BIG up!

Well lets say my life has taken a couple more sharp turns so I decided to celebrate with a new tat. I've always loved this quote, and it's something that I seem to always forget. (Big up Paulo Coelho!) Many of us are consumed so much by the fear of something and don't realize that the fear is really the most harmful thing. Fear of our art not being appreciated, fear of love, fear of being hurt, fear of being alone, etc. If we are consumed by this fear we begin to stop living, and I'm glad I am at a point in my life where I can honestly say that I no longer live like that. As of maybe... a week ago? lol.

Anyway, a big thanks to Black Ink Gallery in Harlem. Check them out.. these dudes are the shit. 113th and Lenox ave.


I'm tired.

Oh shit.. for my NEW YORK people .. and Jersey too if you wanna make the trek... Me, Eternia, and Bambi will be doing a show/panel event at Columbia for women's history month this TUESDAY, the 25th. It is from 7 to 9 pm at the Barnard campus- 117th and Broadway off the 1 train. It is free admission.

PPS... I got a crackberry. I'm clueless with this shit but already love it. Anyone else with one hit me up- my pin is 243D50C


E

"Hard to be a spiritual being when shit is shaking what you believe in"

Many people might not want to hear about this, or aren't used to. But hey, I like making people feel uncomfortable. I like helping people out of their "boxes". It's a necessity.

Ever since I was a child, my father gave me books to read that I never fully understood. The Alchemist was my favorite, but I also read works by Rumi and Hafiz. He was always telling me about spiritual trips he went on, and as I grew older I started realizing how interested I was in doing the same.

In June and July, I was blessed enough to go on one of the most amazing trips. I spent over 2 weeks in Israel and Egypt. Long story short, I am a very spiritual person and I have never felt so ... "full" in my life. Especially while at the Baha'i gardens in Haifa and inside the mosque of Muhammed Ali at the Citadel in Egypt.

Returning to New York and reconnecting with people; paying more attention to my surroundings, I realized that you don't have to be in a significant place for it to be a spiritual power point. Although I don't think anything can compare to Israel, Egypt, Peru, etc.. I believe that if we paid a little more attention to everything around us we would see that there are miracles happening everyday and THAT is dope.

Watching my best friend perform and seeing how people are touched by her music.. seeing over 500 young adults coming together for something bigger than us.. smoking hookah and discussing religion, music.. attending Hush Harbor at the Baha'i center and seeing how quickly drum rhythms can take over everyones being.. seeing the art good friends create.. the train... the bus...

The bus.

As much as I hate the bus, I feel like I see the most simple, but amazing things and I can't help but smile. The 2 year old kid staring out the window in amazement.. The mother with her baby, 2 kids, AND the groceries.. the little girl smiling at the boy- literally looked like she fell in love at that moment..

Or maybe sometimes I smoke too much? You be the judge.. lol

E

Leanin

Damn, this shit is getting HUGE. Now let me start this off by being honest. I went through my phase of wanting to try this, but it was a blessing in disguise that its mad expensive in NY. I started doing more research on it, (because I do love my body) and realized how harmful it is.

Lean, drank, sizzurp.. whatever you want to call.. I've heard can give some DOPE effects. I'm not knocking anybody because we all need our ways of escaping sometimes. When day to day life seems too hard to deal with or we're tired of seeing the same things everyday we all need some form of escaping reality. But at what cost? I love people in general and it really sucks to see this happening. What frightens me even more is that the youth can get their hands on this as well, especially in the south.

Once again, I'm not knocking. I just hate to see people deteriorating from drug and alcohol abuse. And to see people who have made such an impact on hip hop die from it.

Peace,
E


RIP
Pimp C
Big Moe
DJ Screw

Video of the day

This is one of the songs that got me through high school.. We need more hip hop with a feeling like this!

Shit, I miss it.

Truth

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.”

Paulo Coelho