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When All the World is Midnight

The best and worst things are forever, and nothing ever lasts. The brain tumor is gone, the damage remains, and I've started to think about my art and writing differently.

In late 2022, an MRI showed I had a brain tumor the size of a jumbo marshmallow smack in the middle of my head. The general consensus was that it had grown there slowly over the past decade—at least. Given certain diagnoses and symptoms I’d received and experienced over the years, this timeline made sense. There are still questions I doubt I’ll get answers to. Did my pituitary gland ever develop…

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The first two times I submitted this piece to an exhibit, it got rejected. Fitting, that it found its first audience in an exhibit titled "Dreamscape & Belief"--because isn't that all of life?

Presence in Profile

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One of my favorite things from BUTTER was hearing "I AM...ART!" shouted with joy and enthusiasm from students on Education Day. Here's to raising my own voice and joining that chorus.

Buttered Up Bravery

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Butter Five was absolutely everything...and I almost missed it.

I Had to Be There

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Nina Simone

I love that woman... Wish I had known more about her at a younger age.

I had a thought, though. I read a quote from her saying she didn't believe in the "mixing of the races."

Was this before or after she gave birth to a half white daughter? Either way, I wonder how this affected her parenting and her daughter's sense of self while growing up...