I breathe in the air as it relaxes me and makes me think of you,
Your sweet scent, the slightest hint of sweat enveloped in the musk of your cologne.
Your perfume soothes my senses, eases my fears and lures me to dream.
I exhale and embrace the thought of you,
Beautiful and carefree
Like a child walking, talking doing for the first time...
I breathe in the air and feel you,
Touching me and loving me,
In moments of innocence
When sleep is the only thing calling you.
Dreams of past days and past thoughts
Succumbing to present times and present thoughts.
I exhale and satisfied,
I wrap my arms around you,
Drawing your body - warm - to mine
Passionately enrapturing all of you,
As if to make you a part of me.
I breathe in the air and stop -
Stop breathing, trapping time,
Freezing the moment that we share
Together and without restraint,
Without prejudice.
A time without boundaries,
Forever to encapsulate our moment,
Unique to no one but one another.
Loving so much...
So much, that our respiration,
The heaving of our bodies moves in sync,
Abolishes our surroundings,
Blurrs our consciousness
And forces us to become one in the moment...
Forgetting, inhaling, exhaling, embracing - loving...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Laptop confidential - People in my neighbourhood
Well, here we go... As we speak, I am in Toronto, my home town, visiting family and friends. I haven't been here for over a year, and Toronto is changing soooo much. Everyone is doing well and loving life!
I decided that I would document all the goings on during my visit with my laptop (no I don't have a digital camcorder or a digital camera - so I'm makin due with what I got). I walked the streets of downtown Toronto for 2 days with my MacBook in hand and iMovie ready and waiting and recorded all the people I met and the places I went. Over the next few weeks you'll see all of my intimate one-on-one interviews of up and coming artists and entrepreneurs in Toronto and New York. Some people you may know, some you need to know - Zaki Ibrahim, MindBender, Sonja Den Elzen, Elicser, Francesca Nocera, Ravi Soup, Saidah Baba Talibah, Kamplex Seen, Lelani Dee, Jamila Malika and Mz. Chawles - my Toronto arsenal and beloved friends, you all made this so much fun. Thank you for your time and for sharing with me... Peace and blessings fam!!
And now an excerpt from...
I decided that I would document all the goings on during my visit with my laptop (no I don't have a digital camcorder or a digital camera - so I'm makin due with what I got). I walked the streets of downtown Toronto for 2 days with my MacBook in hand and iMovie ready and waiting and recorded all the people I met and the places I went. Over the next few weeks you'll see all of my intimate one-on-one interviews of up and coming artists and entrepreneurs in Toronto and New York. Some people you may know, some you need to know - Zaki Ibrahim, MindBender, Sonja Den Elzen, Elicser, Francesca Nocera, Ravi Soup, Saidah Baba Talibah, Kamplex Seen, Lelani Dee, Jamila Malika and Mz. Chawles - my Toronto arsenal and beloved friends, you all made this so much fun. Thank you for your time and for sharing with me... Peace and blessings fam!!
And now an excerpt from...
Monday, May 25, 2009
It all started with MovementCulture
So, it's been about 2 years... 2 years of learning, growing and rebuilding. I've now been in the great NYC for just over a year, and things are going just as planned. For those of you who don't know my story, here it is...
Many years ago I decided that I wanted to stop dreaming and start making my dreams reality. A young artist (singer, poet, actor, writer) struggling in Toronto, I carried not only my burden but all the burdens of my fellow artists. There is this thing that happens when we decide that we want others to see the artists we have always been. Somehow we forget that there is a business involved in what we do and that we are worth not what others think they should pay for art but much much more. So I did something about it and MovementCulture was born. An organization created to empower artists by connecting them with other artists and providing them a real platform to display their art.
Artists that many New Yorkers on the art scene know were a part of our debut event...
They were great parties with food, music, peotry and of course some of the greatest Dj's always rolled through and made special guest appearances.
Eventually I was evicted from our amazing loft space that we had renovated and had created so many amazing memories in over the year. It was a tough time, court and such. But as we all know there is always silver lining if we are just patient.
I went out and furiously tried to find another space that we could keep doing what we had already started. It was tough but the space that we did find became something that I had been dreaming of since I was a child. A place to meet, eat and feel good... And so began Moja Tea Gallery. A small retail space in downtown Toronto where artists showed work and where I began making my epic fresh squeezed iced tea. Apple-Basil-Ginger Sencha Green Tea anyone?
TO BE CONTINUED...
