACHfqVHNOo/J9BtARJLPqf5AUha9MiNKg/view?utm_content=DACHfqVHNOo&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton

Jenay Wright's website link : https://hashtagiamenough.com

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that his-smile-glistened-in-the-moonlight kind of love

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theres beauty in the deep rooted desire to love your greys', sags, & old tired jokes over time. i beg time to give me time to swing and watch with you. k.m.b.r.

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ever since you knew your power you made me cry.

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if i aint got nothing i got you if i aint got something i dont give a damn cause i got here with you i dont know much about algebra but i know 1 + 1 = 2 and its me and you thats all we'll have when the world is through darling you got enough for the both of us so common baby make love to me when my days look alone pull me in close and dont let me go make love to me so when the worlds at a war let our love heal us all help me let down my guard i dont know much guns but i ive been shot by you and i dont know when im gun die but i hope that im gun die by you and i dont know much about fighting just when i ball up my fist i realize im laying right next to you -beyonce slowly, i realize, time got me through and to you..kb

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