Many years ago I decided that I wanted to stop dreaming and start making my dreams reality. A young artist (singer, poet, actor, writer) struggling in Toronto, I carried not only my burden but all the burdens of my fellow artists. There is this thing that happens when we decide that we want others to see the artists we have always been. Somehow we forget that there is a business involved in what we do and that we are worth not what others think they should pay for art but much much more. So I did something about it and MovementCulture was born. An organization created to empower artists by connecting them with other artists and providing them a real platform to display their art.
Artists that many New Yorkers on the art scene know were a part of our debut event...
Fly Lady Di
Taha Clayton
Geology
Graph Nobel
and of course all of our Toronto Artists still doin it!! 
They were great parties with food, music, peotry and of course some of the greatest Dj's always rolled through and made special guest appearances.
Eventually I was evicted from our amazing loft space that we had renovated and had created so many amazing memories in over the year. It was a tough time, court and such. But as we all know there is always silver lining if we are just patient.
I went out and furiously tried to find another space that we could keep doing what we had already started. It was tough but the space that we did find became something that I had been dreaming of since I was a child. A place to meet, eat and feel good... And so began Moja Tea Gallery. A small retail space in downtown Toronto where artists showed work and where I began making my epic fresh squeezed iced tea. Apple-Basil-Ginger Sencha Green Tea anyone?
TO BE CONTINUED...
Thursday, April 23, 2009
who cares...
who cares about the mother with no home, no hope, no help.
who cares that our brothers have no role models to turn them from boys to men.
who cares that we can't stop sending our sons to war
and that with all we have achieved
that there is no control, moderation or concern
for all that we still have a grip on.
who cares about our daughters
who find their self-esteem in men who consider them
bitches, scanks and...
who cares that we all need role models and guidance
that we need to tear down this hierarchy of suffrance, greed and need.
who cares that the only person I can rely on is me
who cares that with all the money in the world
no one has to go starving,
that we can have everything that we need, want and can conceive.
who cares that the rich stay rich and the poor
well, they never get rich.
who cares that we all know that with all that we have, if we just shared the
wealth, education and freedom we could extend better lives to all people throughout the world.
who cares...
who cares that our brothers have no role models to turn them from boys to men.
who cares that we can't stop sending our sons to war
and that with all we have achieved
that there is no control, moderation or concern
for all that we still have a grip on.
who cares about our daughters
who find their self-esteem in men who consider them
bitches, scanks and...
who cares that we all need role models and guidance
that we need to tear down this hierarchy of suffrance, greed and need.
who cares that the only person I can rely on is me
who cares that with all the money in the world
no one has to go starving,
that we can have everything that we need, want and can conceive.
who cares that the rich stay rich and the poor
well, they never get rich.
who cares that we all know that with all that we have, if we just shared the
wealth, education and freedom we could extend better lives to all people throughout the world.
who cares...
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Fever of Love
I am humming all over
My heart beats two times just to keep up.
My mouth is dry
And the anticipation of you builds
With every memory of your smile.
The mirror of me only reflects you.
Our journey together conssumated in the silences.
When you left you took a piece of me. i felt it go...
My heart beats two times just to keep up.
My mouth is dry
And the anticipation of you builds
With every memory of your smile.
The mirror of me only reflects you.
Our journey together conssumated in the silences.
When you left you took a piece of me. i felt it go...
She show's all her cards! uh oh...
Sonia:
"what year were you born?"
Malcolm:
"1975... you?"
Sonia:
"1972. This is the year of the ox... I was wondering what your chinese sign is? Do you know?"
Malcolm
“Monkey… I think…”
Sonia
“Of course” she says under her breath.
Malcolm:
“What’s ‘of course’?” he says with anticipation.
Sonia:
“nothing, nothing really, haha!”
Malcolm:
“Waiiit a minute! Spit it out!”
Sonia:
“Another time...”
Malcolm;
“Mysterious…”
Sonia:
“I just like to read about what astrology says about peoples personalities and
character”
Malcolm”
“so school me! Who am I?”
Sonia:
“so far you fit right into the monkey sign. And you’re a virgo?”
Malcolm:
“Whaa!”
Sonia:
“by the way you will come to find that I am exceptionally resourceful”
Malcolm:
“I knew that from the beginning”
Sonia:
“Soo – from what the horoscope says…”
Malcolm:
“??”
Malcolm:
“??”
Malcolm:
"????"
Malcolm:
“????”
Malcolm:
“????????”
Sonia:
“It' really just confirms everything that I already see in you - it's a fun thing to read about when you first meet someone intriguing. It says here that you love to travel you are clever and charming and draw others to you…”
“You are quick witted and innovative – I agree – and have a total and intense belief in yourself”
Malcolm:
“Hey you're cheating and just reading your horoscope aren’t you?”
Sonia:
“Forget what the horoscope says, here’s what I think of you.”
“You are engaging, compassionate and loyal,
considerate intense and exceptionally creative.
You listen with your whole heart
And speak thoughtfully with your mind and soul.
You appreciate people and love women
..."
The words run away from her, too fast for her to catch them. Her heart booming in her ears. She stops only to breathe. Swept away by infatuation she swells a moment longer.
"You are playful and adventurous
And I love you’re mind...
How did I do?”
Malcolm:
“You forgot speechless and spellbound.”
Sonia:
“Wow...”
Malcolm
“Wow...”
Sonia:
“soooo... that happened...”
Malcolm:
“Ya”
Sonia:
“Ya... ummm...”
Malcolm:
“There would be so many things I too would say that would sound almost exactly like what you just cast now...”
Sonia:
“I'm going to write down what I just said, so that you can look at it and continue to be inspired by your spirit"
Malcolm:
“Particular souls are like mirrors, when their custodians work on polishing them. I think we just saw each other and the reflection caught us off God:).(guard)”
Sonia
“It was really good seeing you…”
Malcolm:
“Ya”
Sonia:
“Ya”
to be continued…
"what year were you born?"
Malcolm:
"1975... you?"
Sonia:
"1972. This is the year of the ox... I was wondering what your chinese sign is? Do you know?"
Malcolm
“Monkey… I think…”
Sonia
“Of course” she says under her breath.
Malcolm:
“What’s ‘of course’?” he says with anticipation.
Sonia:
“nothing, nothing really, haha!”
Malcolm:
“Waiiit a minute! Spit it out!”
Sonia:
“Another time...”
Malcolm;
“Mysterious…”
Sonia:
“I just like to read about what astrology says about peoples personalities and
character”
Malcolm”
“so school me! Who am I?”
Sonia:
“so far you fit right into the monkey sign. And you’re a virgo?”
Malcolm:
“Whaa!”
Sonia:
“by the way you will come to find that I am exceptionally resourceful”
Malcolm:
“I knew that from the beginning”
Sonia:
“Soo – from what the horoscope says…”
Malcolm:
“??”
Malcolm:
“??”
Malcolm:
"????"
Malcolm:
“????”
Malcolm:
“????????”
They share a nervous laugh and a warm smile. Their eyes meet, but not for long. She looks down at her hands and fixes the bangles on her wrist as she scrolls down the page of her computer screen. He looks down at his shoes and pretends to brush something off his pants.
Sonia:
“It' really just confirms everything that I already see in you - it's a fun thing to read about when you first meet someone intriguing. It says here that you love to travel you are clever and charming and draw others to you…”
Malcolm shifts his weight in his seat and blushes slightly, but just enough to reveal his modesty.
Sonia“You are quick witted and innovative – I agree – and have a total and intense belief in yourself”
Malcolm:
“Hey you're cheating and just reading your horoscope aren’t you?”
They share the same moment as before. This time their eyes lock for what seems like too long. She speaks to him with a coy smirk as she quickly picks up where she left off.
Sonia:
“Forget what the horoscope says, here’s what I think of you.”
Inhale, exhale slowly… knowing fully what she was about to reveal but not able to help herself when the moment was upon her.
“You are engaging, compassionate and loyal,
considerate intense and exceptionally creative.
You listen with your whole heart
And speak thoughtfully with your mind and soul.
You appreciate people and love women
..."
The words run away from her, too fast for her to catch them. Her heart booming in her ears. She stops only to breathe. Swept away by infatuation she swells a moment longer.
"You are playful and adventurous
And I love you’re mind...
How did I do?”
Malcolm:
“You forgot speechless and spellbound.”
They share another moment just like before. Where time stands still and thoughts become scattered with the thought of someone being in love with you.
Sonia:
“Wow...”
Malcolm
“Wow...”
Sonia:
“soooo... that happened...”
They're moment becomes awkward and forced for just an instant.
Malcolm:
“Ya”
Sonia:
“Ya... ummm...”
Malcolm:
“There would be so many things I too would say that would sound almost exactly like what you just cast now...”
Sonia:
“I'm going to write down what I just said, so that you can look at it and continue to be inspired by your spirit"
Malcolm:
“Particular souls are like mirrors, when their custodians work on polishing them. I think we just saw each other and the reflection caught us off God:).(guard)”
Sonia
“It was really good seeing you…”
Malcolm:
“Ya”
Sonia:
“Ya”
to be continued…
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